Vegetation Warming Experiment: 15N Uptake Experiment Arctagrostis latifolia Canopy Traits, Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska, 2018

• Main Authors: Salmon, Verity, Childs, Joanne, Iversen, Colleen, Spencer, Breann, Rogers, Alistair, Ely, Kim, Serbin, Shawn
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 54 Environmental Sciences; Arctic; Arctagrostis latifolia; Barrow; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1784759; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1784759; https://doi.org/10.5440/1784759

This dataset consists of measured Arctagrostis latifolia canopy traits harvested from vegetation warming experiment enclosures and paired control plots located on the BEO, Utqia?vik, Alaska. Harvest types include both natural abundance and enriched A. latifolia. Canopy traits measured include leaf area index (LAI), specific leaf area (SLA) and maximum height. Vegetation warming chambers (Zero Power) were deployed on the Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO), Utqia?vik, Alaska. These chambers (Figure 1) consistently elevated air temperatures by approximately 4°C using a self-venting system described by Lewin et al (2017). Five chambers were deployed from June 17, 2018 to September 24, 2018 on the BEO within a 1 km2 area centered on 71.275N, -156.641W. Each chamber was co-located with an ambient plot where temperatures were not manipulated on patches of tundra containing the target species Arctagrostis latifolia. An intensive field campaign in late July investigated the impact of warming had on A. latifolia biomass, chemistry, and uptake of 15N labeled ammonia that was injected into the surface soils for one week. Initial measurements were taken on July 21, 2018. Harvest occurred on July 27, 2018. Water-extractable nutrients in soils were measured in July following harvests of A. latifolia plants and underlying soils. Availability of ammonia, nitrate, and phosphate throughout the growing season was measured by extracting nutrients bound to anion and cation binding resins deployed from July through September. Environmental variables (thaw depth, surface soil temperatures, surface soil moisture) were measured. Leaf traits and root traits of A. latifolia were also measured. The Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments: Arctic (NGEE Arctic), was a 10-year research effort (2012-2022) to reduce uncertainty in Earth System Models by developing a predictive understanding of carbon-rich Arctic ecosystems and feedbacks to climate. NGEE Arctic was supported by the Department of Energy?s Office of Biological and Environmental ...