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West Dock Patterned-Ground 10 x 10 m Grids

The West Dock biocomplexity grid is located near the water pumping facility at West Dock in the Prudhoe Bay oilfield, AK, within 1 km of the Beaufort Sea coast. There is one 10 x 10 m grid with nontussock sedge, prostrate dwarf-shrub, moss tundra on sandy soils.

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Links to Biocomplexity of Patterned Ground Sites Happy Valley, Sagwon, Franklin Bluffs, Deadhorse, West Dock, Howe Island

Map Themes: Vegetation, Ancillary data - snow depth, thaw depth, NDVI

References

Raynolds, M. K., D. A. Walker, and H. A. Maier. 2005. Plant community-level mapping of arctic Alaska based on the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map. Phytocoenologia 35:821-848. doi 10.1127/0340-269X/2005/0035-0821

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Maintainer Donald A. (Skip) Walker
Last Updated December 17, 2019, 10:12 (AKST)
Created December 17, 2019, 10:12 (AKST)
Status Complete
Data Types GIS
Other Agencies National Science Foundation
Other Contacts Alaska Geobotany Center (AGC) (Email: uaf-agc@alaska.edu)
ISO Topics biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Geo-keywords Alaska, North Slope, Arctic