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  • Multiple Element Limitation in Northeast Hardwood Ecosystems (MELNHE): Fresh Litter Chemistry
  • Zukswert, Jenna; SUNY-ESF
    Gonzales, Kara
    Hong, Sunghoon; Virginia Tech
    See, Craig; Northern Arizona University
    Quintero, Braulio; ISER Caribe
    Yanai, Ruth D; SUNY-ESF
  • 2024-08-29
  • Zukswert, J., K. Gonzales, S. Hong, C. See, B. Quintero, and R.D. Yanai. 2024. Multiple Element Limitation in Northeast Hardwood Ecosystems (MELNHE): Fresh Litter Chemistry ver 2. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-27).

  • Freshly senesced leaf litter was collected during autumn in New Hampshire at the Bartlett Experimental Forest, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, and Jeffers Brook as part of the Multiple Elementation Limitation in Northern Hardwood Ecosystems (MELNHE) study. Leaf litter was collected in October of 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, and 2022 at peak litterfall (i.e., mid-October) during a rain-free period. These leaf-litter samples were analyzed for nutrient concentrations for use in resorption analyses.

    Besides adding 2021 and 2022 to the previous version of this data package, this version includes updated values for some samples from 2009 and 2010. Some were re-run to check unusual values, and 8 samples from 2010 for which fresh litter was not collected were estimated by analyzing litter samples collected in litter traps in the same plots in that year. These additions and corrections are indicated in the comments section of the data.

    These leaf litter samples correspond with green foliage samples collected in late July and early August of the same years: the green foliage EDI package can be found at the following citation:

    Hong, S.D., K.E. Gonzales, C.R. See, and R.D. Yanai. 2021. MELNHE: Foliar Chemistry 2008-2016 in Bartlett, Hubbard Brook, and Jeffers Brook (12 stands) ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/b23deb8e1ccf1c1413382bf911c6be19

  • Geographic Coordinates
    • N: 43.939, S: 43.9355, E: -71.7369, W: -71.7404
    • N: 44.061, S: 44.036, E: -71.265, W: -71.323
    • N: 44.038, S: 44.034, E: -71.888, W: -71.891
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