Date

2014

Abstract

Several long-term studies at the Sevilleta LTER measure net primary production (NPP) across ecosystems and treatments. Net primary production is a fundamental ecological variable that quantifies rates of carbon consumption and fixation. Estimates of NPP are important in understanding energy flow at a community level as well as spatial and temporal responses to a range of ecological processes. The NPP weight data (SEV 157) is obtained by harvesting a series of covers for species observed during plot sampling. These species are always harvested from habitat comparable to the plots in which they were recorded. This data is then used to make volumetric measurements of species and build regressions correlating biomass and volume. From these calculations, seasonal biomass and seasonal and annual NPP are determined. These sampled are then vouchered for use to do analyses of inorganic and organic components such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous as well as and other macro and micro nutrients and organic components such as cellulose and lignin.

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1928/29934.1

Other Identifier

SEV294

Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Identifier

knb-lter-sev.294.207839

Document Type

Dataset

Comments

This dataset was originally published on the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Data Portal, https://portal.lternet.edu, and potentially via other repositories or portals as described. The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) of the source data package is doi:10.6073/pasta/16242f4de14fdd911e342877b4fd9f8e, and may be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/16242f4de14fdd911e342877b4fd9f8e. Metadata and files included in this record mirror as closely as possible the source data and documentation, with the provenance metadata and quality report generated by the LTER portal reproduced here as '*-provenance.xml' and *-report.html' files, respectively.

Rights

Data Policies: This dataset is released to the public and may be freely downloaded. Please keep the designated Contact person informed of any plans to use the dataset. Consultation or collaboration with the original investigators is strongly encouraged. Publications and data products that make use of the dataset must include proper acknowledgement of the Sevilleta LTER. Datasets must be cited as in the example provided. A copy of any publications using these data must be supplied to the Sevilleta LTER Information Manager. By downloading any data you implicitly acknowledge the LTER Data Policy (http://www.lternet.edu/data/netpolicy.html).

Source

http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/16242f4de14fdd911e342877b4fd9f8e

Temporal coverage

1999-10-11 - 2012-10-24

DOI

doi:10.6073/pasta/16242f4de14fdd911e342877b4fd9f8e

Permanent URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/16242f4de14fdd911e342877b4fd9f8e

Additional Files
knb-lter-sev.294.207839-metadata.html (84 kB)
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knb-lter-sev.294.207839-provenance.xml (4 kB)
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knb-lter-sev.294.207839-report.html (28 kB)
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sev294_groundvegsamples_20140129.txt (40 kB)
Data in TXT format