Plum Island Ecosystems - United States of America

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Site Name
Plum Island Ecosystems
Short name
PIE LTER
Country
United States of America
Web Address
PIE LTER Web site
Site Manager
Anne Giblin
Site Description
The Plum Island Ecosystems (PIE) LTER research site consists of coupled watersheds and estuaries in northeastern Massachusetts, USA. The Ipswich River (400km2), Parker River (161km2), and Rowley River (39km2) basins make up the watersheds of the system. The watersheds lie within the Boston Metropolitan region. Population density is about 250 people per km2. The 25 km long (16 miles) macrotidal Plum Island Sound estuary contains salt marsh, dominated by marsh hay (Spartina patens) and smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), fresh marsh, dominated by cattail (Typha), intertidal flats, and open water tidal creeks and bays. This is the largest wetland dominated estuary in New England and it supports extremely productive commercial ...
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2023-07-17 19:07:17

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1992
Observed properties
chemical parameterwater parametersoil parameteratmospheric parameterbiological parameterecosystem parameterlandscape parameteragricultural parameteracidneutralisingcapacityammoniumcontentammoniumnitrateconcentrationammoniumnitrogencontentavailablephosphorusdissolvednutrientdissolvedorganiccarboninwaterdissolvedorganicphosphorusinorganiccarboncontentinorganicnitrogencontentpercentcarbonpercentnitrogenpercentorganiccarbonredoxpotentialofwatersoilgasfluxsoilpHsoilsalinitysuspendedsolidstotalcarbontotalorganiccarbonwatersalinitychlorophyllcontentofwaterconductivityhydraulicconductivityphotosyntheticallyactiveradiationintensityrunoffamountsecchidepthspecificconductivitystageheightstreamorderwateraciditywateralkalinitywaterdepthwaterlevelwaterqualitywaterreflectancewatertemperaturewatertransparencywatervelocitywatervolumecarbon-to-nitrogenratiodissolvedorganicnitrogeninsoilpotentialevaporationsoilaciditysoilalkalinitysoilbulkdensitysoilmoisturecontentsoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoilporositysoilrespirationsoilsolutionconcentrationsoiltemperaturetotalorganiccarbonatmosphericpressuredaylightlengthdirectradiationintensityglobalradiationirradianceirradianceprecipitationintensitysnowdepthtotalradiationirradiancewinddirectionwindspeedleafarealeafarearatioleafnutrientnitrogencontentplantheightplantnitrogenconcentrationabovegroundnetprimaryproductionecosystemstructuregroundwaterlevelinorganicnutrientcontentmicrobialdiversitylandcoverlanduselandscapeconnectivitylandscapefragmentationdissolvedorganiccarboninsoil
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
US LTER✔ (LTER-NAM-US-28)This site is a verified "US LTER" member.
Photos
Photo of the salt marsh at PIE showing a boat in a water channel surrounded by grass.
Photo of the salt marsh at PIE showing a boat in a water channel surrounded by grass.
Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 42.725175955131 Longitude: -70.855407191106

Size
ca. 60000.00ha
Elevation (average)
30.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
100.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Coastal
Terrestrial
Biome
Coastal
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Coastal
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Evergreen Forest
Temperate coniferous forests
Rivers
Urban
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1188.00mm
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
General Data Policy
The opportunity to review the results based on the dataset
Data Policy Notes
Notification. The Data User will notify the Data Set Contact when any derivative work or publication based on or derived from the Data Set is distributed. The Data User will provide the data contact with two reprints of any publications resulting from use of the Data Set and will provide copies, or on-line access to, any derived digital products. Notification will include an explanation of how the Data Set was used to produce the derived work.
Data Policy URL
http://www.lternet.edu/policies/data-access
LTER Site Classification
LTSER