Dataset: Reef elevation, exposure, and vertical change (GPS grids)
Deployment: Fodrie_EstuarineMetaDyn

Reef elevation, exposure, and vertical change from laser scans

View Data: For data, See Dataset Metadata Page: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/688080

Principal Investigator:

F. Joel Fodrie (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC-Chapel Hill-IMS)

Contact:

F. Joel Fodrie (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC-Chapel Hill-IMS)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Interacting Effects of Local Demography and Larval Connectivity on Estuarine Metapopulation Dynamics (EstuarineMetaDyn)

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Version:

Expand/Collapse All

Description

This dataset includes reef elevation, exposure percentage and average vertical change for reef sites in Back Sound, North Carolina between 2011 to 2014.

Other Back Sound datasets in this project:
Oyster density and length
Laser scans
Water level
Laser scan, density, and GPS grid sampling information

These data are published in:

Ridge, J. T., Rodriguez, A. B., Fodrie, F. J., Lindquist, N. L., Brodeur, M. C., Coleman, S. E., ... & Theuerkauf, E. J. (2015). Maximizing oyster-reef growth supports green infrastructure with accelerating sea-level rise. Scientific reports, 5. doi: 10.1038/srep14785

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Average vertical reef growth was measured using a Trimble 5800 GPS receiver (+-1.5 cm vertical).

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:
* added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
* modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
* blank values replaced with no data value 'nd'

More information about this dataset deployment

Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1155628	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

GPS receiver

Supplied Name: Trimble 5800 GPS receiver

Supplied Description:

Trimble 5800 GPS receiver (+-1.5 cm vertical)

Instrument Type

Generic Name: GPS receiver

Generic Description:

Acquires satellite signals and tracks your location.

This term has been deprecated. Use instead: https://www.bco-dmo.org/instrument/560

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
reef	Site name; the name of the reef	unitless	site
elevation	Elevation above which 10% of the reef resides at the intitial time step; site sea surface elevation in reference to NAVD88	meters	sea_elevation
exposure_percent	Percent aerial exposure at the top 10% of the reef at the intitial time step	percent	sea_elevation
avg_vertical_change	Average vertical change at each elevation bin in millimeters divided by the timestep (years) for a specific reef	millimeters per year (mm/yr)	sea_elevation
lat	Site latitude	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Site longitude	decimal degrees	lon

Database

Contribute Data

Dataset: Reef elevation, exposure, and vertical change (GPS grids)
Deployment: Fodrie_EstuarineMetaDyn

Dataset acquisition description

Dataset Processing Description

Database

Contribute Data

Dataset: Reef elevation, exposure, and vertical change (GPS grids)Deployment: Fodrie_EstuarineMetaDyn

Dataset acquisition description

Dataset Processing Description

Dataset: Reef elevation, exposure, and vertical change (GPS grids)
Deployment: Fodrie_EstuarineMetaDyn