Effects of Flood Inundation and Invasion by Phalaris arundinacea on Nitrogen Cycling in an Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Forest data
Dates
Publication Date
2017-07-13
Start Date
2013-06-01
End Date
2014-09-30
Citation
De Jager, N.R., and Swanson, W., 2017, Effects of Flood Inundation and Invasion by Phalaris arundinacea on Nitrogen Cycling in an Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Forest data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7ZW1JT1.
Summary
This data set consists of monthly averages of soil and litter properties. Rows are grouped in the following order: year, month, vegetation type, plot ID. Within a single month five plots were sampled within each of the 2 vegetation types (10 plots total). Columns F+ represent individual measurements.
Summary
This data set consists of monthly averages of soil and litter properties. Rows are grouped in the following order: year, month, vegetation type, plot ID. Within a single month five plots were sampled within each of the 2 vegetation types (10 plots total). Columns F+ represent individual measurements.
The data were collected to examine the effects of flooding on soil properties and N cycling at a floodplain site with two different plant communities: mature native forest (Acer saccharinum) and patches of an invasive grass (Phalaris arundinacea) in the Upper Mississippi River. Plots were established within each vegetation type along an elevation gradient and sampled throughout the summers of 2013 and 2014.