uid=ARC,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all public read 2012_GS_ITEX_PF_RawPinDrop_Data.03 Arctic LTER Program Gaius Shaver

Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory 7 MBL Street Woods Hole MA 02543 United States

Arctic LTER Program

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7496 arc_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/ Edward Rastetter

Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory 7 MBL Street Woods Hole MA 02543 United States

Associated Researcher Mathew Williams

University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences Darwin Building Edinburgh EH9 EJU United Kingdom

Associated Researcher James Laundre

Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory 7 MBL Street Woods Hole MA 02543 United States

Data Manager Laura van der Pol

Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory 7 MBL Street Woods Hole MA 02543 United States

Field Crew 2012 This dataset includes every pin-hit recorded from 19 1m x 1m point frame plots of tall Betula nana and Salix pulchra canopies sampled at the Toolik Field Station, AK the summer of 2012. Twenty-five evenly spaced holes within the plot were sampled for each point frame for which the height and species was recorded for each leaf, stem, or plant that intersected the pin when lowered perpendicular to the ground. Non-woody species were grouped into functional groups (e.g. forb, graminoid, moss) and not identified to species. Stem diameter and the length of gramminoid blades were also recorded. photosynthesis shrub canopy point frame Acceptance and utilization of LTER data requires that: The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions. The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publications A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to: Principal Investigator Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, MA 02543 http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/meta_template.php?FileName=./terrest/tracegas/xlsfiles/2012_GS_ITEX_PF_RawPinDrop_Data.html Upland site; co-located in Block 1 of the Shrub LTER sites; IVO 68° 38'18.8" N, 149° 34' 07.2" W +/- 50m. Except for plots marked "FERT", plots are outside of the designated LTER treatments, though are exposed to the same environmental conditions. All plots were chosen by the dominant shrub canopy (either Salix pulchraor Betula nana) and preferentially selected to be 90cm+ in height. -149.568666666666 -149.568666666666 68.6385555555555 68.6385555555555 Outlet site; co-located in Block 2 of the Shrub LTER sites; IVO 68° 38'008.1" N, 149° 35' 017.1" W +/- 50m. Except for plots marked "FERT", plots are outside of the designated LTER treatments, though are exposed to the same environmental conditions. All plots were chosen by the dominant shrub canopy (either Salix pulchraor Betula nana) and preferentially selected to be 90cm+ in height. -149.588083333333 -149.588083333333 68.6355833333333 68.6355833333333 2012-06-23 2012-08-07 Organisms Studied Genus Betula Species nana Genus Salix Species pulchra Genus Salix Species glauca This was a season-long project, though it followed similar methods to ITEX projects performed starting in 2003 that are likely to be replicated in the future for reasearch at the Toolik Field Station, AK. Version 2: Missing values changed to #N/A. CH 28Jan2013 Version 3: Metadata updated to newer form (with sites sheet). CH April 2013. Version 4: Corrected eml excel file name wrong extension. JimL 16May13 Data Manager

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7496 arc_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/ ARC LTER

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7496 arc_im@mbl.edu http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/ We preferentially selected tall shrub canopies dominated either by Betula nana or Salix pulchra, that is canopies that were greater than 75 cm height. Care was taken to select fairly uniform canopies, that is avoiding the edge of a shrub stand or areas where the canopy had a large gaps, suggesting the area may have been disturbed. We used point frames constructed from a 1.1 m x 1.1 m aluminum square with holes in each corner to accomodate steel rod posts used as the legs of the point frame. In this way, the frame could rest upon the four leg posts that had been hammered into the ground and remain adjustable in each corner. The frame had a level on each side, and great care was taken to ensure that the frame was (a) unable to be pushed deeper into the ground and, (b) level on all four sides prior to taking measurements. These factors were important to the measurement to have accurate data regarding the distance from the frame and the overall height of each point sampled in the canopy. The aluminum frame had numbered, regularly spaced holes on two opposite sides in order to accomodate a metal bar that could be placed across the frame and locked into place. [These holes on the frame are the row numbers.] The bar that was placed across the frame similarly had numbered, evenly spaced holes in order to accomodate a pin--a long (100-200cm) metal rod with a diameter of ~3.175 mm. [The holes on this bar are the pin hole numbers.] Measurements were only ever taken from odd row numbers, and alternated even/odd pin hole numbers with each row; in this way, for every plot 25 evenly spaced locations were sampled covering an area of one square meter. The length of the pin was marked every half-centimeter so that the distance could be read easily. Measurements were made by lowering the pin through a pin hole and, once encountering a leaf or stem, recording the following: row#, pin hole#, hit#, and the species hit. If the object hit was not a leaf, the plant tissue was noted; the diameter of each stem hit was estimated in millimeters, and the length of every graminoid blade hit was recorded from the point at which it was hit to the tip. As the primary species of interest for this project were for a select number of species (B. nana, S. pulchra, S. glauca, S. reticulata, V. uliginosum, V. vitis, L. palustre), species that were not the target of interest were classified as functional groups--e.g. graminoid spp., forb, moss. The last pin-hit recorded for each pin hole was always at the "soil" which was considered to be the transition between the green and brown plant material, often in a mossy layer. These data can be used in conjunction with the other data collected from these same plots--leaf area index, light and A-Ci response curves of shoots taken at different segments of the canopy. pers-1 Gus Shaver

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7496 gshaver@mbl.edu Lead PI Jim Laundre

The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole MA 02543 USA

(508) 289 7496 arc_imr@mbl.edu Information Manager The goal of Arctic LTER project is to predict the future ecological characteristics of the site based upon our knowledge of the controls of ecosystem structure and function as exerted by physical setting and geologic factors, climatic factors, biotic factors, and the changes in fluxes of water and materials from land to water. To achieve this goal the Arctic LTER uses several approaches: Long-term monitoring and surveys of natural variation of ecosystem characteristics in space and time. Includes: climate, plant communities and productivity, thaw depth, stream flow, chemistry of streams and lakes, temperatures of streams and lakes, lake chlorophyll lake productivity, zooplankton abundance. Experimental manipulation of ecosystems for years and decades. Includes: tundra warming, shading, and fertilizing, grazer exclusions, fertilization of lakes and streams, addition and subtraction of predators. Synthesis of results and predictive modeling at ecosystem and watershed scales. Includes: stream N cycling, lake physics, bioenergetics of fish populations, water movement and transfer of DOC and nutrients from land to water, soil respiration, cycling and storage of C in tundra under different scenarios of future climates. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants #DEB-981022, 9211775, 8702328; #OPP-9911278, 9911681, 9732281, 9615411, 9615563, 9615942, 9615949, 9400722, 9415411, 9318529; #BSR 9019055, 8806635, 8507493. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The Arctic LTER research site (68°N and 149°W) is in the foothills region of the North Slope of Alaska and includes the entire Toolik Lake watershed and the adjacent watershed of the upper Kuparuk River, down to the confluence of these two watersheds. This area is typical of the northern foothills of the Brooks Range, with continuous permafrost, no trees, a complete snow cover for 7 to 9 months, winter ice cover on lakes, streams, and ocean, and cessation of river flow during the winter. Tussock tundra vegetation of sedges and grasses mixed with dwarf birch and low willows form the dominant vegetation type with areas of drier heath tundra on ridge tops and other well-drained sites as well as areas of river-bottom willow communities. -149.75 -149.0433 68.8 68.5 610 1360 meter 2012_GS_ITEX_PF_RawPinDrop_Data.csv Raw pin-hit data from 19 1m x 1m point frame plots sampled near the LTER Shrub plots at Toolik Field Station in AK the summer of 2012. 2012_GS_ITEX_PF_RawPinDrop_Data.csv 1 \r\n column , " http://metacat.lternet.edu/das/dataAccessServlet?docid=knb-lter-arc.10145&urlTail=terrest/tracegas/data/2012_GS_ITEX_PF_RawPinDrop_Data.csv YEAR YEAR year of measurement yyyy DATE DATE date of measurement dd-mon-yy SITE SITE Toolik Toolik GROUP GROUP Measurement location in relation to Toolik Lake LTER Shrub plots; In vicinity of Block1 = Upland, IVO Block 2 = Outlet Measurement location in relation to Toolik Lake LTER Shrub plots; In vicinity of Block1 = Upland, IVO Block 2 = Outlet PLOT PLOT Individual plot identifier Individual plot identifier TREATMENT TREATMENT control or fertilized annually (with N and P) control or fertilized annually (with N and P) PLOT SIZE PLOT SIZE 1m x 1m point frame size 1m x 1m point frame size DOM VEG DOM VEG Dominant canopy vegetation Dominant canopy vegetation ROW# ROW# Row number on the point frame where pin-drop measurement were taken number real PIN HOLE# PIN HOLE# Pin hole where pin-drop measurements were taken number real PIN HIT# PIN HIT# Sequential numbering of order that measurements were taken starting from the top of the canopy number real DISTANCE FROM FRAME DISTANCE FROM FRAME Distance of the pin-hit from the top of the point frame (cm from point frame) centimeter real DISTANCE TO SOIL DISTANCE TO SOIL Distance of the pin-hit to the soil (cm above soil) centimeter real OVERALL HEIGHT OVERALL HEIGHT Difference between the distance to soil and distance from frame to give actual height of pin-hit (cm) centimeter real SPP SPP Species or functional group of pin-hit Species or functional group of pin-hit SPP NOTES SPP NOTES Comments about the pin-hit (e.g. stem, dead, etc) Comments about the pin-hit (e.g. stem, dead, etc) STEM THICKNESS STEM THICKNESS Diameter of stem pin-hits (mm stem) millimeter real #N/A Missing or Not Measured LENGTH OF GRAMINOID LENGTH OF GRAMINOID Distance to the tip of a graminoid/sedge blade from the point where it was hit with the pin centimeter real #N/A Missing or Not Measured 3519 2012_GS_ITEX_PF_RawPinDrop_Data.xlsx An excel file that has worksheets with the metadata and data. 2012_GS_ITEX_PF_RawPinDrop_Data.xlsx Microsoft Excel http://metacat.lternet.edu/das/dataAccessServlet?docid=knb-lter-arc.10145&urlTail=terrest/tracegas/xlsfiles/2012_GS_ITEX_PF_RawPinDrop_Data.xlsx Microsoft Excel file