PEDO-ECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS, BARROW, ALASKA

• Main Authors: Brown, Jerry, Johnson, Philip L.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: Ecology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SOILS; *ECOLOGY; *PERMAFROST; TEMPERATURE; ALASKA; SOIL MECHANICS; CLIMATE; PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; PLANTS(BOTANY); ARCTIC REGIONS; MORPHOLOGY(BIOLOGY); GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; Arctic; Barrow; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0615998; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0615998

The primary objectives of the study are to quantify the environmental parameters and eco-system processes which are responsible for generating the complex Arctic landscape and to evaluate the effect of micro- and macrorelief upon soils and vegetation. The experimental design and methodologies employed for acquisition and analysis of data are described. Data are presented from 20 plots which include depth of summer thaw for 1962 and 1963, soil moisture content at 80 sample sites, soil chemical concentrations at the 3/4 meter depth, selected soil temperature for an entire year, and lichen, moss, and vascular plant cover. Microclimatic data at 6 stations along a 2-km transect are presented for summer 1963. The interdisciplinary approach to these investigations has been directed towards an understanding of the edaphic, geomorphic, botanical, and ecological characteristics of the landscape, and to a lesser extent to their interactions with the microenvironment.