ARCSS081 Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map Grizelle Gonzalez, William A. Gould, and Martha K. Raynolds Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map 2002-01-01 Boulder, Colorado USA NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center http://nsidc.org/data/arcss081.html Investigator Donald (Skip) A. Walker ffdaw@uaf.edu 1 907 474-2460

University of Alaska at Fairbanks

Institute of Arctic Biology

Institute of Arctic Biology

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks AK 99775-6780 USA Investigator William A. Gould

Biology Program

University of Minnesota

Itasca, MN

USA

Investigator Grizelle Gonzalez

Northern Ecosystem Analysis and Mapping Laboratory

Institute of Arctic Biology

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks AK 99775 Investigator Martha K. Raynolds

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks AK 99775 Technical Contact NSIDC User Services nsidc@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 x 1 303 492-2468 x

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Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA EARTH SCIENCE Biological Classification Plants Lichens EARTH SCIENCE Biological Classification Plants Mosses/Hornworts/Liverworts EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Terrestrial Ecosystems Alpine/Tundra EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Terrestrial Ecosystems Wetlands Lacustrine Wetlands EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Terrestrial Ecosystems Wetlands Riparian Wetlands EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Vegetation Indigenous Vegetation EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Vegetation Vegetation Cover EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Vegetation Vegetation Species EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Calcium EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Nitrogen EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Organic Matter EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Permafrost EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Phosphorus EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Potassium EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Soil Chemistry EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Soil Classification EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Soil Moisture/Water Content EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Soil pH EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Soil Texture EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Topography Landforms Amund Ringnes Island ARCSS081 Arctic Canada Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System ATLAS Axel Heiberg Island Black Top Ridge Braun-Blanquet Bryophytes Bunde Fiord Canadian Arctic Canadian Arctic Soils Canadian arctic transect Canadian Arctic Vegetation Canadian Transect Cape Levvel Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map Climatic Gradient Cornwallis Island Daring Lake Dry Tundra Dwarf Shrubs Dwarf Shrub Tundra East Wind Lake Ellesmere Island environmental data Eureka Expedition Fiord Field Description Floristic Surveys Hadley Bay Hare Ridge Land Surface lichens Mesic Tundra mosses Mount Pelly National Science Foundation NSF NSIDC OPP9732076 OPP-9732076 Photographs Phytogeographic Subzones Plant Communities Plant Species Cover Releve Plots Releves Resolute Bay Riparian Habitats Sedges Snowbeds Soil Analyses Soil Bulk Density Soil Chemistry Soil Descriptions Soil Moisture Soil Organic Matter Content Soil Particle Size Analysis Soil pH Soil Pits Soil Properties Soil Taxonomy Soil Texture Stratigrapher River Substrates Texture Estimates Thanhieser Toposequences Tuktu River Tundra Ecosystems Tundra Vegetation Vascular Plants Vegetational Vegetation Classification Vegetation Communities Vegetation Cover Vegetation Description Vegetation Ecology Vegetation Height Victoria Island Wet Tundra CAMERAS PH METERS SOIL SAMPLER GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GROUND STATIONS 1999-07-19 1999-09-11 complete 64 80 -112 -85 2 meters 200 meters CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA CANADA CANADIAN ARCTIC GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARCTIC CANADIAN ARCTIC GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR ARCSS/LAII/ATLAS Arctic System Science/LAII/Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System English ARCSS/ADCC NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center http://nsidc.org Data Center Contact NSIDC User Services nsidc@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 1 303 492-2468

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Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA FTP 0.6 KB ASCII Text FTP 32 KB ASCII Text Gonzalez, G., W.A. Gould, and M.K. Raynolds. 2000. 1999 Canadian Transect for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map. Data report, Northern Ecosystem Analysis and Mapping Laboratory, Fairbanks, AK. Digital version available from the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO. Identifier no. ARCSS081.

This report summarizes environmental, vegetation, and soil data collected from 116 releves along a 2000-km transect from Amund Ringnes, Axel Heiberg, and Ellesmere Islands in the northern Canadian Arctic to a site at the southern edge of the Canadian tundra. Data include sample site descriptions (e.g., thaw depths, aspect, and surficial geology); soil pH, chemistry, and texture; and vascular, bryophyte, and lichen species cover. Scientists involved in the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Mapping (CAVM) project, with the help of undergraduate students enrolled in a University of Minnesota field course, conducted this north-south transect study of the Canadian Arctic to investigate large-scale climate-related variations in vegetation.

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