Terrain and Vegetation of Imnavait Creek, AK: Permanent Plots

Data Contributors

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

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

This data report is a summary of environmental, soil, and vegetation information collected from 73 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. Investigators examined typical and characteristic vegetation communities of the Imnavait Creek watershed. Data are available only as a hard-copy paper report.

Data Citation

Walker, D.A., Lederer, N.D., and M.D. Walker. 1987. Permanent vegetation plots: Site factors, soil physical and chemical properties and plant species cover. Department of Engergy, 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. ARCSS110. Hard-copy paper report.

Data Location Maps

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