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Bottom-up meets top-down: Leaf litter inputs influence predator-prey interactions in wetlands, 2011.
While the common conceptual role of resource subsidies is one of bottom-up nutrient and energy supply, inputs can also alter the structural complexity of environments. This can further impact resource flow by providing refuge for prey and decreasing predation rates. However, the direct influence of different organic subsidies on predator–prey dynamics is rarely examined. In forested wetlands, leaf litter inputs are a dominant energy and nutrient resource and they can also increase benthic surface cover and decrease water clarity, which may provide refugia for prey and subsequently reduce predation rates. In outdoor mesocosms, we investigated how inputs of leaf litter that alter benthic surface cover and water clarity influence the mortality and growth of gray treefrog tadpoles (Hyla versicolor) in the presence of free-swimming adult newts (Notophthalmus viridiscens), which are visual predators. To manipulate surface cover, we added either oak (Quercus spp.) or red pine (Pinus resinosa) litter and crossed these treatments with three levels of red maple (Acer rubrum) litter leachate to manipulate water clarity. In contrast to our predictions, benthic surface cover had no effect on tadpole survival while darkening the water caused lower survival. In addition, individual tadpole mass was lowest in the high maple leachate treatments, suggesting an interaction between bottom-up effects of leaf litter and topdown effects of predation risk that altered mortality and growth of tadpoles. Our results indicate that realistic changes in forest tree composition, which cause concomitant changes in litter inputs to wetlands, can substantially alter community interactions.
Harvest data including the shoot leaf area index, position in the canopy, and shoot and plant tissue area, count and mass for each shoot harvested at three levels in the canopy from 19 1m x 1m plots near LTER Shrub plots, Toolik Field Station, AK 2012.
Leaf and plant tissue area and mass from shoots harvested from 19 1m x 1m point frame plots near Toolik Field Station, AK during the summer of 2012. Six shoots were harvested from each plot, two from each canopy layer: upper, middle, and low. Each shoot came from a different plant, and the species selected was based on the species dominant in that canopy layer. The leaf area and mass were used to correct A/Ci and light response curves taken on each shoot [data published separately]. At the time of collection, the location relative to the point frame, height, and leaf area index (LAI) of each shoot was measured; those data are included here.
Toolik Lake 2011 common garden leaf length phenology 2015-2016 Alaska
Data on Eriophorum vaginatum leaf length collected from a common garden established at Toolik Lake in 2011 with tussocks from No Name Creek, Coldfoot, Eagle Creek, Toolik Lake, Sagwon, and Prudhoe Bay. Data collected during the growing seasons of 2015 and 2016. Results published in Parker, T. C., J. Tang, M. B. Clark, M. M. Moody, and N. Fetcher. 2017. Ecotypic differences in the phenology of the tundra species Eriophorum vaginatum reflect sites of origin. Ecology and Evolution 7: 9775-9786. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3445
Normalized difference vegetation index and Leaf area index of tussocks from reciprocal transplant gardens at Toolik Lake, Coldfoot, and Sagwon, Alaska 2016
Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and Leaf area index (LAI) data from tussocks in the reciprocal transplant gardens at Toolik Lake, Coldfoot, and Sagwon in 2016.
Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest Defoliating Insect Population Levels Per Leaf 1975-2012 - Werner
Defoliating insect population levels were monitored at Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA from 1976 to 202012. Total number of insects per square meter of foliage is archived in this dataset.
Alaskan Peatland Experiment: Community structure and productivity data for 2007-2010 X - Leaf Area
This dataset contains surface area measurements for all vascular species present within a plot with an abundance greater than 5%. Surface area measurements at the fen include 2008-2010, while at the bog are for 2009-2010. Within the fen site a water table manipulation has been ongiong since 2005, with control, lowered and raised water table treatment plots. Samples at the bog were collected in a plot established within the lowland black spruce permafrost plateau (permafrost), and two plots established within collapse scars embedded within the plateau. One collapse scar formed ~ 45 years ago (old collapse) and the other formed ~ 25 years ago based upon aerial photography provided by the BCEF LTER. The data provided in this data set can be sorted by site and plot.
Tree ring, leaf mining, climate, and remote sensing data from aspen leaf miner survey sites: III - Climate, leaf mining, and NDVI data
This dataset contiains annual site-level measurements from 2004 - 2015 of growing season climate moisture index ( GS CMI; summed CMI from May - September), average site level leaf mining, and mean July - August normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) derived from Landsat, GIMMS3g, MODIS Aqua, and MODIS Terra
Carbon Dynamics Along a Permafrost Gradient at Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed (CPCRW) in Interior Alaska: Specific Leaf Area (SLA) for alder (Alnus crispa) and black spruce (Picea mariana) in a 75x75m spatial domain along a permafrost and vegetation gradient.
This dataset includes specific leaf area (SLA) data for two dominant tree species in the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed: alder (Alnus crispa) and black spruce (Picea mariana). Up to 10 leaf samples were collected per species per sampling location. Project summary: Specific leaf area (SLA, leaf area per unit dry mass) is a key canopy structural characteristic, a measure of photosynthetic capacity, and an important input into many terrestrial process models. Although many studies have examined SLA variation, relatively few data exist from high latitude, climate-sensitive permafrost regions. We measured SLA and soil and topographic properties across a boreal forest permafrost transition, in which forest composition changed as permafrost deepened from 54 to >150 cm over 75 m hillslope transects in Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed, Alaska. This is an exploratory study to begin understanding SLA variation and controls thereof in a non-contiguous permafrost system.
Carbon Dynamics Along a Permafrost Gradient at Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed (CPCRW) in Interior Alaska: Specific Leaf Area (SLA) for alder (Alnus crispa) and black spruce (Picea mariana) in a 75x75m spatial domain along a permafrost and vegetation gradient.
This dataset includes depth-resolved soils data from September 2014 coring: soil pH, gravimetric soil moisture, roots/rocks, bulk density, humification indices as determined by FTIR, total elemental composition (carbon, nitrogen, sulfur), depth to mineral horizon, thickness of the moss layer, percent groundcover at the sampling location of several common species, and soil temperature at the time of coring. Project summary: Specific leaf area (SLA, leaf area per unit dry mass) is a key canopy structural characteristic, a measure of photosynthetic capacity, and an important input into many terrestrial process models. Although many studies have examined SLA variation, relatively few data exist from high latitude, climate-sensitive permafrost regions. We measured SLA and soil and topographic properties across a boreal forest permafrost transition, in which forest composition changed as permafrost deepened from 54 to >150 cm over 75 m hillslope transects in Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed, Alaska. This is an exploratory study to begin understanding SLA variation and controls thereof in a non-contiguous permafrost system.
Post-fire Variability in Siberian Alder in Interior Alaska: Distribution Patterns, Nitrogen Fixation Rates, and Ecosystem Consequences II - Leaf Chemistry 2015
This data set was collected as a part of Brian Houseman's MS Thesis, Post-fire Variability in Siberian Alder in Interior Alaska: Distribution Patterns, Nitrogen Fixation Rates, and Ecosystem Consequences (December 2017). Data include Siberian alder (Alnus viridis ssp. fruticosa) leaf chemistry (N, C, P) and specific leaf mass. Data were collected on study plots established across two burn scars (2004 Boundary Fire and 1971 Wickersham Dome Fire) within the Yukon-Tanana Uplands ecoregion of interior Alaska. The data were collected in 2014.
Flower and Leaf Phenology of Interior Alaska Forbs and Shrubs as Observed Near Fairbanks Alaska from 2013-2015
This dataset contains the dates of phenological phases for leaves and flowers of 42 species of forbs and shrubs (2 subspecies of one species) observed throughout the growing season in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Data were collected in three general areas: in the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest, on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus, and in the woods near Pearl Creek Elementary School. Species are classified by origin (native or non-native), growth form (forb, dwarf shrub, or tall shrub), leaf habit (deciduous, wintergreen or evergreen), plant life history (annual, biennial, or perennial), and habitat (black spruce forest, mixed deciduous / coniferous forest, or disturbed habitat).
N-fixation rate and leaf N content in two species of Alnus and their relationship to diversity of symbiotic Frankia
This study investigated patterns of nitrogen (N) fixation rates, leaf N content, and geographic diversity in the N-fixing bacterium Frankia occurring in symbiosis with Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia and A. viridis ssp. fruticosa in early and late successional habitats on the Tanana river floodplain and surrounding uplands in the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest. Frankia diversity was estimated via polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) of the nifD-K spacer region, a non-coding region in the nitrogenase-encoding operon. Specific N-fixation rate was measured with a 15N2 uptake assay and leaf N content via mass spectrometry. Additional parameters measured were soil temperature and moisture, leaf del 15N, and specific leaf area.
Cross-site decomposition of leaf litter in terrestrial and aquatic habitats, CWT and LUQ, 2000 (species Buchenavia capitata, Dacryodes excelsa, Guarea guidonia, Quercus prinus).
Comparison of decomposition and nutrient losses from three species of leaf litter in terrestrial and aquatic habitats at CWT and LUQ LTER sites. Overall hypothesis is that macro-consumers have different patterns and impacts on decomposition rates than microbial decomposers, and that these patterns are magnified in litters of low vs. high qualities over the two years of the experiment.
Litterfall on the elevational gradient (Group 2) focusing on Rhododendrum leaf litter from the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory from 1994 to 1995
Null Hypothesis: Litterfall weights not statistically different between plots on the altitudinal gradient.
Spring and Fall Leaf Phenology from Coweeta LTER Soil Moisture Sites SM2 & SM4, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, NC, 2003-2015
Spring vegetative bud break, leaf elongation, fall leaf color, and leaf senescence are monitored at the two scaffold towers located at Project 1040 soil moisture microclimate sites 2 and 4. We have identified a variety of species at the elevation extremes within the Coweeta basin for this yearly monitoring project.
Measurements of leaf litter Carbon and Nitrogen from the Coweeta LTER Terrestrial Gradient sites, Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory, Otto, NC
This project was started by Haines and Crossley in 1992 to compare leaf litter weights among the five gradient plots (though data from the first collections were not included in this dataset because the original dataset did not represent a complete quarter of collection). Litter is collected from ten 91.4 x 91.4 cm leaf collectors within each of the gradient plots. Litter is collected on a quarterly basis (monthly in the autumn). The litter is then separated by category, dried, weighed, and processed in a Wiley mill for later carbon and nitrogen analyses. Since the project first started, the collection process has expanded to include non-leaf litter (e.g., lichens, bark, and seeds), fine twigs (0-2.5 cm diameter), and medium twigs (2.5-10 cm diameter).
Leaf decomposition along the Ball Creek / Coweeta Creek elevational gradient at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory from 1991 to 1992
This work was conducted in the southern Appalachian Mountains at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, North Carolina, USA from 1991 to 1992. We investigated in-stream leaf decomposition in different habitat patches using leaf species that varied in their speed of processing along a first fourth-order stream gradient. Most studies of stream disturbance have been from the perspective of point or non-point discharges that impinge directly on stream communities. Streams may also receive indirect impacts when the catchments they drain are disturbed by such activities as logging. Logging has been extensive in areas drained by small to intermediate streams throughout the United States, and few streams in the Eastern United States drain forests that have escaped logging. The present study was undertaken to investigate the impact of clear-cutting on the rates at which riparian tree leaves are comminuted by first-order stream communities in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
Leaf nutrient and root biomass data from the Peat Collapse-Saltwater Intrusion Field Experiment within Everglades National Park (FCE), collected from October 2014 to September 2016
With sea level rise increasing, saltwater intrusion into low-lying coastal wetlands is likely to occur. We simulated saltwater intrusion into an Everglades marsh through monthly additions of elevated salinity water. Yearly sawgrass leaf carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus concentrations and live root biomass measurements were measured from a brackish water and freshwater marsh. All measurements were taken every other month 24 hours after dosing. Measurements occurred from Oct 2014 - Sep 2016. Ecosystem flux measured includes gross ecosystem production, ecosystem respiration of CO2, net ecosystem production, and ecosystem respiration of CH4. These data are published in Wilson, B.J., Servais, S., Mazzei, V., Davis, S.E., Kelly, S., Gaiser, E., Kominoski, J.S., Richards, J., Rudnick, D., Sklar, F., Stachelek, J., and Troxler, T.G. Salinity pulses interact with seasonal dry-down to increase ecosystem carbon loss in marshes of the Florida Everglades. Ecological Applications. Accepted.
Leaf litter, soil, and periphyton gene expression along freshwater to marine gradients in Everglades National Park (FCE LTER), Florida, USA, January 2021 and April 2021
We collected leaf litter, periphyton, and soil along freshwater to marine gradients at SRS-2, SRS-4, SRS-6, TS/PH-2, TS/Ph-3, TS/Ph-7a, and TS/Ph-10. Samples were collected in January and April of 2021 to understand how microbial communities respond to and influence the breakdown of organic matter along freshwater to marine transects. Data collection for this project is complete. For each site and litter pair we collected a subset of 2-3 g wet mass of litter, a grab sample of soil, and a grab sample of periphyton for each site. All subsamples were preserved at -20°C until extraction, which took place up to a year after initial collection. Samples were sent to Novogene (Novogene Co. Ltd., Beijing, China) for the total RNA extraction followed by metatranscriptome sequencing. We selected n = 12 genes/gene families encoding for focal enzymes to investigate which are important to the breakdown of organic matter: Dioxygenases (associated with aerobic respiration), Sulfatases (associated with the release of sulfates from complex molecules), sulfite reductases (associated with sulfite reduction), methyl coenzyme M reductase and formylmethanofuran (associated with methanogenesis), nitrite reductases (associated with nitrite reduction), cellobiosidase, glucosidase, and xylosidase (associated with cellulose breakdown), phenol oxidase (associated with lignin breakdown), acid phosphatase (associated with phosphate acquisition in acidic environments), and alkaline phosphatase (associated with phosphate acquisition in basic environments). For each gene/family of interest, we searched all annotated transcripts for all entries corresponding to that gene/family and combined all values for a total expression. We selected n = 6 monophyletic microbial functional groups, representing sulfate reducers, sulfate oxidizers, methane oxidizers, methanogens, nitrite oxidizers, and ammonia oxidizers associated with sulfate and methane cycling. We filtered all annotated transcripts for all specie
Physical, chemical, and metabolic leaf characteristics within sugar maple in the MELNHE study at Bartlett Experimental Forest, central NH USA, 2017
The MELNHE study looks at patterns of resource limitation through nutrient manipulations in three study sites in New Hampshire: Bartlett Experimental Forest, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, and Jeffers Brook, located in the White Mountain National Forest. The investigation is monitoring stem diameter, leaf area, sap flow, foliar chemistry, leaf litter production and chemistry, foliar nutrient resorption, root biomass and production, mycorrhizal associations, soil respiration, heterotrophic respiration, N and P availability, N mineralization, soil phosphatase activity, soil carbon and nitrogen, nutrient uptake capacity of roots, and mineral weathering. Applications of N and P began in June 2011 and continue at the rate of 30 kg N/ha/yr (as NH4NO3) and 10 kg P/ha/yr (as NaH2PO4). This data set includes physical, chemical, and metabolic leaf characteristics collected in a vertical transect within individual tree crowns. Because trees varied in crown depth, not all trees have the same number of samples collected. Depth from the top of the crown was measured and climbing ropes and a pole pruner were used to collect a population of leaves. These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station.
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