Dataset specification
- Title: BioBasis Zackenberg - Vegetation - ZERO Line Lichens
- Description: Data on lichen cover (Hult-Sernander) along the ZERO line. For further details, please refer to the newest BioBasis manual and the 1997 ZERO line report available at the website. Vegetation:Vegetation BioBasis Zackenberg:The BioBasis programme monitors the dynamics of organisms and biological processes in the terrestrial and limnic ecosystems at Zackenberg and Nuuk. The BioBasis programme plays a central role in the development and implementation of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) http://www.caff.is/monitoring across the Arctic.
- DOI: 10.17897/3AZD-1P21 - https://doi.org/10.17897/3AZD-1P21
- Location/site: ZERO Lines - -20.57, 74.47 (lon-lat wgs84)
- Date span of the dataset: 2000-08-02 - 2000-08-05
Data originator, license and how to download the dataset
The dataset is a product of the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring program (GEM): https://grid.ac/institutes/grid.507580.f. It is free and open data, licensed with terms of use under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ When downloading you will automatically get a terms of use document, describing how to cite the data and other important information.
Download the dataset via this link (registration needed): http://data.g-e-m.dk/log-in/data-tables?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21
Variables measured / columns in dataset
| ID | Name | Unit | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=date | date | Date | Date | Date of census |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=OrgPegNumber | OrgPegNumber | Text | Text | Original peg number (refer to ZERO line report 1997) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=PegNumber | PegNumber | Text | Text | Current peg number |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=TubeNumber | TubeNumber | Number | Number | Current tube number |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=ScientificName | ScientificName | Text | Text | Scientific name of lichen etc. |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=IDcertainty | IDcertainty | Text | Text | Certainty of the species identification (OK (certain) or Cfr.(likely)) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=Cover | Cover | Number | Number | "Cover estimated using the Hult-Sernander: 5=1/2; 4=1/2-1/4; 3=1/4-1/8; 2=1/8-1/16; 1<1/16; 0.1= just present, 100=dominating" |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=Remarks | Remarks | Text | Text | Remarks from the field worker(s) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=OrgPegNumber | OrgPegNumber | Text | Text | Original peg number (refer to ZERO line report 1997) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=PegNumber | PegNumber | Text | Text | Current peg number |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=TubeNumber | TubeNumber | Number | Number | Current tube number |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=ScientificName | ScientificName | Text | Text | Scientific name of lichen etc. |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=IDcertainty | IDcertainty | Text | Text | Certainty of the species identification (OK (certain) or Cfr.(likely)) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=Cover | Cover | Number | Number | Cover estimated using the Hult-Sernander: 5=1/2; 4=1/2-1/4; 3=1/4-1/8; 2=1/8-1/16; 1<1/16; 0.1= just present, 100=dominating |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/3AZD-1P21&column=Remarks | Remarks | Text | Text | Remarks from the field worker(s) |