Collection Citation
| Collection Title | Plant Response and Environmental Data from the Oldfield Community Climate and Atmospheric Manipulation (OCCAM) Project | ||
| Collection Sponsor | USDOE | ||
| Host Website | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Environmental Sciences Division | ||
| Other Related Organizations | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); University of Tennessee, Knoxville | ||
| Main Content Type | Numeric Files/Datasets | ||
| Subject Categories | 54 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ||
| Keywords | Soil moisture; Air temperature; Humidity; Carbon Dioxide concentrations; Ecosystem research; Global warming | ||
| Description | The Oldfield Community Climate and Atmospheric Manipulation (OCCAM) project is a joint effort of ORNL and the University of Tennessee to investigate community and ecosystem response to global change, specifically looking at the interactive effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide, surface temperatures, and soil moisture. The plants studied for their response to warming temperatures, elevated carbon dioxide, and altered water availability include C3 and C4 grasses, forbs, and legumes. These plants are typical of an old-field ecosystem that establishes itself on unused agricultural land. The results of the research focus on species abundance, production, phenology, and what is going on chemically below ground. Data are currently available from 2003 through July, 2008. | ||
| DDE Number | DDE00370 | ||
| Special Interface | No | ||
| Registration_Required | No |
