Terrain and Vegetation of Toolik Lake, AK: Permanent Plots
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Externally Distributed Data Set
NSIDC does not archive this data set. Please contact the investigator or data compiler to acquire these data.
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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
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Access External Data
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 CitationWalker, 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.
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Location of sample site (geographic coordinates for sample plots not provided in data):
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