Faculty Dataset for Nitrogen biogeochemistry of headwater catchments underlain by discontinuous permafrost lesson plan
Students work with a large dataset describing nitrogen dynamics in the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watersheds, small watersheds in the boreal forest that are underlain with various extents of permafrost cover. Students use spreadsheet and graphics software to investigate responses of N cycling to...
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1041834 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Faculty_Dataset_for_Nitrogen_biogeochemistry_of_headwater_catchments_underlain_by_discontinuous_permafrost_lesson_plan/1041834 |
| Summary: | Students work with a large dataset describing nitrogen dynamics in the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watersheds, small watersheds in the boreal forest that are underlain with various extents of permafrost cover. Students use spreadsheet and graphics software to investigate responses of N cycling to permafrost, seasonal patterns, and inter-annual variation by 1) making observations concerning long (inter-annual) and short- term (seasonal) patterns in nutrient concentrations in streams, 2) hypothesizing about physical and biological conditions influencing nitrogen chemistry, and 3) testing predictions using graphical analyses. The first activity provides a guided approach to addressing a research question with the available data. Supplemental activities are inquiry-based and instructors can either specify analyses to perform or choose to allow students to gain experience with exploratory data analysis in more advanced courses. |
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