Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Baseline Data for Long-term Forest Vegetation Monitoring at Bear Brook Watershed in Maine: Average Number of Tree Seeds 1997–99

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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

  • nitrogen, seed production, sulfur,

Organizations

  • University of Maine : lead

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    Data Table

    • Title: Average Number of Tree Seeds 1997–99
    • Start Date: 1997-07-01
    • End Date: 1999-08-31
    • Description: Tree seed production indicator: average number of tree seeds collected, by species, for two years (1997–99) and normalized tree seed data from the plots at Bear Brook Watershed in Maine.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1352_2766_RXGQGD

    • Object Name: VMC.1352.2766

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Eckhoff and Wiersma (2002) Average Number of Tree Seeds 1997–99. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/bear-brook-watershed-maine/dataset/average-number-tree-seeds-199799

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/bear-brook-watershed-maine/dataset/average-number-tree-seeds-199799

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: A&Y_(97-98)
      • Label: A&Y_(97-98)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: East_Bear_(97-98)
      • Label: East_Bear_(97-98)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: Measurement
      • Label: Measurement
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Species
      • Label: Species
      • Storage Type: text
      • 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: West_Bear*_(97-98)
      • Label: West_Bear*_(97-98)
      • Storage Type: decimal

    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