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Textural soil data, Colombia, 0 - 100 cm
The textural soil data is a harmonized and structured data set with information related to soil particle-size fractions (PSF) such as clay, sand, and silt, as transformed data. The transformed data was obtained through additive log-ratio transformation because the PSF are compositional data. The textural soil data was fitted to five standard depths using the quadratic function with equal areas (spline). Standard depths were: 0 - 5 cm, 5 - 15 cm, 15 - 30 cm, 30 - 60 cm, and 60 - 100 cm. The original data was obtained from Sistema de Información de Suelos de Latinoamérica y el Caribe - SISLAC, a soil information system developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Data for a leaf litter decomposition study and soil density fractionation analysis at a whole-watershed fertilization experiment in a temperate forest
To assess how elevated N deposition influences leaf litter decomposition dynamics and soil organic matter formation in a temperate deciduous forest, we coupled a reciprocal transplant leaf litter decomposition study with an analysis of the distribution of soil organic matter in mineral associated and particulate organic matter fractions at a long-term, whole-watershed, N fertilization experiment. We found that nearly 30 years of N additions slowed decay rates by about 11% for leaf litter decomposed in the fertilized watershed, regardless of the watershed from which the initial litter was collected. An apparent consequence of the altered rates of decomposition was that the soil in the fertilized watershed had about a 40% greater fraction of SOM in light particulate organic matter compared to the reference watershed, which was positively correlated with the bulk soil carbon to nitrogen ratio. Collectively, our results suggest that under conditions of N saturation, the physical transfer pathway of SOM formation is favored, which can have important implications for the future of the soil organic matter stock and nutrient cycling.
Biogeochemistry data set for soil waters, streams, and lakes near Toolik on the North Slope of Alaska.
Data file describing the biogeochemistry of samples collected at various sites near Toolik Lake, North Slope of Alaska. Sample site descriptors include a unique assigned number (sortchem), site, date, time, depth, distance (downstream), elevation, treatment, date-time, category, and water type (lake, surface, soil). Physical measures collected in the field include temperature (water, soil, well water), conductivity, pH, average thaw depth, well height, discharge, stage height, and light (lakes). Chemical analysis for the sample include alkalinity; dissolved organic carbon (DOC); inorganic and total dissolved nutrients (NH4, PO4, NO3, TDN, TDP); particulate carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus (PC, PN, and PP); cations (Ca, Mg, Na, K); anions (SO4 and Cl); silica and oxygen.
Soil and canopy temperature data from the Arctic LTER Moist Acidic Tussock Experimental plots (MAT89) from 2012 to 2018, Toolik Field Station, North Slope, Alaska
Soil and canopy temperature data from the Arctic LTER 1989 Moist Acidic Tussock Experimental plots(MAT89). The station was established in 1990 in block 2 of a 4 block random block design. The plots are located on a hillside near Toolik Lake, Alaska (68 38' N, 149 36'W). Treatments include - control (CT), greenhouse (GH), greenhouse plus nitrogen and phosphorus (GHNP) shade (SH), shade plus nitrogen and phosphorus (SHNP) and nitrogen and phosphorus (NP). Profiles include above and within canopy, 10, 20 and 40 centimeter soil depths. Not all treatments have a complete profile. Meteorological data was also collected but are included in a separate data set.
Soil stratigraphic data for the Toolik Lake region, North Slope of Alaska 2016-2019
Soil stratification was determined by measuring the vertical thickness of three main strata (surface acrotelm, mid-depth catotelm, and bottom mineral soil) found in organic-rich or peat soils in the Toolik Lake region, North Slope of Alaska. Additional data for each site include dominant vegetation, landscape position, glacial surface, and microtopography.
Data from nitrogen isotopic analyses used to calculate biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) rates and field measurements from lichen, bryophyte, litter, and soil samples in MAT2006 plots, Arctic LTER, Toolik Field Station, Alaska, summers 2022-2023.
This dataset contains nitrogen (N) fixation and isotope data from experimental samples collected at Toolik Lake, Alaska during the 2022 and 2023 growing seasons. Sampling was conducted across multiple block treatments to capture spatial variability and included four substrate types: lichen, moss, litter, and soil. Within each plot, substrates were collected systematically along transects to ensure representative sampling, with lichen samples collected opportunistically due to lower abundance. Samples were incubated in the field under ambient conditions using 15N₂ to measure biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). In 2023, a short-term wetting experiment was conducted to assess the influence of moisture on BNF rates, with subsamples exposed to controlled additions of water. Across both years, data include isotope ratios, incubation conditions, moisture, fresh and dry biomass, and treatment assignments. The dataset provides information on BNF across substrate types, moisture regimes, and fertilization treatments in Arctic tundra. These data support investigation of N cycling processes, the influence of moisture and fertilization on fixation rates, and variability across vegetation types. The dataset is complete for the two field seasons (2022 and 2023) and includes sample- and block-level metadata necessary for reuse in ecological and biogeochemical research.
Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Soil solution chemistry data from long-term study plots
The Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) has established a network of long-term permanent biogeochemical study plots. These plots will provide long-term data on vegetation, soil and hydrologic processes in the key ecosystem types within the urban ecosystem. The current network of study plots includes eight forest plots, chosen to represent the range of forest conditions in the area, and four grass plots. These plots are complemented by a network of 200 less intensive study plots located across the Baltimore metropolitan area. Plots are currently instrumented with lysimeters (drainage and tension) to sample soil solution chemistry, time domain reflectometry probes to measure soil moisture, dataloggers to measure and record soil temperature and trace gas flux chambers to measure the flux of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane from soil to the atmosphere. Measurements of in situ nitrogen mineralization, nitrification and denitrification were made at approximately monthly intervals from Fall 1998 - Fall 2000. Detailed vegetation characterization (all layers) was done in summer 1998. Data from these plots has been published in Groffman et al. (2006, 2009) and Groffman and Pouyat (2009). In November of 1998 four rural, forested plots were established at Oregon Ridge Park in Baltimore County northeast of the Gwynns Falls Watershed. Oregon Ridge Park contains Pond Branch, the forested reference watershed for BES. Two of these four plots are located on the top of a slope; the other two are located midway up the slope. In June of 2010 measurements at the mid-slope sites on Pond Branch were discontinued. Monuments and equipment remain at the two plots. These plots were replaced with two lowland riparian plots; Oregon upper riparian and Oregon lower riparian. Each riparian sites has four 5 cm by 1-2.5 meter depth slotted wells laid perpendicular to the stream, four tension lysimeters at 10 cm depth, five time domain reflectometry probes, and four trace gas flux chambers in the
Eight Mile Lake Research Watershed, Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR): Half-hourly soil moisture and temperature data, 2008-2024
The Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR) project addresses the following questions: 1) Does ecosystem warming cause a net release of C from the ecosystem to the atmosphere?, 2) Does the decomposition of old C that comprises the bulk of the soil C pool influence ecosystem C loss?, and 3) How do winter and summer warming alone, and in combination, affect ecosystem C exchange? We are answering these questions using a combination of field and laboratory experiments to measure ecosystem carbon balance and radiocarbon isotope ratios at a warming experiment located in an upland tundra field site near Healy, Alaska in the foothills of the Alaska Range. This data set includes half-hourly values of surface moisture content (gravimetric, 0-5cm), depth-integrated soil moisture (volumetric, 0-20 cm), and soil temperature in winter warming, summer warming, and control treatment plots at CiPEHR.
Eight Mile Lake Research Watershed, Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating and Drying Research (DryPEHR): Half-hourly soil moisture and temperature data, 2010-2022
This drying and warming experiment addresses the following questions: 1) Does ecosystem drying, warming and permafrost thaw cause a net release or uptake of C from the ecosystem to the atmosphere?, 2) Does the decomposition of old C that comprises the bulk of the soil C pool influence ecosystem C loss? 3) How do drying and warmign affect plant communities and ecosystem properties? We are answering these questions using a combined warming and drying experiment (DryPEHR), which is situated with the Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR) project and located in an upland tundra field site near Healy, Alaska in the foothills of the Alaska Range. Warming treatment here refers to growing season air temperature warming (~1C) using open top chambers (OTC) combined with soil 'warming' using snow fences during the snow covered months. Drying is achieve using an automated pumping system that lowers the water table in the dry plots. Soil warming began in 2008; OTCs and drying in 2011.This data set includes half-hourly values of surface moisture content (gravimetric, 0-5cm), depth-integrated soil moisture (volumetric, 0-20 cm), and soil temperature in winter warming and summer warming, drying, and control treatment plots at DryPEHR.
Fire Self-Limitation (FiSL) Experiment: Quantifying Wildfire Carbon Combustion Losses in boreal Deciduous and Mixed Forests in Interior Alaska and the Boreal Cordillera VI: Mineral Soil Sample and pH Data 2022
This dataset contains field- and lab-measured characteristics for post-fire mineral soil samples collected in the field for plots in 8 fire scars in Interior Alaska and the Yukon. Data was collected in the summer of 2022. Fire scars sampled included Shovel Creek (2019), Aggie Creek (2015), Hess Creek (2019), Baker (2015), Munson Creek (2021), Isom Creek (2020), 2019MA014 (2019), and 2019BC005 (2019). Lab analyses were conducted in fall of 2022 at NAU.
Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) derived from 2010 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) data for the central Arizona region
This project calculates the Soil-adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) from 2010 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery (1-meter resolution) for the central Arizona region. Because of their large size, data (as GeoTIFF files) for each survey year are provided as multiple individual tiles each comprising a portion of the overall coverage area. An index of the relative position of each tile in the coverage area is provided as a pdf and kml where the tile index contains a portion of the GeoTIFF file name (e.g., the relative position of the data file NAIP_SAVI_CAP2010-0000000000-0000000000.tif to the overall coverage area is identified by the index id 0000000000-0000000000 in the pdf and kml index maps). Javascript code used to process SAVI values is included with this dataset. This data set is one in a series of NDVI and SAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index) data sets for the central Arizona region spanning multiple years (2010-2017). Related data are available through the Environmental Data Initiative - see resouce listing in the methods of this data set for references.
Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) derived from 2013 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) data for the central Arizona region
This project calculates the Soil-adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) from 2013 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery (1-meter resolution) for the central Arizona region. Because of their large size, data (as GeoTIFF files) for each survey year are provided as multiple individual tiles each comprising a portion of the overall coverage area. An index of the relative position of each tile in the coverage area is provided as a pdf and kml where the tile index contains a portion of the GeoTIFF file name (e.g., the relative position of the data file NAIP_SAVI_CAP2013-0000000000-0000000000.tif to the overall coverage area is identified by the index id 0000000000-0000000000 in the pdf and kml index maps). Javascript code used to process SAVI values is included with this dataset. This data set is one in a series of NDVI and SAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index) data sets for the central Arizona region spanning multiple years (2010-2017). Related data are available through the Environmental Data Initiative - see resouce listing in the methods of this data set for references.
Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) derived from 2015 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) data for the central Arizona region
This project calculates the Soil-adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) from 2015 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery (1-meter resolution) for the central Arizona region. Because of their large size, data (as GeoTIFF files) for each survey year are provided as multiple individual tiles each comprising a portion of the overall coverage area. An index of the relative position of each tile in the coverage area is provided as a pdf and kml where the tile index contains a portion of the GeoTIFF file name (e.g., the relative position of the data file NAIP_SAVI_CAP2015-0000000000-0000000000.tif to the overall coverage area is identified by the index id 0000000000-0000000000 in the pdf and kml index maps). Javascript code used to process SAVI values is included with this dataset. This data set is one in a series of NDVI and SAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index) data sets for the central Arizona region spanning multiple years (2010-2017). Related data are available through the Environmental Data Initiative - see resouce listing in the methods of this data set for references.
Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) derived from 2017 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) data for the central Arizona region
This project calculates the Soil-adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) from 2017 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery (1-meter resolution) for the central Arizona region. Because of their large size, data (as GeoTIFF files) for each survey year are provided as multiple individual tiles each comprising a portion of the overall coverage area. An index of the relative position of each tile in the coverage area is provided as a pdf and kml where the tile index contains a portion of the GeoTIFF file name (e.g., the relative position of the data file NAIP_SAVI_CAP2017-0000000000-0000000000.tif to the overall coverage area is identified by the index id 0000000000-0000000000 in the pdf and kml index maps). Javascript code used to process SAVI values is included with this dataset. This data set is one in a series of NDVI and SAVI (Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index) data sets for the central Arizona region spanning multiple years (2010-2017). Related data are available through the Environmental Data Initiative - see resouce listing in the methods of this data set for references.
Organic and inorganic data for soil cores from Brazil and Florida Bay seagrasses to support Howard et al 2018, CO2 released by carbonate sediment production in some coastal areas may offset the benefits of seagrass “Blue Carbon” storage, Limnology and Oceanography, DOI: 10.1002/lno.10621
Using piston corers, soils from Florida Bay and Brazilian seagrass meadows were collected to complete organic and inorganic carbon inventories for the top 1 m of soil. Instrumental analyses and loss on ignition at 500C were used to measure C content of downcore slices.
Mangrove soil biogeochemistry and geomorphology data from Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA, 2011 - 2024
We quantified long-term changes in tidal hydrology and surface soil elevation (2011-2024) across two representative fringe mangrove forest sites (BISC-1, BISC-2) in Biscayne National Park (Florida, USA). We measured the spatiotemporal variation of monthly wrack deposition, litter breakdown rates, soil organic carbon, and stable isotope δ13C and δ15N content along landward transects in Biscayne National Park (Florida, USA) from 2022 to 2024. We surveyed marine wrack deposition biovolume monthly using a quadrat in plots along our transects. At each marine wrack survey plot, we collected soil cores seasonally to measure soil physicochemistry. Finally, we deployed leaf litter decomposition mesh bags with Rhizophora mangle leaf litter, Thalassia testudinum leaf litter, and teabag standards to quantify breakdown rates on the soil surface of each marine wrack survey plot. Data collection is complete.
Geographic coordinates, soil properties, plant species composition and vegetation survey data in the study on tidal marshes of the Ogeechee, Altamaha and Satilla estuaries in Georgia, USA
We examined patterns of habitat function (plant species richness), productivity (plant aboveground biomass and total C), and nutrient stocks (N and P in aboveground plant biomass and soil) in tidal marshes of the Satilla, Altamaha, and Ogeechee Estuaries in Georgia, USA. We worked at two sites within each salinity zone (fresh, brackish, and saline) in each estuary, sampling a transect from the creekbank to the marsh platform. Site-scale and plot-scale species richness decreased from fresh to saline sites. Standing crop biomass and total carbon stocks were greatest at brackish sites, followed by freshwater then saline sites.
Baseline soil chemistry data measurements from the GCE-LTER Seawater Addition Long-Term Experiment (SALTEx)
SALTEx (Seawater Addition Long-Term Experiment) is a field experiment designed to simulate saltwater intrusion in a tidal freshwater wetland to predict how chronic (Press) and acute (Pulse) salinization will affect this and other tidal freshwater ecosystems. The SALTEx experiment was initiated in 2012 and consists of 31 field plots, each 2.5 m on a side. There are three treatments (Press, Pulse, and Fresh) and two types of controls (with and without sides), each consisting of six replicates. The Press treatment plots receive regular (4 times each week) additions of a mixture of seawater and fresh river water. Pulse plots receive the same mixture of seawater and river water during September and October, which is historically a time of low flow in the river when natural saltwater intrusion occurs. The Fresh treatment plots receive regular additions of fresh river water. Treatment water is added during low tide to facilitate its infiltration into the soil, and all plots are inundated by astronomical tides at high tide. Soils were destructively sampled before the beginning of the experiment (March 2014) and after approximately 3 years of treatments (December 2016) and analyzed for bulk density, percent carbon, percent nitrogen, total phosphorus, available phosphorus, available nitrate, and available ammonium.
Meteorology and soil moisture data collected at multiple frequencies from the C-CALI NPP site automated monitoring stations: Jornada Basin LTER, 2013 - ongoing
This dataset contains summary data collected at the Jornada Basin LTER program's C-CALI NPP site weather station and associated soil substation at several temporal scales. Precipitation data are collected at 1-second frequency during rain events, air temperature and wind at 5-minute frequency, and all sensors are measured at 30-minute, hourly and daily frequencies. Observed values include average/maximum/minimum air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed; average wind direction; total precipitation; soil moisture, temperature and conductivity. These are measured and calculated based on 1-second scan rate of all sensors located at an automated weather station, and a nearby soil substation, installed at the site. Wind speed is measured at 75 cm, 150 cm, and 300 cm, wind direction at approximately 3m, and air temperature and relative humidity at approximately 2.5m. Soil sensors are installed at approximately 10, 20 and 30cm depths.
Meteorology and soil moisture data collected at multiple frequencies from the C-GRAV NPP site automated monitoring stations: Jornada Basin LTER, 2013 - ongoing
This dataset contains summary data collected at the Jornada Basin LTER program's C-GRAV NPP site weather station and associated soil substation at several temporal scales. Precipitation data are collected at 1-second frequency during rain events, air temperature and wind at 5-minute frequency, and all sensors are measured at 30-minute, hourly and daily frequencies. Observed values include average/maximum/minimum air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed; average wind direction; total precipitation; soil moisture, temperature and conductivity. These are measured and calculated based on 1-second scan rate of all sensors located at an automated weather station, and a nearby soil substation, installed at the site. Wind speed is measured at 75 cm, 150 cm, and 300 cm, wind direction at approximately 3m, and air temperature and relative humidity at approximately 2.5m. Soil sensors are installed at approximately 10, 20 and 30cm depths.
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