Monitoring permafrost thaw in Denali National Park and Preserve: year one of data collection 2013

Transects were established at six sites in the Toklat river basin, Denali National Park and Preserve. This was the fist year of what will be a long-term monitoring project of permafrost and ecosystem characteristics. Transects were co-located with known thaw subsidence (thermokarst) features and run...

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Main Authors: Webb, Elizabeth E, Schuur, Edward A.G., Bonanza Creek LTER
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2018
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/31811dc109183ea9779bd1ad787c62f3
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Summary:Transects were established at six sites in the Toklat river basin, Denali National Park and Preserve. This was the fist year of what will be a long-term monitoring project of permafrost and ecosystem characteristics. Transects were co-located with known thaw subsidence (thermokarst) features and run from outside (relatively undisturbed tundra) through the feature.