Station FLE04524-408

Olsen: 408

Water Conservation Area 2 (WCA2)
FIU Station: 112

Panel: RegularSeason: Spring
BioChem Date/Time: 2005-05-12 12:15:00
BioChem Crew: Phyllis Meyer/Dan Scheidt
Plants Date: 2005-05-20Aquatic Date:

SB SB
Location NAD83NAD27
Latitude26.38866726.388669 
Longitude-80.4245-80.424492 
UTM Y (northing) 29186522918856
UTM X (easting) 557384557405

Comments: SULFIDE SMELL. SW TOO SHALLOW TO SAMPLE.

Basic

ItemValueDescription
CameraNEPADigital camera used for field documentation of habitat and soil core
Chopper1number of helicopter and associated sampling equipment and supply cache
Cycle6sampling cycle number
FISHNO10number of mosquitofish collected for Hg analysis
FISHNO20number of mosquitofish collected for isotope analysis
FLOCCONT0number and kind of container used for floc
Flowuncertaindescription of surface water flow at sampling site
PERIPBnobenthic periphyton collected
PERIPEnoepiphytic periphyton collected
PERIPFnofloating mat periphyton collected
Soiltypepeatsoil type categories, by visual observation
Station112sampling station numbers, unique for 2005, assigned by EPA to the Olsen site numbers; many of the FIU researchers use these numbers as their sample identifiers
VEGTYPEsawgrass marshplant community observed at sampling site
Weather3 med overcastweather conditions
XNOMINALnominal = sampled within 5 meters of GPS coordinates
shifted = 5-20 meters
station rejected = >20 meters
PlantDate2005-05-20Plant collection date

ItemValue 1Value 2Value 3AverageUnitsDescription
FLOCTH0000cmvertical extent (length) of floc layer in core
PWEAgCl-90-120-110-106.67mVpore water, field-measured, in-line Ag/AgCl reference microprobe
PWEh109798992.3mVpore water, field-measured, in-line Ag/AgCl reference microprobe corrected to standard Hydrogen electrode by adding 199 mV
SoilCTH10101010cmvertical extent (length) of soil sample, from soil surface to bottom of core
SoilTHI6.86.56.66.6feetsoil thickness, metal probe to point of refusal
WatDept0.50.50.50.5feetwater depth

BioChemistry

A A G G SC
ItemValueUnitsQProtocolDescription
AFDWSDFS84.32%FIU SERCAsh Free Dry Weight for soil
AVSSDA2.9mg/kgUJAZC Inc.Acid Volatile Sulfide in soil
BDSDFS0.095g/cc FIU SERCBulk Density for soil
BRPWEA0.56mg/LEPA SESDBromide in pore water
CLPWEA210mg/LEPA SESDChloride in pore water
FDOCPWD69mg/LFDEPDissolved Organic Carbon in porewater
FNH4RPWF0.31mg/LFIU SERCFiltered Ammonia in pore water, recalculated
FNNRPWFB0.045mg/LFIU SERCFiltered Nitrite + Nitrate in pore water, recalculated
FNO2RPWF0.0038mg/LFIU SERCFiltered Nitrite in pore water, recalculated
FNO3RPWF0.041mg/LFIU SERCFiltered Nitrate in pore water, recalculated
FPWEA0.8mg/LJEPA SESDFluoride in pore water
H2SPWEE7.5mg/LEPA ESATSulfide in pore water
MCSDFS0.16g/gFIU SERCMineral Content of soil
MEHGSDFC1.1ng/gFIU SERCMethyl Mercury in soil
pHSDEE7.2 EPA SESDex situ soil pH
SO4PWEA4.5mg/LEPA SESDSulfate in pore water
SRPRPWFB0.0149mg/LFIU SERCSoluble Reactive Phosphorus in pore water, recalculated
TCSDFB42% FIU SERCTotal Carbon in soil
THGSDFC120ng/gFIU SERCTotal Mercury in soil
TINAPWFB0.36mg/LFIU SERCTotal Inorganic Nitrogen (calculated) in pore water, recalculated
TNSDFB2.8% FIU SERCTotal Nitrogen in soil
TPRSDFB540µg/gFIU SERCTotal Phosphorus in soil, recalculated
WCSDFS0.91g/g FIU SERCWater Content of soil

Plants

A A

All sites sampled had 1 transect that ran south to north, with the southern end sampled 5 m due west of the biogeochemical sampling point. If a second “habitat type”, as based on visual assessment of the botanist in the crew, was located within a 50 m radius of the first sampling point, a second transect was done in that habitat.

Left Panorama

LP5 LP4 LP3 LP2 LP1

Right Panorama

RP1 RP2 RP3 RP4

Transects

PT

The number in each plant column records the number of quarter-meter-squared quadrats in 5 (1-meter-squared) quadrats in which that species was found at any given site.The 5 (1-meter-squared) quadrats were distributed to the right and left every 2 m along the 10 m transect.If the plant was not present, the cell has a 0;if the plant was present in every quarter-meter-squared quadrat, the number in the cell is 20.

ItemTransect 1Transect 2FamilyScientific NameCommon Name
CladJama20CyperaceaeCladium jamaicenseSaw-grass, Jamaica swamp sawgrass
MISC

Exotics

In the 2005 R-EMAP sampling invasive exotic plant species were surveyed in two ways. The first survey was done on the helicopter fly-in to the GPS site and covered the general area of the site, while the second was a 360° site survey from the helicopter pontoons after landing and covered the immediate area of the site. In the aerial (A) helicopter survey we looked for the presence of six invasive exotic species (Casuarina spp., Lygodium microphyllum, Melaleuca quinquenervia, Neyraudia reynaudiana, Pennisetum purpureum and Schinus terebinthefolius), as well as the presence of cattail (Typha domingensis). In the survey from the helicopter floats (F) we recorded the presence of any exotic seen; the only additional exotic species observed from the floats was Salvinia minima. In both surveys we recorded the presence of species and quantified their abundance using categories for the number of individuals. The categories used were 0 (i.e., not present), 1 individual, 2 - 10 individuals, and > 10. We did not find Neyraudia reynaudiana at any site, so this species was not included in the database.

ItemAbundanceScientific NameSource
CasuSp_A0Casuarina speciesaerial fly-in
CasuSp_F0Casuarina speciesfloats
LygoMicr_A0Lygodium microphyllumaerial fly-in
LygoMicr_F0Lygodium microphyllumfloats
MelaQuin_A0Melaleuca quinquenerviaaerial fly-in
MelaQuin_F0Melaleuca quinquenerviafloats
PennPurp_A0Pennisetum purpureumaerial fly-in
PennPurp_F0Pennisetum purpureumfloats
SalvMini_F0Salvinia minimafloats
SchiTere_A0Schinus terebinthefoliusaerial fly-in
TyphDomi_A0Typha domingensisaerial fly-in
TyphDomi_F0Typha domingensisfloats

Vegetation Map