Terrain and Vegetation of Toolik Lake, AK: Permanent Plots

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Data Contributors

WALKER, DONALD (SKIP) A.
BARRY, NATALYA C.

Parameters

ACTIVE LAYER
ALPINE/TUNDRA
ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS)
CALCIUM
CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
CONTAMINANTS
CONTOURS
DECIDUOUS VEGETATION
DOMINANCE
DOMINANT SPECIES
DRAINAGE
EVERGREEN VEGETATION
GLACIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES
GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY
GYMNOSPERMS
INDIGENOUS VEGETATION
LAND COVER
LAND MANAGEMENT
LANDFORMS
LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
LANDSCAPE PATTERNS
LICHENS
MAGNESIUM
MOSSES/HORNWORTS/LIVERWORTS
NITROGEN
ORGANIC MATTER
PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
POTASSIUM
RIVERS/STREAMS
SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND
SNOW COVER
SNOW MELT
SOIL BULK DENSITY
SOIL CHEMISTRY
SOIL CLASSIFICATION
SOIL COLOR
SOIL CONSISTENCE
SOIL DEPTH
SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE
SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
SOIL PH
SOIL PLASTICITY
SOIL SALINITY/SOIL SODICITY
SOIL STRUCTURE
SOIL TEXTURE
TERRAIN ELEVATION
TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS
TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF
VEGETATION COVER
VEGETATION SPECIES
WATER CHANNELS
WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS
WEATHERING
WETLANDS

Instruments

CAMERAS
PH METERS

This data set is a summary of environmental, soil, and vegetation information collected from 81 study plots at the Toolik Lake research site in northern Alaska. Data include site factors, soil classification, description, and physical and chemical properties, as well as plant species cover. Investigators examined typical and characteristic vegetation communities of the area around Toolik Lake.

Data Citation

Walker, D.A. and N.C. Barry. 1991. Toolik Lake permanent vegetation plots: Site factors, soil physical and chemical properties, plant species cover, photographs, and soil descriptions. Department of Energy R4D Program Data report, Joint Facility for Regional Ecosystem Analysis, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Identifier no. ARCSS018. Digital media and paper copy.

Data Location Maps:

Location of sample site (geographic coordinates for sample plots not provided in data):