Barrier Island Dune Vegetation Census

Census Data

Policy for the Use of Data
The protocols for data ownership, custodial liability, data submission and data access are similar to those being developed by other agencies. I have largely modified the guidelines provided by the National Estuarine Service.


Liability Policy
Any data provided here are only as good as the quality assurance and quality control procedures outlined in our methods. The user bears all responsibility for its subsequent use/misuse in any further analyses or comparisons. Florida State University, and T. E. Miller, do not assume liability to the Recipient or third persons, nor will Florida State University or T. E. Miller indemnify the Recipient for its liability due to any losses resulting in any way from the use of this dataset.


Data Dissemination Policy

This dataset was collected by T. E. Miller and volunteers and students working under the direction of T. E. Miller. Thomas E. Miller and his volunteers and students retain the rights to be fully credited for having collected and processed the data. Following academic courtesy standards, the source of this data should be fully acknowledged in any subsequent publications in which any part of this dataset is used. Manuscripts resulting from this research and data collection effort that are produced for publication in open literature, including refereed scientific journals, shall acknowledge that the research was funded by T. E. Miller, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, with additional funds provided by a Hurricane Rapid Research Initiative (HURRI) Grant from the International Hurricane Center (IHC), the National Science Foundation, the US Fish and Wildlife Service,  the National Estuarine Research Reserve system, and the Northern Gulf Institute.


Data Ownership and Dissemination Policy
Data collected under this research program are considered public information. We will make a reasonable attempt to make data publicly available within a year of the sampling date. However, if data are needed at an earlier time, a request can be made to T. E. Miller.


St. George Census Data

The following Excel file provides data collected from 1999 to 2014.
St. George Census Data File (excel format)

Northern Gulf of Mexico Census Data

Some data are also available from Trinity, Horn, Santa Rosa, Crooked, St. George, Anclote, and Cayo Costa Islands.  In particular, there have been annual censuses conducted at Santa Rosa (in the Gulf Island National Seashore near Fort Pickens) and Crooked Islands since 2010.  These data will be made available as they are processed.  If data are needed at an earlier time, a request can be made to T. E. Miller.

East Crooked Island:  Census Data File (not current available)

Santa Rosa Island:  Santa Rosa Census Data File (excel format)

 

Barrier Island Dune Vegetation Census Homepage

Methods

Species List

Revised February 28, 2016