Data Management Plan

This Data Management Plan (DMP) outlines the procedures, suggestions, rules, and management for the data generated through the Research Training Group 2530. The DMP is essential to providing the most sustainable, and therefore, most useful data for future research, especially for understanding long-term and changing biota-mediated carbon dynamics in estuaries.

The DMP outlines the overall vision for data management as the project progresses, including the Who, What, Where, When, and How. It includes a detailed protocol and set of guidelines for individual researchers to follow when preparing their datasets. It also includes technical information regarding long-term data storage, personnel assignments and curation, as well as legal information regarding data ownership.

The RTG 2530 is designed to last nine years and includes many separate research projects with the same overall theme and often utilizing the same study sites. If followed, this DMP will help ensure the information gathered through the RTG will be harnessed for optimal use over the longest possible period of time. Such data sustainability is essential for our continuing understanding of the natural world.