Florida Coastal Everglades - United States of America

Basic Information
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Site Name
Florida Coastal Everglades
Short name
FCE
Country
United States of America
Web Address
FCE LTER Website
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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Last modified
2023-07-25 10:07:50

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2000
Observed properties
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.
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
View in site map
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 25.286389 Longitude: -80.893056

Size
ca. 430000.00ha
Elevation (average)
1.80msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
2.40msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Coastal
Biome
Coastal
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Forest
Mangroves
Air Temperature: Average Annual
28.96°C
Precipitation Annual
1159.40mm
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
Observation devices » Measurement tower » More than 10 m above canopy
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
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