RIV04 Moss cover in streams in wooded riparian areas and areas where canopy had been cut at Konza Prairie

Summary

Short name: 

RIV04

Abstract: 

Our project was designed to test if woody removal in a riparian zone allowed the system to rebound to a grassland stream state. We hypothesized that removal would increase light and decrease moss biomass.

DOI: 10.6073/pasta/183efa6313ccc2c5c063f0ecb1242b7b

Published on EDI/LTER Data Portal

Citation Suggestion: 

Dodds, W. K. 2023. RIV04 Moss cover in streams in wooded riparian areas and areas where canopy had been cut at Konza Prairie . Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/183efa6313ccc2c5c063f0ecb1242b7b.

Data set ID: 

163

EML revision ID: 

2

Data sources: 

RIV041.csv

Variables: 

DataCode
  • Label:
  • Definition: Dataset code
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
RecType
  • Label:
  • Definition: record type
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Watershed
  • Label:
  • Definition: watershed
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Period
  • Label:
  • Definition: before or after 10 years of removal.
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Proportion
  • Label:
  • Definition: proportion cover in quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified

Categories

Core Areas: 

Konza Keywords: 

Dates

Date Range: 

Friday, January 1, 2010 to Thursday, December 31, 2020

Publication Date: 

Tuesday, February 21, 2023
People

Owner/Creator: 

Dr. Walter K. Dodds

Contact: 

Dr. Walter K. Dodds

Additional Project roles: 

Allison Veach

Role: 

Associated Researcher

Metadata provider: 

Konza LTER
Related

Related publications: 

Trajectories and state changes of a grassland stream and riparian zone after a decade of woody vegetation removal
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Methodology

Methods: 

We surveyed in-stream moss cover upstream of the weirs on watersheds N2B and N4D in May of 2011 (immediately after the cutting treatment) during baseflow and 8 Jan 2021 under dry conditions. Briefly, a 1/4 m2 quadrat was randomly placed within the active stream channel every 6 meters along the stream channel until 10 transects in the main channel of N2B and N4D were sampled. The square quadrat had a grid with 50 equally sized sub-quadrats and proportion of moss cover was estimated for each sub-quadrat. The data are represented as the proportion of moss cover.

Maintenance: 

completed