©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.This dataset includes seed counts from a survey of the shallow and deep zones at four different sites in Massachusetts, USA in 2019. The four sites were West Beach in Beverly (N 42.55921, W 70.80578), Curlew Beach in Nahant (N 42.42009, W 70.91553), Lynch Park in Beverly (N 42.54488, W 70.85842), and Niles Beach in Gloucester (N 42.59711, W 70.65592).
We conducted surveys of four different eelgrass beds in Massachusetts in mid-August of 2019. The four sites were West Beach in Beverly (N 42.55921, W 70.80578), Curlew Beach in Nahant (N 42.42009, W 70.91553), Lynch Park in Beverly (N 42.54488, W 70.85842), and Niles Beach in Gloucester (N 42.59711, W 70.65592). Surveys were done in both the shallow and deep zone. These zones were defined as being along the respective edges of the eelgrass beds. The exact depths of the zones varied from bed to bed.
During the surveys, we collected flowering shoots from within 0.0625 m^2 quadrats every 2 m along a 30 m transect (that would be extended for each quadrat that had no eelgrass). Any flowering shoots found within the quadrats were taken and their seeds counted. This led to there being up to 25 flowering shoots per depth per site.
Hughes, A. R. (2021) Seed counts from a survey of the shallow and deep zones at four different sites in Massachusetts, USA in 2019. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2021-03-31 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.847088.1 [access date]
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