Measurements of Leaf area, foliar C and N for 14 sites along a transect down the Kuparuk River basin, summer 1997, North Slope, Alaska.

Abstract: 

1997 measurements of Leaf area, foliar C and N for 14 sites along a transect down the Kuparuk River basin, North Slope, Alaska.

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Data set ID: 

1406

EML revision ID: 

8
Published on EDI/LTER Data Portal

Citation: 

Williams, M., Rastetter, E. 1999. Measurements of Leaf area, foliar C and N for 14 sites along a transect down the Kuparuk River basin, summer 1997, North Slope, Alaska. Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/a5a4d4154e0a8181a5523b4d9c49ed99
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Dates

Date Range: 

Tuesday, July 15, 1997 to Friday, August 1, 1997

Publication Date: 

1999

Methods: 

Quadrat sample size: 20 cm x 20 cm
10 quadrats per site, but time constraints limited analysis to less (~7). The samples were dried at 60 degrees C in a drying oven and after several days weighed to nearest milligram.
In each quadrat all foliage was plucked and separated by species. For each species we determined leaf mass, foliar %N and %C, leaf area. From these data we calculate leaf mass per area, Moss and lichen biomass and %N for moss/lichen were determined by plucks and/or subsampling for each quadrat.
Some species were grouped - for instance all graminoids were grouped together.

Reference Citations: Williams, M. and E.B. Rastetter (1999) Vegetation characteristics and primary productivity along an arctic transect: implications for scaling up. Journal of Ecology, 87:885-898

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