Dataset description: Eelgrass and substrate characteristics

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) characteristics, sediment grain size distributions, sediment total organic carbon contents (TOC), carbon isotope ratios of sediment organic matter, and total carbon to total nitrogen ratios were measured at four lower intertidal sites in Bellingham Bay, Washington, July 2-5, 2019.

Version	1
Keywords	carbon isotope analysis, aquatic vegetation, grain-size analysis
Data types	Surveys (biological)
Format	comma-delimited text;
Amount	0.01 MB

Contacts

Contact	Renee K Takesue PCMSC_data@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/64b07fa8d34e70357a29eaa0.zip https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LOCE8T
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/ScienceBase/DR_P9LOCE8T/BellinghamEelgrass_Substrate2019_metadata.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2019-627-FA	quadrat plot used in ecology and geography to isolate a standard unit of area for study of the distribution of an item over a large area.