Riparian vegetation species richness in the Elwha River estuary, Washington, in 2007 and 2014

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Patrick B. Shafroth
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:
Riparian vegetation species richness in the Elwha River estuary, Washington, in 2007 and 2014
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: 10.5066/F75B00N4
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00N4
Online_Linkage:
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/592726f6e4b0b7ff9fb5dc9d
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Melissa M. Foley
Originator: Patrick B. Shafroth
Originator: Matthew M. Bierne
Originator: Rebecca Paradis
Originator: Andrew C. Ritchie
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:
Ecological parameters in the Elwha River estuary before and during dam removal
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: 10.5066/F75B00N4
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00N4
Description:
Abstract:
This portion of the data release presents riparian plant species richness (number of unique taxa) data from plots sampled in the Elwha River estuary, Washington, in 2007 and 2014. In August 2007, we established 21 vegetation plots within the study area in a stratified random fashion, with three to five plots in five of the vegetation cover types denoted in the habitat classification maps: mixed riparian forest, willow-alder forest, riparian shrub, emergent marsh/marsh-shrub transition, and dunegrass. Each plot was 100 square meters, usually 10 m x 10 m, but in areas where the vegetation patch was narrow, plots were either 4 m x 25 m or 5 m x 20 m. We visually estimated percent cover by species of all vascular plants within one of ten cover classes and tallied the number of unique taxa to estimate total species richness in each plot. We resampled all plots in August 2014. Plant species richness data are provided in a comma-delimited spreadsheet (.csv).
Purpose:
Data were obtained to assess the change in plant species richness in the Elwha estuary following the removal of two dams on the Elwha River between 2011 and 2014.
Supplemental_Information:
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200708
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 201408
Currentness_Reference: observed
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.56071
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.56009
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.1477
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.147
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:592726f6e4b0b7ff9fb5dc9d
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: vegetation
Theme_Keyword: wetland ecosystems
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: estuary
Theme_Keyword: dam removal
Theme_Keyword: river
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: species richness
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Elwha River
Place_Keyword: Strait of Juan de Fuca
Place_Keyword: Olympic Peninsula
Place_Keyword: Port Angeles
Place_Keyword: Clallam County
Place_Keyword: United States of America
Place_Keyword: State of Washington
Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:
USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe as the originators of the dataset and in products derived from these data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Patrick B. Shafroth
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Region
Contact_Position: Research Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 2150 Centre Avenue Bldg C
City: Fort Collins
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80526
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 970-226-9327
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 970-226-9230
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: shafrothp@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
Matt Beirne and Rebecca Paradis (Lower Elwha Klallam tribe) contributed to all aspects of this work. Tracy Fuentes, Cindy Pritekel, and Vanessa Beauchamp helped with the 2007 vegetation data collection and analysis. Jarrett Schuster, Cody Thomas, and Jamie Michel helped with 2014 vegetation data collection. Aaron Freeman helped with planform habitat mapping and metadata creation.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Melissa M. Foley
Originator: Jonathan A. Warrick
Originator: Andrew Ritchie
Originator: Andrew W. Stevens
Originator: Patrick B. Shafroth
Originator: Jeffrey J. Duda
Originator: Matthew M. Beirne
Originator: Rebecca Paradis
Originator: Guy Gelfenbaum
Originator: Randall McCoy
Originator: Erin S. Cubley
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:
Coastal habitat and biological community response to dam removal on the Elwha River
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Ecological Society of America, Washington DC
Publisher: Ecological Monographs
Online_Linkage: http://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1268
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Species richness values depend on accurately discerning distinct plant species. Many species can be identified accurately in the field, based on the previous knowledge and expertise of the observers. When there was uncertainty, plant specimens were collected and identified in the laboratory using dichotomous keys. In some cases, plant specimens were taken to the University of Washington herbarium to confirm species identification.
Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted.
Completeness_Report:
The data set represents species richness in August 2007 and August 2014 within sample plots within the Elwha estuary study area (see Spatial_Domain information).
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Plant species richness data (total number of unique species within each vegetation plot) were derived from vegetation plot sampling and subsequent plant identification. Vegetation plots were randomly placed within five different vegetation types. The area of each vegetation plot was 100 square meters. Data were collected and plants identified in August 2007 and August 2014. Vegetation plots were marked with metal stakes and located with global positioning system in 2007 and the same locations were relocated in 2014.
Process_Date: 200708
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Keywords section of metadata edited for consistency across the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center and to further optimize discovery in search engines and data catalogs. Metadata was modified to bring up to current USGS PCMSC standards. Minor typos were corrected. No data information was changed.
Process_Date: 20180719
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Susan A Cochran
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060-5792
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 460-7545
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Corrected Point of Contact and Metadata Contact phone number prefix.
Process_Date: 20180905
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Susan A Cochran
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission St.
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.
Process_Date: 20201019
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Performed minor edits to the metadata to correct typos. No data were changed
Process_Date: 20211013
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Susan A. Cochran
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Elwha_riparian_veg_richness.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:
Table containing attribute information associated with the data set.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PlotNumber
Attribute_Definition: Vegetation plot number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
alpha numeric codes used to uniquely identify individual vegetation plots
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CoverType
Attribute_Definition: Vegetation type descriptor
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dunegrass
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Plant communities dominated by Leymus mollis (American dunegrass) with generally high diversity of forb species.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Emergent marsh transition
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Plant assemblages including relatively pure emergent marsh plants such as Juncus spp. (rushes), Carex spp. (sedges), Potentilla anserina (Pacific silverweed), Rumex salicifolius (willow dock), and Eleocharis palustris (spike rush). In addition, this vegetation cover type includes vegetation that typically occurs between the narrow bands of emergent marsh vegetation that are subject to regular and relatively large tidally-driven water level fluctuations and patches of riparian shrub or riparian forest that typically are inundated by river flooding vs. tidal fluctuations.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mixed riparian forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Mature forests composed of deciduous and coniferous trees with shrub understory. Common overstory trees include Acer macrophyllum (bigleaf maple), Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (black cottonwood), Alnus rubra (red alder), Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir), Thuja plicata (western red cedar), and Abies grandis (grand fir).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Riparian shrub
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Plant assemblages characterized by high shrub cover, including: Rosa nutkana (Nutka rose), Rosa pisocarpa (clustered wild rose), Crataegus douglasii (black hawthorne), Lonicera involucrata (black twinberry), Malus fusca (Pacific crab apple), Oemleria cerasiformis (Indian-plum), Rubus spectabilis (salmonberry), and Symphoricarpos albus (common snowberry).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Willow-alder forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Young deciduous forest composed primarily of Salix spp. (willow species) and Alnus rubra (red alder).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Year
Attribute_Definition:
descriptor of time when vegetation plot was sampled, relative to dam removal
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: before
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: before dam removal (sampled in 2007)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: during
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: during dam removal (sampled in 2014)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TotalRichness
Attribute_Definition:
total number of unique vascular plant species within the vegetation plot
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 6
Range_Domain_Maximum: 40
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: number of species
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The entity and attribute information provided here describes the tabular data associated with the data set. Please review the detailed descriptions that are provided (the individual attribute descriptions) for information on the values that appear as fields/table entries of the data set.
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
These data are available in comma-delimited (.csv) format (Elwha_riparian_veg_richness.csv), which also includes CSDGM FGDC-compliant metadata.
Distribution_Liability:
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
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Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00N4
Access_Instructions:
The first network resource link will begin a direct download of the data. The second link is a landing page for the entire project.
Fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the data set.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20211013
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2885 Mission St
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060-5792
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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