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Data from: CO2 fluxes in created and natural marshes in Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana

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Oct 16, 2024 version files 27.41 KB

Abstract

This dataset consists of carbon (C) flux measurements in May, July and September 2017 collected in a 2-year old created and a nearby natural reference marsh in the Chenier Plain Region of Louisiana. The purpose of this study was to examine seasonal C fluxes, specifically, gross ecosystem production (GEP), ecosystem respiration (ER), and net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of CO2 in unvegetated and vegetated (Spartina alterniflora) areas of a 2-year old created marsh and Spartina alterniflora and Spartina patens communities in a ‘natural’ reference brackish marsh. We also collected plant biomass, sediment chlorophyll a concentrations, marsh elevation, soil nitrogen and organic matter and bulk density to test for relationships to carbon fluxes.