Includes the following data sets from Kenneth Creek installation litterfall collection:
Traps were emptied 3 times per year (May, August, October) and the weights of the sorted contents of each trap were reported for each collection interval in these files:
- BOWAUG95.XLS
- BOWOCT95.XLS
- BOWMAY96.XLS
- BOWAUG96.XLS
- BOWOCT96.XLS
- BOWMAY97.XLS
- BOWAUG97.XLS
- BOWOCT97.XLS
- BOWMAY98.XLS
- BOWAUG98.XLS
- BOWOCT98.XLS
- BOWMAY99.XLS
Sorted litter trap materials – composited for each plot and sampling date – were submitted annually to the Ministry of Forests and Range Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for analysis. The following files provide the link between the sequential sample numbers used in the lab result reports and the records of sampling date, plot number, and material type:
- BOW95LIS.xls
- BOW96LIS.xls
- BOW97LIS.xls
- BOW98LIS.XLS
- BOW99LIS.XLS
The following files have the original lab reports in the “Raw Data” pane, and the lab data merged with the sample identification information in the “Labelled” pane:
- T368finl (May -Oct 1995).xls [August & October 1995 litter collections]
- T384finl (Oct 1995-May 1996).xls [May 1996 litter collection]
- T424finl (May-Oct 1996).xls [August & October 1996 litter collections]
- T442finl (Oct 1996-May 1997).xls [May 1997 litter collection; sample numbers shown in red indicate small samples, so micronutrient data may have lower accuracy]
- T458finl (May-Aug 1997.xls [August 1997 litter collection; samples #1-6 are the initial pine needle litter materials used in the companion litterbag decomposition experiment, with #1-3 = Control, #4-6 = ON2]
- T463finl (Aug-Oct 1997).xls [October 1997 litter collection]
- T488FINL (Oct 1997-May 1998).xls [May 1998 litter collection]
- T518finl (May-Aug 1998).xls [August 1998 litter collection]
- T530finl (Aug-Oct 1998).xls [October 1998 litter collection]
- T568FINL (Oct 1998-May 1999).xls [May 1999 litter collection]
Four files have annual summaries of litterfall amounts, element concentrations, and element fluxes by plot and treatment:
- Litterfall Summary 1995-96.xls
- Litterfall Summary 1996-97.xls
- Litterfall Summary 1997-98.xls
- Litterfall Summary 1998-99.xls
More compact tabular summaries of the litterfall and element fluxes over the 4-year period of monitoring are in:
- Litterfall Annual Flux Summary.xls
- Litterfall Annual Fluxes 1995-99 (Tables).xls
Three additional files provide pine foliar chemical data and preliminary estimates of the extent of element retranslocation from foliage prior to litterfall:
- Kenneth Creek (EP886.13) foliar data (1993-99) .xlsx
- Kenneth Creek nutrient retranslocation.xls
- Autumn foliage & needle litter comparison.xls