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LTER GCE ? Benth Chloro., dens., poros., and org. cont. conc. gross oxy. photosyn. rates in surf. est. intertid. Seds at Sapelo Isl. -Jan, Apr., June, Jul 2001

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Seasonal patterns of estuarine creek-bank and intertidal marsh benthic chlorophyll, density, porosity, and organic content were investigated at several sites on Sapelo Island and the Satilla River in coastal Georgia.

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Benthic chlorophyll, density, porosity, and organic content were measured in the bulk surface centimeter depth of sediment. Several relatively pristine sites on Sapelo Island (Moses Hammock and Dean Creek) and a presumably heavily impacted site (Dover Bluff) show similar levels of chlorophyll concentration across bank and marsh zones with higher photosynthetic biomass in the spring season.

Overall bounding box describing the geographic region within the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER study domain represented in data set ALG-GCED-0304c

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Provenance · 1 source records, 16 field assertions
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NASA Earthdata CMRC1214155047-SCIOPS12 d agoJSON v1
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access_levelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/ecosystem-functions/biomass-dynamicssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/marine-ecosystems/benthicsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/biomasssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-chemistry/pigments/chlorophyllsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-optics/photosynthetically-active-radiationsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-temperature/water-temperaturesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/water-quality-water-chemistry/water-characteristics/chlorophyll-concentrationssource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/water-quality-water-chemistry/water-characteristics/water-temperaturesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-providedsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
descriptionsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/Abstract
license_textsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
spatialsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/SpatialExtent
temporalsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/TemporalExtents
titlesource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0/umm/EntryTitle
version_labelsource · NASA CMRconnector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0