Title: Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Hydrogen, and Water Fluxes from a Brackish Marsh on the Coast of British Columbia
Citation: dataset citation with doi
Study Site: Richmond Brackish Marsh
Purpose: This site is a tidal brackish marsh on the southern side of the Sturgeon Bank Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. This area is situated within the estuary of the Fraser River. The total area of Sturgeon Bank WMA is 5,152 ha, of which the tidal marsh area is 205 ha. The southern of the WMA is characterized as a brackish marsh, which transitions to a salt marsh as you go north. Human development has influenced this area for almost 200 years. Human activities in this area began in the early 1800s, which included dredging, dyke and entrainment structures, agriculture, and other uses. The areas were designated as WMA in 1998. This area experiences a semidiurnal tidal cycle.
Abstract: The flux tower is located near the southern edge of the marsh, where the dominant species is cattail (Typha latifolia), with a canopy height of 160 cm. The tower is in a high marsh system and was installed to analyze energy, H2O, CO2, and CH4 fluxes on June 1, 2022.
Supplemental Information Summary: This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site CA-RBM Richmond Brackish Marsh.
Research:
Further Info: Study site website: https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/sites/siteinfo/CA-RBM
Status: In-progress
Keywords:
carbon dioxide,
methane,
Tidal marsh,
Geographical coordinates: North: 49.1313, South: 49.1313 East: -123.1964 West: -123.1964
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2022-01-01, End
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