Alaskan Peatland Experiment (APEX): Ammonium Uptake Experiment I - Uptake Data Collected in 2016 at Lowland Bog Sites in the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest near Fairbanks, Alaska

• Main Authors: Albano, Lucas Jacob, Turetsky, Merritt R, Mack, Michelle Cailin, Kane, Evan S., Bonanza Creek LTER
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2020
• Subjects: Bonanza; Fairbanks; Carex aquatilis; Thermokarst; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/f91edcd2552aad2c5c3dad6454bb2f07; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.735.2

This dataset contains data from an ammonium uptake experiment conducted at the APEX Beta site in the BCEF. Data includes ammonium uptake of Carex aquatilis roots from porewater spiked with (NH4)2SO4 for 4 and 8 hours after excavation from thermokarst bogs. Comparisons involve deep vs shallow roots and roots excavated from the edge and centre of thermokarst bogs.