Lichen Community Sampling in Gates of the Arctic National Park, 2012

Oregon State University collected this lichen monitoring data for the National Park Service during the summer of 2012. The field work was conducted in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, following a specific terrestrial vegetation monitoring protocol for Arctic Alaska. The data is associated with CESU agreement # H8W07060001.

Use Cases

• Assessing lichen diversity and community composition based on plot sampling data.
• Monitoring long-term ecological integrity in Arctic Alaska based on the established protocol.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of lichen species within the Brooks Range region.
• Establishing baseline data for climate change impact studies on tundra vegetation.

Strengths

• Data collection follows a documented protocol (Terrestrial Vegetation Monitoring Protocol for Arctic Alaska).
• Field work was conducted by a university (Oregon State University) for an authoritative agency (National Park Service).
• Geographic scope is clearly defined as Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single season (summer 2012), limiting temporal trend analysis.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior, via datagov.

Collection Method

Field sampling conducted during summer 2012, following the Terrestrial Vegetation Monitoring Protocol for Arctic Alaska.

Time Range

2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-04 01:13:17.691279; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Brooks Range, Arctic Alaska.