Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Landscape scale (valley-wide) soil carbon and nitrogen cycling data

Authors: Venterea, Rodney - Rod; LOVETT, GARY - Cary Institute Of Ecosystem Studies; GROFFMAN, PETER - Cary Institute Of Ecosystem Studies

Submitted to: Environmental Data Initiative
Publication Type: Database / Dataset
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/21/2021
Publication Date: 7/21/2021
Citation: Venterea, R.T., Lovett, G.M., Groffman, P.M. 2021. Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Landscape scale (valley-wide) soil carbon and nitrogen cycling data. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/bd97ffb0294fc844cd0a09df95038044.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/bd97ffb0294fc844cd0a09df95038044

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The valley-wide plots are a grid of 431 sites along fifteen N–S transects established at 500-m intervals spanning the entire Hubbard Brook Valley. This dataset includes total soil carbon, nitrogen and organic matter content, potential net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates, microbial respiration rates, soil water content and holding capacity, soil ammonium and nitrate concentrations, soil pH, and tree composition in a subset of 100 randomly selected plots in 2000. These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. An analysis of these data can be found in: Venterea, R. T., Lovett, G. M., Groffman, P. M., & Schwarz, P. A. (2003). Landscape patterns of net nitrification in a northern hardwood-conifer forest. Soil Science Soc. Amer. J., 67, 527–539. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2003.5270