Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Long-term Managed Forest Soil Monitoring for Carbon and Nutrients: Earthworm tally at all 18 sites

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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

    Ongoing forest soil monitoring is essential for understanding the impact of human activities. With funding from the Northern States Research Cooperative, we established 18 plots in Vermont's managed forests. Most are located in federal, state and town forests, parks and management areas. The initial primary focus was on soil carbon, which serves as a major reservoir for carbon storage in forests. Initial soil sampling was done in 2008/2009, along with measurement of aboveground biomass. In 2012/2013 we resampled to determine earthworm numbers and species, and also performed a detailed land-use history of each site. In addition, four sites were resampled to assess the impact of partial harvesting on carbon in the forest floor. We hope that these plots will continue to provide a good baseline for future work.

People

  • Juliette Juillerat: Content Provider

  • Sandra Wilmot: Principal Investigator

  • Nancy Burt: Content Provider

  • Charlie Cogbill: Content Provider

  • Thomas Villars: Content Provider

  • Donald Ross: Principal Investigator

  • David Brynn: Content Provider

  • Caroline Alves: Content Provider

  • Meghan Knowles: Content Provider

  • Jeff Briggs: Content Provider

  • Lisa Thorton: Content Provider

  • Josef Görres: Content Provider

Organizations

  • Northeastern States Research Cooperative : funder
  • University of Vermont Plant and Soil Science: lead

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    Data Table

    • Title: Earthworm tally at all 18 sites
    • Start Date: 2012-05-03
    • End Date: 2013-10-12
    • Description: Earthworm counts and identification at 6 subplots each of the 18 sites in 2012 and 2013. Data are for three layers: the Oi/Oe horizon, 0-10 cm below the Oe, and 10-20 cm below the Oe.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: 20240315134629_Worm_tally.xlsx

    • Object Name: VMC.1158.3945

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Long-term Managed Forest Soil Monitoring for Carbon and Nutrients: Earthworm tally at all 18 sites, 2012-05-03

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/Soil_Carbon_Monitoring/dataset/earthworm-tally-all-18-sites

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Survey_Date
      • Label: Survey Date
      • Description: Date that the worm count was performed
      • Storage Type: date
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Site
      • Label: Abbreviation for site
      • Description: Three letter abbreviation used for each site
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: ordinal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Plot_degree
      • Label: Plot location (degrees)
      • Description: Location of the subplot from the plot center in degrees magnetic north
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: ordinal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Depth
      • Label: Soil layer sampled
      • Description: 'Litter' is the Oi and Oe horizons, '0-10' is the depth in cm below the Oe horizon, and '10-20' is the second depth in cm below the Oe horzion
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: ordinal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Juvenile_pigmntd
      • Label: Count of earthworms identified only as pigmented juvenile
      • Description: These juvenile earthworms were not able to be identified by species in the field but only as far as 'pigmented' or 'unpigmented'.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      Attribute Name: Juvenile_unpigm
      • Label: Count of earthworms identified only as unpigmented juvenile
      • Description: These juvenile earthworms were not able to be identified by species in the field but only as far as 'pigmented' or 'unpigmented'.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      Attribute Name: Juvenile_Aporrecto
      • Label: Count of earthworms identified only as far as the genus Aporrectodea
      • Description: These earthworms were not able to be identified to the species level in the field but only as far as the genus Aporrectodea.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Juvenile_Lumbric
      • Label: Count of earthworms identified only as far as the genus Lumbricus
      • Description: These earthworms were not able to be identified to the species level in the field but only as far as the genus Lumbricus.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Dendro_octaedra
      • Label: Count of Dendrobaena octaedra
      • Description: Number of individual Dendrobaena octaedra in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Dendro_rubilus
      • Label: Count of Dendrobaena rubilus
      • Description: Number of individual Dendrobaena rubilus in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: A_turgida
      • Label: Count of Apporrectodea turgida
      • Description: Number of individual Apporrectodea turgida in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: A_rosea
      • Label: Count of Apporrectodea rosea
      • Description: Number of individual Apporrectodea rosea in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: A_tuberculata
      • Label: Count of Apporrectodea tuberculata
      • Description: Number of individual Apporrectodea tuberculata in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: A_trapizoides
      • Label: Count of Apporrectodea trapizoides
      • Description: Number of individual Apporrectodea trapizoides in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Octolasion_cyaneum
      • Label: Count of Octolasion cyaneum
      • Description: Number of individual Octolasion cyaneum in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Octolasion_tyrtacum
      • Label: Count of Octolasion tyrtacum
      • Description: Number of individual Octolasion tyrtacum in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Lumbricus_terrestris
      • Label: Count of Lumbricus terrestris
      • Description: Number of individual Lumbricus terrestris in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Lumbricus_rubelus
      • Label: Count of Lumbricus rubelus
      • Description: Number of individual Lumbricus rubelus in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Unknown_Apor
      • Label: Count of non-juvenile unidentified Apporrectodea species
      • Description: Number of individual non-juvenile unidentified Apporrectodea species in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Amynthus
      • Label: Count of Amynthus genera
      • Description: Number of individual Amynthus, not identified to species, in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Unknown
      • Label: Count of unknown earthworms
      • Description: Number of individual earthworms not identified to species or genera or otherwise, in the plot layer
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Mounds_number
      • Label: Count of surface midden mounds
      • Description: Number of midden mounds on the surface of the litter layer, assumed to be a 1:1 correspondence to Lumbricus terrestris individuals
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: TOTAL_worms
      • Label: Sum of individual earthworm counts
      • Description: Sum of individual earthworm counts (not including mound counts)
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Total_epigiec
      • Label: Sum of individual earthworm counts of epigiec species
      • Description: Sum of individual earthworm counts of Dendrobaena species, pigmented juveniles, and unknowns.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      Attribute Name: Total_endogiec
      • Label: Sum of individual earthworm counts of endogiec species
      • Description: Sum of individual earthworm counts of Apporrectodea and Octolasion species, and unpigmented.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Total_epi-endo_+_anecic
      • Label: Sum of individual earthworm counts of epiendogiec and anecic species
      • Description: Sum of individual earthworm counts of Lumbricus and Amynthus species, and mounds in the litter layer plots.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Number_of_species
      • Label: Number of unique earthworm species
      • Description: Number of identified species. This does not include any unknown or juveniles.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY
      • Unit: number of individual earthworms found in the plot layer
      • Number Type: -1

    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