Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Baseline Data for Long-term Forest Vegetation Monitoring at Bear Brook Watershed in Maine: Vegetation Size Categories and Corresponding Plot Size

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Metadata Provider

  • 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: Vegetation Size Categories and Corresponding Plot Size
    • Start Date: 1997-07-01
    • End Date: 1999-08-31
    • Description: Forest health monitoring vegetation size categories and their corresponding plot size and area.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1352_2752_6PPBFJ

    • Object Name: VMC.1352.2752

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Eckhoff and Wiersma (2002) Vegetation Size Categories and Corresponding Plot Size. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/bear-brook-watershed-maine/dataset/vegetation-size-categories-corresponding-plot-size

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/bear-brook-watershed-maine/dataset/vegetation-size-categories-corresponding-plot-size

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: FHM_indicator
      • Label: FHM_indicator
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: Indicator
      • Label: Indicator
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Plot_Area_(ha)
      • Label: Plot_Area_(ha)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: Plot_Size
      • Label: Plot_Size
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Vegetation_size_(cm)
      • Label: Vegetation_size_(cm)
      • 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