All LTER Luquillo Data Sets
Numeric Dataset ID |
Data Set Identifier | Abstract | Contact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | Lotic Intersite Nitrogen eXperiment II (LINX2): Stream nitrogen (N) dynamics in streams on the eastern side of Puerto Rico |
Stream nitrogen (N) dynamics were studied in streams on the eastern side of Puerto Rico. Rates of nitrate uptake and denitrification were measured in nine tropical low-order streams with... |
William H. McDowell | Completed |
| 176 | Lotic Intersite Nitrogen eXperiment I (LINX1): Stream nitrogen (N) dynamics in streams on the eastern side of Puerto Rico |
This study was part of the Lotic Intersite Nitrogen eXperiment (LINX); a series of identical 15NH4 tracer additions to streams throughout North America. 15NH4Cl was added at tracer levels to a... |
Completed | |
| 175 | LFDP phenology plot seedlings – 16 ha plot |
These data on temporal and spatial patterns of seedling recruitment in conjunction with data on flower and seed rain production allow tests of hypotheses concerning causes of inter-annual... |
Ongoing | |
| 174 | Chemistry of rainfall and throughfall from El Verde and Bisley |
Rain, throughfall, and stream water are collected weekly at the LEF sites listed below. These data sets begin as early as 1983; LTER sampling began in 1988. |
William H. McDowell |
Long-Term Ongoing |
| 173 | Bird abundance – mist nets |
This project seeks to measure long-term trends and variability in bird populations in tabonuco forest at El Verde. Repeated measures of bird populations using mist nets are conducted annually in... |
Robert B. Waide | Completed |
| 171 | Sonadora Elevational Biodiversity (Gastropods) |
The data set includes 3 files that contain abundance data for terrestrial gastropods along an elevational gradient within the Sonadora River watershed. Two files (1 and 2) contain data from the... |
Completed | |
| 170 | Phrynus habitat selection |
This data set comprises a single data file, which contains data on the abundance and distribution of the whipspider Phrynus longipes on the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot in July 2001. |
Christopher P. Bloch | Completed |
| 168 | 2004 Estuarine Fish Sampling |
Chapter 1 (fish community data): Historical data are often one of the only resources for documenting and assessing causes of environmental change, particularly in developing... |
Katherine Smith | Completed |
| 167 | Urban-Rural Temperature Data |
Each of the stations listed in this excel file were used to calculate the urban heat island created by the San Juan Metropolitan Area. |
David Murphy | Completed |
| 166 | Chemistry of soil solution collected from zero tension lysimeters in the Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) plots |
Soil solution chemistry. |
William H. McDowell |
Long-Term Ongoing |
| 164 | Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) trace gases |
This data set provides the monthly trace effluxes measured across the soil-atmosphere interface from five soil surface chambers in all the CTE plots. |
Whendee Silver |
Long-Term Ongoing |
| 163 | Patterns in litterfall production from 12 forested sites along an elevation gradient in Pico del Este |
We measured litterfall from 12 sites along an upper elevation gradient every two weeks from 1994 to present. Samples are being used to estimate the litterfall productivity over time and space... |
Whendee Silver |
Long-Term Completed |
| 161 | Bromeliad invertebrates at different elevations in Dominica |
Collection details of bromeliads collected for invertebrate community and diversity analysis from 3 localities in Dominica. Dates, location, plant size, amounts, pH and temp. of contained... |
Barbara A. Richardson | Completed |
| 160 | Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Microbial EL-FAME Data |
The canopy trimming experiment at El Verde simulates some aspects (canopy openness and biomass redistribution) of hurricane disturbances. Soil samples and leaf litter were... |
Completed | |
| 159 | Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Microbial diversity DNA data |
Hurricanes are common disturbances in the Caribbean region that affect tree distribution, species diversity and biomass in forests. Little is known of how microbial communities in... |
Sharon Cantrell |
Long-Term Completed |
| 158 | Physical and chemical attributes of Quebrada Prieta, Bisley 3, Bisley 5, and Toronja related to of shrimp populations measurements |
Physical parameters, densities and sizes of two species of freshwater shrimps (Atya lanipes and Xiphocaris elongata) in four headwater streams (... |
Alan Covich | Completed |
| 157 | Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) litterbag invertebrate counts and weights data |
Identification, number and dry weight of invertebrates recovered from each litterbag. |
Barbara A. Richardson | Completed |
| 156 | Daily streamflow (Bisley area, 5 stations: Q1, Q2, Q3, Sabana, Puente Roto) |
The daily data are summarized to monthly as follows: |
Grizelle Gonzalez |
Long-Term Ongoing |
| 155 | Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE) Canopy invertebrate responses to disturbance |
Seven tree species were selected to represent early (Cecropia, Prestoea) and late (Dacryodes, Manilkara, Sloanea) successional, and overstory (Cecropia, Dacryodes, Manilkara, Sloanea) and... |
Timothy D. Schowalter |
Long-Term Ongoing |
| 154 | Soil factors predict initial plant colonization on Puerto Rican landslides |
Tropical storms are the principal cause of landslides in montane rainforests, such as the Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF) of Puerto Rico . A storm in 2003 caused 30 new landslides in the... |
Aaron Shiels | Completed |
