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SPRUCE S1 Bog Porewater, Groundwater, and Stream Chemistry Data: 2011-2013

Dataset ·
 [1];  [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
  2. U.S. Forest Service Grand Rapids, MN, United States

This data set reports the chemistry of S1 bog porewater, outlet stream water, and groundwater from upland wells from 2011 through 2013. These data provide information for studies of the biogeochemical status of the bog and surrounding groundwater aquifer.

Porewater samples were collected from one nest of 6 piezometers installed in a hollow in the south end of the S1 bog to characterize solute chemistry depth profiles. Peat porewater was collected from piezometers that opened at 0, 0.3, 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 m depths below hollow surfaces. Samples were collected weekly (2011) or monthly (2012 & 2013) when the samplers were not frozen (typically June – November). Stream water was sampled weekly (2011-2013) from the outlet of the S1 bog (located on the southern edge of the bog). Four groundwater wells located in the uplands of the S1 watershed were sampled monthly in 2013. Bog water level data are also reported for the S1 bog.

Water samples were analyzed for pH, specific conductivity, nutrient concentrations (ammonium, nitrate, soluble reactive phosphorus, total nitrogen, total phosphorus), cation concentrations (calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, aluminum, iron, manganese, silicon, strontium), anion concentrations (chloride, sulfate), and total organic carbon concentrations.

The experimental work is to be conducted in a Picea mariana [black spruce] – Sphagnum spp. bog forest in northern Minnesota, 40 km north of Grand Rapids, in the USDA Forest Service Marcell Experimental Forest (MEF).

Research Organization:
ORNLTESSFA (Oak Ridge National Lab's Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Scientific Focus Area (ORNL TES SFA))
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23). Biological Systems Science Division
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1415749
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Dynamic Vertical Profiles of Peat Porewater Chemistry in a Northern Peatland journal October 2016
SPRUCE S1 Bog Porewater, Groundwater, and Stream Chemistry Data: 2011-2013 dataset January 2016

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Dynamic Vertical Profiles of Peat Porewater Chemistry in a Northern Peatland journal October 2016