Plant primary production on Herschel Island

• Main Authors: Donald Reid, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Scott Gilbert, Yukon College
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2011
• Subjects: Biomass; Graminoids; Grazing impacts; Herschel Island; Mesic tundra; Plants; Primary production; Wetland; Yukon; International Polar Year-Arctic Wildlife Observatories Linking Vulnerable EcoSystems; Arctic; Eriophorum; Herschel; International Polar Year; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/753; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=753

We sample the net primary production (NPP) of plants in 2 mesic communities (Dryas-Salix heath and Eriophorum-Salix tundra), and one hydric community (Carex-Salix meadow) on Herschel Island. In 2007 this work was limited to NPP for graminoid species in these communities, but it was expand to cover a...