Dataset landingpage: BioBasis Nuuk - Vegetation - Pinpoint analyses in carbon flux measurement plots

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Dataset specification

  • Title: BioBasis Nuuk - Vegetation - Pinpoint analyses in carbon flux measurement plots
  • Description: Pinpoint analyses data are done every 5 years in the carbon flux measurement plots. First time in 2017. For further details, please refer to the newest BioBasis manual available on the website. Vegetation:Vegetation BioBasis Nuuk: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/Z5AR-ME25 - https://doi.org/10.17897/Z5AR-ME25
  • Location/site: Permanent plots - -51.38, 64.13 (lon-lat wgs84)
  • Date span of the dataset: 2017-07-27 - 2017-07-27

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/Z5AR-ME25

Variables measured / columns in dataset

ID Name Unit Data Type Description
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/Z5AR-ME25&column=Date Date Date Date Date of analysis
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/Z5AR-ME25&column=Plot Plot Text Text Plot ID
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/Z5AR-ME25&column=Treatment Treatment Text Text C = control, SG = addition of snow in spring, LG = removal of snow in spring, S = shading by hessian tents, T = increased temperature using ITEX Plexiglas hexagons (text).
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/Z5AR-ME25&column=X_axis X_axis NA Number Fixed grid pattern of 16 points (4 on the X-axis and 4 on the Y-axis)
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/Z5AR-ME25&column=Y_axis Y_axis NA Number Fixed grid pattern of 16 points (4 on the X-axis and 4 on the Y-axis)
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/Z5AR-ME25&column=Layer Layer NA Number Order of pinpoint hit from grid towards ground
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/Z5AR-ME25&column=Species Species Text Text Betnan: Betula nana, Carbig: Carex bigelowii, Desfle: Deschampsia flexuosa, Dipalp: Diphasiastrum alpina, Empnig: Empetrum nigrum, Ledgro: Ledum groenlandicum, Lichen: Lichens, Litter: Litter - detached dead material, Lycann: Lycopodium annotinum, Moss: Bryophytes, Org: Organic crust, Salgla: Salix glauca, SD: Standing dead - attached dead material, Vaculi: Vaccinium uliginosum
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/Z5AR-ME25&column=Status Status Text Text L: living, D: dead
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/Z5AR-ME25&column=Remarks Remarks Text Text Remarks from the field observer(s)