Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Baseline Data for Long-term Forest Vegetation Monitoring at Bear Brook Watershed in Maine: Percentage of Trees, Saplings, and Seedlings

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    In 1987, in response to concerns about the impacts of atmospheric deposition, commonly referred to as “acid rain,” on forest ecosystems, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided funds for the establishment of Bear Brook Watershed Research Site, Maine (BBWM), as a Watershed Manipulation Project (WMP) under the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP). BBWM was established to identify atmospheric deposition impacts on surface waters and to quantify the major processes controlling surface water acidification under increased sulfur (S) and nitrogen (N) atmospheric deposition.

People

  • Dr. Ivan Fernandez: Principal Investigator

  • J.D. Eckhoff: Principal Investigator

  • G.B. Wiersma: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • forest health, nitrogen, sulfur,

Organizations

  • University of Maine : lead

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Percentage of Trees, Saplings, and Seedlings
    • Start Date: 1997-07-01
    • End Date: 1997-08-31
    • Description: Forest mensuration indicator: percentage of the total number of trees, saplings, and seedlings per plot of the six major dominant species at Bear Brook Watershed in Maine in 1997.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1352_2759_BG9M25

    • Object Name: VMC.1352.2759

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Eckhoff and Wiersma (2002) Percentage of Trees, Saplings, and Seedlings. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/bear-brook-watershed-maine/dataset/percentage-trees-saplings-seedlings

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/bear-brook-watershed-maine/dataset/percentage-trees-saplings-seedlings

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: A&Y_(%)
      • Label: A&Y_(%)
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Common_name
      • Label: Common_name
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: East_Bear_(%)
      • Label: East_Bear_(%)
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Species:_Latin_name
      • Label: Species:_Latin_name
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Species List: Bearbrook Watershed Species list
        • Code: Acer pensylvanicum
          • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
        • Code: Acer rubrum
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: Acer saccharum
          • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
        • Code: Betula alleghaniensis
          • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
        • Code: Fagus grandifolia
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: Picea rubens
          • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
        • Code: Unknown
          • Definition: ITIS #823, (Radiocystis )
        • Code: Acer pensylvanicum
          • Definition: ITIS #28754, striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
        • Code: Acer rubrum
          • Definition: ITIS #28728, red maple (Acer rubrum)
        • Code: Acer saccharum
          • Definition: ITIS #28731, sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
        • Code: Betula alleghaniensis
          • Definition: ITIS #19481, yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
        • Code: Fagus grandifolia
          • Definition: ITIS #19462, American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
        • Code: Picea rubens
          • Definition: ITIS #18034, red spruce (Picea rubens)
      Attribute Name: Type
      • Label: Type
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: West_Bear*_(%)
      • Label: West_Bear*_(%)
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset