SPRUCE Compositional Stability of Peat in Ecosystem-Scale Warming Mesocosms, 2014 and 2019

Description

This dataset contains measurements of carbohydrate and aromatic compounds in peat samples subjected to various levels of deep peat heating (DPE) and whole ecosystem warming (WEW). Samples were collected in August 2014 and August 2019 at the Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE) experimental site within the Marcell Experimental Forest in northern Minnesota, USA. These data serve to identify chemical changes occurring within peatland soils following five years of warming. Samples were analyzed in the uppermost 2m of peat using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) to quantify the relative abundance of carbohydrate and aromatic compounds in the peat. The peat soils were subjected to DPH beginning in June of 2014 followed by WEW in August of 2015. 

This dataset contains one data file in comma-separated values (.csv) format. Additional metadata are provided: one data dictionary and a file-level metadata file in comma-separated values (.csv) format and a user guide in PDF (*.pdf) format.

Citation

This dataset is available for download at ESS-DIVE, please visit the DOI link in the citation below for access.

Baysinger, MR, RM Wilson, PJ Hanson, JE Kostka, and JP Chanton. 2021. SPRUCE Compositional Stability of Peat in Ecosystem-Scale Warming Mesocosms, 2014 and 2019. ORNL Terrestrial Ecosystem Science SFA, ESS-DIVE repository. Dataset.  https://doi.org/10.25581/spruce.093/1820162

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

SPRUCE ID: spruce.093

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