30-Year Litterflow Biomass from Bisley Watersheds in Puerto Rico

Bianca M. Rodríguez-Cardona published this dataset reporting litterflow biomass collected biweekly from two headwater streams in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. The data spans over 30 years, from July 1987 through December 2018, and includes dry weights for leaves, small wood, large wood, and miscellaneous plant parts. The collection was designed for long-term monitoring of organic inputs to tropical streams and their responses to natural disturbances like hurricanes and droughts.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term patterns of organic matter input to tropical streams based on biweekly collection data.
• Analyzing ecosystem responses to disturbances like hurricanes and droughts based on the described 30-year monitoring period.
• Studying the composition of coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) based on the sorted categories of leaves, wood, and miscellaneous parts.

Strengths

• Data collection spans over 30 years, from July 1987 to December 2018.
• Biweekly sampling frequency provides a detailed temporal resolution.
• Material is sorted into specific compartments (leaves, wood sizes, miscellaneous) before weighing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset size is listed as 0.0 B, indicating limited scope or metadata-only listing.

Provenance

Source

Bianca M. Rodríguez-Cardona via figshare.

Collection Method

Leaf litter collected every 2 weeks using metal mesh traps across stream channels, dried, sorted, and weighed.

Time Range

July 1987 through December 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 05:45:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bisley Experimental Watersheds (Q1 and Q2) in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (El Yunque), northeast Puerto Rico.