Terrain and Vegetation of Imnavait Creek, AK: Toposequence Study

ARCSS Data Catalog

Data Contributors

  • WALKER, DONALD (SKIP) A.
  • LEDERER, NAN D.

Parameters

  • ACTIVE LAYER
  • ALPINE/TUNDRA
  • ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS)
  • CALCIUM
  • CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS
  • COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
  • CONTOURS
  • DECIDUOUS VEGETATION
  • DOMINANCE
  • DOMINANT SPECIES
  • DRAINAGE
  • EVERGREEN VEGETATION
  • FLUVIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES
  • GLACIAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES
  • 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

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This data report is a summary of environmental, soil, and vegetation information collected from 23 study plots at the Department of Energy R4D research site, located near Imnavait Creek in northern Alaska. Data include site factors, soil classification, description, and physical and chemical properties, and plant species cover. Study plots characterize two typical hillslopes of the Imnavait Creek Watershed. An assessment for photointerpreting vegetation signatures based on data findings is provided. Data are available only as a hard-copy paper report.

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Data Citation

Walker, D.A. and N.D. Lederer. 1987. Toposequence study: Site factors, soil physical and chemical properties and plant species cover. Department of Energy R4D Program Data Report. Plant Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Identifier no. ARCSS111. Hard-copy paper report.


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Location of sample site:

Sample site location, polar perspective     Sample site location, Alaska perspective

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