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US-PLo: Plum Island Oligohaline Marsh

Tower_team:
PI: Inke Forbrich inke.forbrich@utoledo.edu - University of Toledo
DataManager: Hannah Orton horton@mbl.edu - Marine Biological Laboratory
Lat, Long: 42.7496, -70.9157
Elevation(m): 1.4
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux
Vegetation IGBP: WET (Permanent Wetlands: Lands with a permanent mixture of water and herbaceous or woody vegetation that cover extensive areas. The vegetation can be present in either salt, brackish, or fresh water)
Climate Koeppen: Dfa (Humid Continental: humid with severe winter, no dry season, hot summer)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): 8.7
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 1262
Flux Species Measured: CO2, CH4, H, H2O
Years Data Collected: 2022 - Present
Years Data Available:No data available
Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1
Description:
The site is a tidal oligohaline marsh located within the Plum Island Sound estuary, which is characterized by a tidal range of 2.5-3m and a vegetation ...
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Research Topics: estuarine carbon cycling, sea level rise, salinity influence on methane fluxes
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