gov.noaa.nodc:0296020 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-04-17T21:17:08Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NOAA RESTORE Science Program: Linking Community and Food-web Approaches to Restoration: Taxonomic data for marsh infauna associated with natural and restored marshes along a salinity gradient generated from a freshwater diversion at West Pointe a la Hache into eastern Barataria Bay, Louisiana, 2018-05-21 to 2021-05-25 (NCEI Accession 0296020) 2024-12-18 publication 2024-08-08 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/zb46-m126 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0296020 NCEI Archive Management System 0296020 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Nancy N. Rabalais Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) nrabal@lsu.edu http://www.lumcon.edu HTTP Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Polito, Michael Louisiana State University (LSU) mpolito@lsu.edu principalInvestigator Nancy N. Rabalais Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) nrabal@lsu.edu http://www.lumcon.edu HTTP Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Parker, Frank NOAA RESTORE Science Program frank.parker@noaa.gov https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA RESTORE Science Program website Institution web page information pointOfContact NOAA RESTORE Science Program noaarestorescience@noaa.gov https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA RESTORE Science Program website Institution web page information pointOfContact NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) NCCOS Data Manager nccos.data@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Polito, Michael Louisiana State University (LSU) mpolito@lsu.edu collaborator Engel, Annette University of Tennessee collaborator Hooper-Bùi, Linda Louisiana State University (LSU) collaborator Jensen, Olaf Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey collaborator López-Duarte, Paola Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey collaborator Martin, Charles University of Florida (UF) http://www.ufl.edu/ HTTP University of Florida (UF) website Institution web page information collaborator Olin, Jill Michigan Technological University (MTU) https://www.mtu.edu/ HTTPS Michigan Technological University (MTU) website Institution web page information collaborator Nancy N. Rabalais Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) nrabalais@lumcon.edu http://www.lumcon.edu HTTP Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) website Institution web page information collaborator Roberts, Brian Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) http://www.lumcon.edu HTTP Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) website Institution web page information collaborator Swenson, Erick Louisiana State University (LSU) collaborator Rabalais, Nancy N. Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium nrabalais@lumcon.edu http://www.lumcon.edu HTTP Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) website Institution web page information author Morrison, Wendy Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium http://www.lumcon.edu HTTP Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) website Institution web page information author Smith, Leslie Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium http://www.lumcon.edu HTTP Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) website Institution web page information author Woods, Gina Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium http://www.lumcon.edu HTTP Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) website Institution web page information author Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) http://www.lumcon.edu HTTP Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) website Institution web page information contributor Michigan Technological University (MTU) https://www.mtu.edu/ HTTPS Michigan Technological University (MTU) website Institution web page information contributor NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information contributor University of Florida (UF) http://www.ufl.edu/ HTTP University of Florida (UF) website Institution web page information contributor Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey contributor Louisiana State University (LSU) contributor University of Tennessee contributor tableDigital This dataset contains benthic macroinfauna species identifications and number of individuals collected from surface sediment samples at six sites at various distances from a freshwater diversion in the vicinity of West Pointe a la Hache, Lake Hermitage, and Port Sulphur, Louisiana in May of 2018, 2019, and 2021. Five replicates were collected at each marsh location. Taxonomic identification of individuals was determined to the lowest possible taxonomic level. Salinity data and marsh characterization for each sample location are also included in this dataset. Data are in spreadsheet format. Macroinfauna community composition is used as an indicator of age of restored marshes and as an indicator of salinity conditions. Additionally, species richness, abundance, diversity, and estimates of biomass are relevant for the structure of local food webs. These data will inform how river diversions may influence ecological trajectory and functionality of natural and created marshes, as well as trophic relationships. Little is known about how river diversions influence the ecological trajectory, food web structure, and function of natural versus created marshes. To address this gap, this project established sites in the West Point a la Hache (WPH) area (Barataria Bay, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana), near the WPH siphon which periodically shunts Mississippi River water into the local marshes. Sites were also established in nearby marshes that were restored as part of the Lake Hermitage Marsh Creation Project, representing an ideal model system to examine how seasonal and spatial shifts in salinity due to river diversions influence species composition and food web structure in both natural and different-aged created marshes. Objectives of the overall project included characterizing species compositions and abundances in multiple trophic levels (microbes to upper trophic level predators) and applying bulk (SIA) and compound-specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA) of amino acids (AA) in producer and consumer tissues to describe and compare the structure and complexity of food webs and reveal aspects of fish residency. Stable isotope and amino acid tissue analysis results are not included in this dataset. The data in this accession were funded by the NOAA RESTORE Science Program under award NA17NOS4510091 to Louisiana State University. Funding Agency: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0296020 Preview graphic PNG 0296020 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2024-06-25 publication LAND COVER - CLASSIFICATION SALINITY SPECIES COUNT PER SAMPLE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS corer sediment sampler - corer sediment sieve instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ laboratory analyses theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Louisiana State University Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Michigan Technological University NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey University of Florida University of Tennessee dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Louisiana Gulf of Mexico place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Linking community and food-web approaches to restoration: An ecological assessment of created and natural marshes influenced by river diversions US DOC; NOAA; NOS; NCCOS; RESTORE Science Program project Provider Project Names EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation NCCOS Research Location > Region > Gulf of Mexico NCCOS Research Topic > Restoration theme NCCOS Keywords Benthic macroinfauna species taxonomic composition theme Provider Keywords GRANULOMETRIC SIEVES SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Tulip bulb corer YSI Model Pro 30 instrument Provider Instruments OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico place NCCOS Regions of Study Lake Hermitage, Louisiana Port Sulphur, Louisiana West Pointe a la Hache, eastern Barataria Bay, Louisiana place Provider Place Names CMRE3J Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Rabalais, Nancy N.; Morrison, Wendy; Smith, Leslie; Woods, Gina (2024). NOAA RESTORE Science Program: Linking Community and Food-web Approaches to Restoration: Taxonomic data for marsh infauna associated with natural and restored marshes along a salinity gradient generated from a freshwater diversion at West Pointe a la Hache into eastern Barataria Bay, Louisiana, 2018-05-21 to 2021-05-25 (NCEI Accession 0296020). 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K., Mickey, R. C., & Mitra, S. (2014). Seabed erodibility variations on the Louisiana continental shelf before and after the 2011 Mississippi River flood. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 149, 283–293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.09.002 2014-08 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.09.002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.09.002 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.09.002 related journal article information Xu, K. author Corbett, D.R. author Walsh, J.P. author Young, D. author Briggs, K.B. author Cartwright, G.M. author Friedrichs, C.T. author Harris, C.K. author Mickey, R.C. author Mitra, S. author Elsevier BV publisher documentDigital Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 149 ISSN 0272-7714, pp. 283-293 crossReference sciencePaper National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. 2023. RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Linking Community and Food-web Approaches to Restoration. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/71399 2023 publication https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/71399 HTTPS https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/71399 Webpage information National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science publisher crossReference project LUMCON Project Page 2024 publication https://restorefoodweb.lumcon.edu/ HTTPS https://restorefoodweb.lumcon.edu/ LUMCON Project Page information LUMCON publisher documentDigital crossReference program RESTORE Project, Linking community and food-web approaches to restoration: An ecological assessment of created and natural marshes influenced by river diversions 2024 publication https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/marshes HTTPS https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/marshes NCCOS Project Page information NCCOS publisher documentDigital crossReference program External source of salinity data in the same geographic region of this current study area (stations near the sampling sites in this dataset are: 0263, 3617, 0260, 0258, 3680, 0282, 0209, 4529, 0226, 0224 2024 publication https://lacoast.gov/crms_viewer/Map/CRMSViewer HTTPS https://lacoast.gov/crms_viewer/Map/CRMSViewer CRMS Map Viewer information CWPPRA publisher tableDigital crossReference project eng; USA utf8 environment oceans biota -89.8543 -89.8099 29.4759 29.5605 2018-05-21 2021-05-25 Sampling occurred at one of three transects established at each site (T.1, T.2, T.3). Sediment samples were collected at two locations at each site (10 and 50 meters from marsh edge) for both natural and restored marshes. Five replicates were collected at each location for a total of ten samples per site on a given sample date. Macroinfauna were collected from the surface sediment with a tulip bulb corer to the approximate depth of 5 centimeters. The sample was placed into a 1-liter jar and preserved with a mixture of 10% formalin and Rose Bengal stain after an initial rinsing through a 500 micrometer sieve. Once the samples were back at the laboratory, each sample was rinsed through a 500 micrometer sieve again with fresh water and placed into a fresh sample jar. This sample was then sorted under a Wild Heerbrugg Stereo Microscope by picking out infauna and placing the specimen into a glass vial of ethanol for identification. The specimens were then identified with a Wild Heerbrugg Stereo Microscope and an Olympus BH-2 Microscope, with accompanying taxonomic literature, and results were recorded. Total File Size: 177 KB Data File Standard spreadsheet format: Excel (.xlsx) Data Files: Rabalais_Infauna_2018-2019-2021v3.xlsx NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media. Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0296020 v1.1 was published. 2024-12-18T20:51:28Z NCEI Accession 0296020 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0296020/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0296020 v1.1 published 2024-12-18T20:51:28Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: SALINITY (measured); Units: ppt; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI Model Pro 30; Sampling and Analyzing Method: See Methods above; Data Quality Method: There is no salinity data at LHC in May 2018. Parameter or Variable: Benthic macroinfauna species taxonomic composition (measured); Units: Taxonomic categories and Number of individuals; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Tulip bulb corer; Sampling and Analyzing Method: See Methods section above.; Data Quality Method: Identification of macroinfauna was completed and quality controlled by Nancy Rabalais. asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian corer corer submersible, hydraulic rotary coring drill sediment sampler - corer sediment sampler - corer sediment coring device gravity or other coring device used to collect surfacial and near-surficial sediment samples sediment sieve sediment sieve USA standard testing sieve (A.S.T.M.E.)