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Bonanza Creek LTER: Stream water chemistry from 2001 to Present in the Caribou Poker Creek Research Watershed near Fairbanks, Alaska

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Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-bnz.152.22
Title:Bonanza Creek LTER: Stream water chemistry from 2001 to Present in the Caribou Poker Creek Research Watershed near Fairbanks, Alaska
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

The hydrogeochemistry of nine streams in the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed (CPCRW) during the summers of 2002-2006. In summer 2005, Boston Creek, which is located ca. 20 km east of the CPCRW was sampled. The Boston Creek watershed was extensively burned during the Boundary Fire of 2004. Samples were analyzed for Ca, Mg, Na, K, NH4+, Si, Cl, NO3, SO4, DOC, TDN, DIC, SUVA, pH and conductivity.

Short Name:knb-lter-bnz.152.22
Publication Date:2020-10-26
For more information:
Visit: http://www.lter.uaf.edu/data/data-detail/id/152

Time Period
Begin:
2001-01-07
End:
2018-12-06

People and Organizations
Contact:Data Manager (Bonanza Creek LTER) [  email ]
Creator:Jones, Jeremy Boyd (Co-Principal Investigator)
Creator:Chapin, F. Stuart (Primary Investigator (retired))
Creator:Ruess, Roger W. (Primary Investigator)
Organization:Bonanza Creek LTER
Associate:Jones, Jeremy Boyd (Assistant Professor of Biology, Associated party)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
152_CPCRW_Chemistry_2001-2018.txt
Description:
Stream chemistry data listed by sample site (watershed) and date. All solutes have units of micrometre. Temperature as deg C. Conductivity as microSiemens/cm. Samples were analyzed for Ca, Mg, Na, K, NH4+, Si, Cl, NO3, SO4, DOC, TDN, DIC, SUVA, pH and conductivity.
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Data Entities

Data Table

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Name:152_CPCRW_Chemistry_2001-2018.txt
Description:Stream chemistry data listed by sample site (watershed) and date. All solutes have units of micrometre. Temperature as deg C. Conductivity as microSiemens/cm. Samples were analyzed for Ca, Mg, Na, K, NH4+, Si, Cl, NO3, SO4, DOC, TDN, DIC, SUVA, pH and conductivity.
Number of Columns:19

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Table Column Descriptions
 StreamDate (MM/DD/YYYY)Nitrate(uM)Sulfate(uM)Chloride(uM)Sodium(uM)Ammonium(uM)Magnesium(uM)Potassium(uM)Calcium(uM)DIC(uM)DOC(uM)TDN(uM)Silica(uM)Temperature(degC)Conductivity(uS/cm)DON(uM)SUVA(L mg-1 m-1)pH
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Temperature(degC)  
Conductivity(uS/cm)  
DON(uM)  
SUVA(L mg-1 m-1)  
pH  
Definition:Name of streamDate measurement was takenNitrate concentrationSulfate concentrationChloride concentrationSodium concentrationAmmonium concentrationMagnesium concentrationPotassium concentrationCalcium concentrationDissolved inorganic carbon concentrationDissolved organic carbon concentrationTotal dissolved nitrogen concentrationSilica concentrationStream temperature (degC)Electrical conductanceDissolved organic nitrogen concentrationSpecific ultraviolet absorptionpH
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DefinitionSulfate concentration
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DefinitionSodium concentration
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DefinitionPotassium concentration
DefinitionCalcium concentration
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Data Package Usage Rights

Data Use

This work has been produced as part of the Long Term Ecological Research Program and data users should adhere to the Data Use Agreement of the Long Term Ecological Research Network.

Citation

It is considered a matter of professional ethics to acknowledge the work of other scientists. Thus, the Data User should properly cite the Data Set in any publications or in the metadata of any derived data products that were produced using the Data Set. Citation should take the following general form: Creator(s), Year of Data Publication, Title of Dataset, Publisher, Dataset identifier, Dataset URL, Dataset DOI. For Example: Van Cleve, Keith; Chapin, F. Stuart; Ruess, Roger W. 2016. Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest: Hourly Temperature (sample, min, max) at 50 cm and 150 cm from 1988 to Present, Bonanza Creek LTER - University of Alaska Fairbanks. BNZ:1, http://www.lter.uaf.edu/data/data-detail/id/1. doi:10.6073/pasta/725db90d86686be13e6d6b2da5d61217.

Acknowledgement

The Data User should acknowledge any institutional support or specific funding awards referenced in the metadata accompanying this dataset in any publications where the Data Set contributed significantly to its content. Acknowledgements should identify the supporting party, the party that received the support, and any identifying information such as grant numbers. For example: Data are provided by the Bonanza Creek LTER, a partnership between the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the U.S. Forest Service. Significant funding for collection of these data was provided by the National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research program (NSF Grant numbers DEB-1636476, DEB-1026415, DEB-0620579, DEB-0423442, DEB-0080609, DEB-9810217, DEB-9211769, DEB-8702629) and by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station (Agreement # RJVA-PNW-01-JV-11261952-231).

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
Water Qualityhydrogeochemistry, anions, cations, calcium, chloride, potassium, magnesium, sodium, nitrate, ammonium, dissolved organic carbon, dissolved organic nitrogen, silica, sulfate, caribou poker creeks research watershed (CPCRW), streams, chemistry, water, hydrology, biogeochemistry, carbon, nitrogen

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package
Description:

Experimental Design

Stream chemistry is monitored in headwater and higher order streams that drain watersheds with varying permafrost extents to examine the coupling between permafrost thaw, watershed hydrology, and stream exports. Headwater streams drain watersheds with permafrost extents ranging from 4 - 54 %.

Methods

FIELD: The chemistry of streams was sampled at intervals from daily to bi-weekly and analyzed for major ions and other solutes. Daily samples were collected with autosamplers. Each daily sample collected by autosamplers was a composite of samples collected at 6 pm and 6 am the following day. LAB: Anions (Cl, NO3, SO4) and cations (Ca, Mg, Na, K, NH4+) were analyzed by ion chromotrography. DOC and TDN were measured using a Shimadzu TOC-5000 plumbed to an Antek 7050 nitric oxide detector to quantify total dissolved nitrogen. DIC was measured as inorganic carbon using a Shimdzu TOC-5000. SUVA was measured by the absorbance at 254 nm and was standarized to the DOC concentration.

Sampling Area and Study Extent
Sampling Description:

Sampling Frequency

daily to b-weekly

Sampling Extent:
Sampling Site: 
Description:C2 -- The tributary basins of Caribou Creek are all arbitrarily designated with a "C". The C2 basin is the sub-basin with the least amount of permafrost of the CPCRW sub-basins. As such, it has been often been studied intensively in conjunction with C3, the sub-basin with the greatest amount of permafrost. The basin trends to the south, with well-drained slopes and permafrost-underlain treeless muskeg in valley bottom. Although an extensive fire history has not been done, there was probably a stand-replacing fire early in this century (ca. 1925), with some large white spruce stands that survived from the earlier vegetation.. Site alternate names: C-2, C2-1100, C2 Flume
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -147.603928Latitude (degree): 65.15876438
Sampling Site: 
Description:C3 -- The tributary basins of Caribou Creek are all arbitrarily designated with a "C". The C3 basin is the sub-basin with the most permafrost of the CPCRW sub-basins. As such, it has been often been studied intensively in conjunction with C2, the sub-basin with the least amount of permafrost. The basin trends to the northeast, with black spruce/feather moss slopes and permafrost-underlain treeless muskeg in valley bottom.. Site alternate names: C-3
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -147.5713145Latitude (degree): 65.14329713
Sampling Site: 
Description:CB -- This site is on the Caribou Creek main stem above the confluence with C3, so it is the combination of the C1 and C2 basins. This is an interesting site: it has the only well developed canopy of riparian trees in CPCRW, and it is always the first to thaw in the spring and the last to freeze in the fall.. Site alternate names:
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -147.56Latitude (degree): 65.15
Sampling Site: 
Description:C4 stream -- The tributary basins of Caribou Creek are all arbitrarily designated with a "C". The C4 basin is the largest of the Caribou Creek tributaries, and enters Caribou Creek about 400 m above its confluence with Poker Creek. The flume in C4 is about 1 km upstream from the confluence of Little Poker Creek and Caribou Creek. There is an intermittent tributary called Dry Gulch that drains the Caribou Peak area, and which has a small Parshall flume on it. The basin has a tributary known as Dry Gulch that drains the Caribou Peak area, and is intermittent in its lower reaches but may be permanent on the steeper upstream slopes.. Site alternate names: C-4, C4 CTRL, Little Poker Creek, C4
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -147.4986663Latitude (degree): 65.16304593
Sampling Site: 
Description:P6 -- Basin in Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed. Site alternate names:
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -147.388939Latitude (degree): 65.184791
Sampling Site: 
Description:PJ -- This site encompasses the Poker Creek basin above the confluence with Caribou Creek. There is a pressure transducer measuring stream stage, and a string of thermistors measuring water temperature at 0, 10, 20, and 50 cm deep in the stream sediments.. Site alternate names: P-J, Poker Creek, Poker Main
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -147.4841681Latitude (degree): 65.15154566
Sampling Site: 
Description:CJ -- The CJ site is in Caribou Creek immediately above (about 30 m) the confluence of Caribou and Poker Creeks. There is a pressure transducer measuring stream stage and a thermistor string measuring water temperatures at depths of 0, 10, 20, and 50 cm in the streambed sediments.. Site alternate names: C-J, Caribou Main, CM, Caribou Creek
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -147.4856181Latitude (degree): 65.15147902
Sampling Site: 
Description:PC -- . Site alternate names:
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -147.482385Latitude (degree): 65.1510123
Sampling Site: 
Description:C1 -- The C1 basin is the western-most headwater tributary of Caribou Creek.. Site alternate names: C-1
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -147.647846Latitude (degree): 65.154086
Sampling Site: 
Description:Boston Creek -- Stream water sampling location.. Site alternate names:
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -147.12Latitude (degree): 65.23

Time Period
Begin:
2001-01-07
End:
2018-12-06

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@environmentaldatainitiative.org
Web Address:
https://environmentaldatainitiative.org
Creators:
Individual: Jeremy Boyd Jones
Position:Co-Principal Investigator
Address:
Institute of Arctic Biology; Department of Biology and Wildlife; University of Alaska Fairbanks,
Fairbanks, AK 99775 Unites States
Phone:
(907) 474-7972 (voice)
Phone:
(907) 474-6967 (fax)
Email Address:
Jay.Jones@alaska.edu
Web Address:
http://www.iab.uaf.edu/people/jay_jones/
Individual: F. Stuart Chapin
Position:Primary Investigator (retired)
Address:
Institute of Arctic Biology: University of Alaska Fairbanks,
Fairbanks, AK 99775 United States
Phone:
(907) 455-6408 (voice)
Phone:
(907) 474-6967 (fax)
Email Address:
terry.chapin@alaska.edu
Web Address:
https://sites.google.com/alaska.edu/f-stuart-chapin-iii-terry/
Individual: Roger W. Ruess
Position:Primary Investigator
Address:
Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks P.O. Box 757000,
Fairbanks, AK 99775-0180 United States
Phone:
(907) 474-7153 (voice)
Phone:
(907) 474-6967 (fax)
Email Address:
rwruess@alaska.edu
Web Address:
http://people.iab.uaf.edu/roger_ruess
Organization:Bonanza Creek LTER
Address:
Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit ,
University of Alaska Fairbanks,
P.O. Box 756780 ,
Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
Phone:
907-474-6364 (voice)
Phone:
907-474-6251 (fax)
Email Address:
uaf-bnz-im-team@alaska.edu
Web Address:
http://www.lter.uaf.edu
Contacts:
Organization:Bonanza Creek LTER
Position:Data Manager
Address:
Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit ,
University of Alaska Fairbanks,
P.O. Box 756780 ,
Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
Phone:
907-474-6364 (voice)
Phone:
907-474-6251 (fax)
Email Address:
uaf-bnz-im-team@alaska.edu
Web Address:
http://www.lter.uaf.edu
Associated Parties:
Individual: Jeremy Boyd Jones
Position:Assistant Professor of Biology
Address:
Institute of Arctic Biology; Department of Biology and Wildlife; University of Alaska Fairbanks,
Fairbanks, AK 99775 Unites States
Phone:
(907) 474-7972 (voice)
Phone:
(907) 474-6967 (fax)
Role:Associated party
Metadata Providers:
Organization:Bonanza Creek LTER
Position:Data Manager
Address:
Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit ,
University of Alaska Fairbanks,
P.O. Box 756780 ,
Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
Phone:
907-474-6364 (voice)
Phone:
907-474-6251 (fax)
Email Address:
uaf-bnz-im-team@alaska.edu
Web Address:
http://www.lter.uaf.edu

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period
Begin:
2001-01-07
End:
2018-12-06
Geographic Region:
Description:Dataset geographic description information is unavailable. {datafile/geoCoverage is empty}
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  65.23Southern:  65.14329713
Western:  -147.603928Eastern:  -147.12

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:The Bonanza Creek LTER
Personnel:
Individual: Keith Van Cleve
Organization:Bonanza Creek LTER
Position:Lead Principal Investigator
Role:Principal Investigator
Individual: F.S. Stuart Chapin
Organization:Bonanza Creek LTER
Position:Lead Principal Investigator
Address:
Department of Biology and Wildlife; Institute of Arctic Biology: University of Alaska Fairbanks 193 Arctic Health P.O. Box 757000,
Fairbanks, AK 99775 United States
Phone:
(907) 455-6408 (voice)
Phone:
(907) 474-6967 (fax)
Email Address:
terry.chapin@alaska.edu
Web Address:
http://terrychapin.org/
Role:Principal Investigator
Individual: Roger W. Ruess
Organization:Bonanza Creek LTER
Position:Lead Principal Investigator
Address:
Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks P.O. Box 757000,
Fairbanks, AK 99775-0180 United States
Phone:
(907) 474-7153 (voice)
Phone:
(907) 474-6967 (fax)
Email Address:
rwruess@alaska.edu
Web Address:
http://www.iab.uaf.edu/~roger_ruess/
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding:

NSF Grant numbers DEB-1636476, DEB-1026415, DEB-0620579, DEB-0423442, DEB-0080609, DEB-9810217, DEB-9211769, DEB-8702629

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station (Agreement # RJVA-PNW-01-JV-11261952-231)

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:

Status

Ongoing

Frequency:
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