Monitoring of primary production of forbs, grasses and shrubs at Alert, Nunavut

We sampled the production of plants (forbs, grasses and shrubs) at 4 sites (2 in damp, marshy areas and 2 in drier, poorly vegetated habitats) in 2007 and 2008. We sample plant biomass at the end of the growing season in late July to early August by removing 8 quadrats of 20 x 50 cm at each site. Al...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morrison, R.I. Guy
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2015
Subjects:
Alert
Biomass
Ellesmere Island
Habitats
Plants
Primary production
International Polar Year-Arctic Wildlife Observatories Linking Vulnerable EcoSystems
Arctic
Nunavut
International Polar Year
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/746
https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=746
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Summary:We sampled the production of plants (forbs, grasses and shrubs) at 4 sites (2 in damp, marshy areas and 2 in drier, poorly vegetated habitats) in 2007 and 2008. We sample plant biomass at the end of the growing season in late July to early August by removing 8 quadrats of 20 x 50 cm at each site. All live above-ground biomass is cut, sorted out by species groups (i.e. forbs, grasses, shrub woody parts, shrub non-woody parts) and weighed dry. : Purpose: Monitoring of plant production : Summary: Not Applicable

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