Seasonal plant biomass moist acidic tussock tundra, 1983, Arctic LTER, Toolik Lake, Alaska.

Biomass in tussock tundra experimental plots near Toolik Lake, North Slope, AK (68 degrees 38N, 149derees 34W). There were five harvests in 1983. This file is the May 21-22, 1983 harvest.

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Other Authors: TerryChapin
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Published: ARC LTERThe Ecosystems CenterMarine Biological Lab7 MBL StWoods HoleMA02543USA(508) 289 7496arc_im@mbl.eduhttp://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/ 1990
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Ice
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spelling ftdryad:oai:v1.datadryad.org:10255/dryad.9716 2023-05-15T14:57:51+02:00 Seasonal plant biomass moist acidic tussock tundra, 1983, Arctic LTER, Toolik Lake, Alaska. TerryChapin Toolik Lake Field Station 1981 moist acidic tundra, North Slope of Alaska The Arctic LTER research site (68°N and 149°W) is in the foothills region of the North Slope of Alaska and includes the entire Toolik Lake watershed and the adjacent watershed of the upper Kuparuk River, down to the confluence of these two watersheds. This area is typical of the northern foothills of the Brooks Range, with continuous permafrost, no trees, a complete snow cover for 7 to 9 months, winter ice cover on lakes, streams, and ocean, and cessation of river flow during the winter. Tussock tundra vegetation of sedges and grasses mixed with dwarf birch and low willows form the dominant vegetation type with areas of drier heath tundra on ridge tops and other well-drained sites as well as areas of river-bottom willow communities. -149.578 W -149.578 E 68.6295 N 68.6295 S -149.75 W -149.0433 E 68.8 N 68.5 S 1983-05-21 to 1983-08-23 1990 text/plain http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.9716 http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-arc.1374.4/xml unknown ARC LTERThe Ecosystems CenterMarine Biological Lab7 MBL StWoods HoleMA02543USA(508) 289 7496arc_im@mbl.eduhttp://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/ http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-arc.1374.4/xml knb-lter-arc.1374.4 http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.9716 Acceptance and utilization of LTER data requires that:The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions.The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publicationsA copy of any resultant publications should be sent to: Principal Investigator Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, MA 02543 Alaska tundra biomass primary production disturbance inorganic nutrients organic matter populations dataset 1990 ftdryad 2020-01-01T14:22:17Z Biomass in tussock tundra experimental plots near Toolik Lake, North Slope, AK (68 degrees 38N, 149derees 34W). There were five harvests in 1983. This file is the May 21-22, 1983 harvest. Dataset Arctic Brooks Range Dwarf birch Ice north slope permafrost Tundra Alaska Dryad Digital Repository (Duke University) Arctic Northern Foothills ENVELOPE(163.917,163.917,-74.733,-74.733)
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topic Alaska
tundra
biomass
primary production
disturbance
inorganic nutrients
organic matter
populations
spellingShingle Alaska
tundra
biomass
primary production
disturbance
inorganic nutrients
organic matter
populations
Seasonal plant biomass moist acidic tussock tundra, 1983, Arctic LTER, Toolik Lake, Alaska.
topic_facet Alaska
tundra
biomass
primary production
disturbance
inorganic nutrients
organic matter
populations
description Biomass in tussock tundra experimental plots near Toolik Lake, North Slope, AK (68 degrees 38N, 149derees 34W). There were five harvests in 1983. This file is the May 21-22, 1983 harvest.
author2 TerryChapin
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title Seasonal plant biomass moist acidic tussock tundra, 1983, Arctic LTER, Toolik Lake, Alaska.
title_short Seasonal plant biomass moist acidic tussock tundra, 1983, Arctic LTER, Toolik Lake, Alaska.
title_full Seasonal plant biomass moist acidic tussock tundra, 1983, Arctic LTER, Toolik Lake, Alaska.
title_fullStr Seasonal plant biomass moist acidic tussock tundra, 1983, Arctic LTER, Toolik Lake, Alaska.
title_full_unstemmed Seasonal plant biomass moist acidic tussock tundra, 1983, Arctic LTER, Toolik Lake, Alaska.
title_sort seasonal plant biomass moist acidic tussock tundra, 1983, arctic lter, toolik lake, alaska.
publisher ARC LTERThe Ecosystems CenterMarine Biological Lab7 MBL StWoods HoleMA02543USA(508) 289 7496arc_im@mbl.eduhttp://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/
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op_coverage Toolik Lake Field Station 1981 moist acidic tundra, North Slope of Alaska
The Arctic LTER research site (68°N and 149°W) is in the foothills region of the North Slope of Alaska and includes the entire Toolik Lake watershed and the adjacent watershed of the upper Kuparuk River, down to the confluence of these two watersheds. This area is typical of the northern foothills of the Brooks Range, with continuous permafrost, no trees, a complete snow cover for 7 to 9 months, winter ice cover on lakes, streams, and ocean, and cessation of river flow during the winter. Tussock tundra vegetation of sedges and grasses mixed with dwarf birch and low willows form the dominant vegetation type with areas of drier heath tundra on ridge tops and other well-drained sites as well as areas of river-bottom willow communities.
-149.578 W -149.578 E 68.6295 N 68.6295 S
-149.75 W -149.0433 E 68.8 N 68.5 S
1983-05-21 to 1983-08-23
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Brooks Range
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op_rights Acceptance and utilization of LTER data requires that:The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions.The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publicationsA copy of any resultant publications should be sent to: Principal Investigator Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, MA 02543
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