The Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Northwest Territories, Canada, is the geographic scope of this dataset. It contains vegetation survey data (percent cover) collected during summer 2025 as part of MSc thesis research by Meghan Craughwell. At each site, three 1 metre x 1 metre quadrats were surveyed, with plant identification and percent cover recorded, and frost probe measurements were averaged to estimate active layer depth.
Use Cases
- Analyze plant community composition based on percent cover data
- Model relationships between vegetation and active layer depth based on frost probe measurements
- Map microbial activity indicators across surveyed sites based on geographic coordinates
- Compare biodiversity across different permafrost sites based on quadrat surveys
Strengths
- Data collection follows a standardized protocol with three quadrats surveyed per location
- Each quadrat is a 1 metre x 1 metre area, providing consistent spatial scale
- Coordinates for each quadrat were documented, enabling geospatial analysis
- Ten frost probe measurements were taken per quadrat and averaged for active layer depth estimation
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- Borealis Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Field survey using 1 metre x 1 metre quadrats and frost probe measurements.
- Time Range
- Summer 2025
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-16 04:10:59; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories, Canada