Florida Coastal Everglades - United States of America

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Site Name
Florida Coastal Everglades
Short name
FCE
Country
United States of America
Web Address
FCE LTER Website
Subsite Name(s)
Ecosistemas Costeros de la Peninsula de Yucatan Mex-LTER - Mexico
Shark River Slough - United States of America
Taylor Slough/Panhandle - United States of America
Site Manager
Mike Rugge
Site Description
The majority of Florida Coastal Everglades LTER sites are located in freshwater marsh, estuarine mangroves, seagrass estuary ecosystems in Everglades National Park. Everglades National Park covers approximately 4300 km² of south Florida and is part of the greater Everglades ecosystem which extends north to Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River.
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2021-03-11 11:03:49

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2000
Observed properties
atmospheric parameter
precipitation intensity
ecosystem parameter
above ground net primary production
fire severity index
water parameter
Photos
Map of south Florida showing the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER study area

Map of south Florida showing the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER study area

Geographic
Size
430000.00ha
Elevation (average)
1.80msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
2.40msl
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
US LTER✔ (FCE)This site is a verified "US LTER" member.
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Site information [.json]

Centroid coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Coastal
Biome
Coastal
Ecosystem and Land Use
Coastal
Forest
Mangroves
Air Temperature: Average Annual
28.96°C
Air Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum)
13.60°C
Air Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum)
32.40°C
Precipitation Annual
1159.40mm
Precipitation Maximum Monthly
42.40mm
Precipitation Minimum Monthly
199.90mm
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
1
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Data Policy URL
http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/core/data_user_agreement/distribution_policy.html
LTER Site Classification
Master