Group:
Location
64° 47' 60" N, 148° 0' 0" W
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Brief Site Description:
Carbon in the Critical Zone: Biochemical Fluxes and Microbial Communities in a Moisture Gradient and Moisture Manipulation at the Bonanza Creek
Detailed Site Description:
Carbon in the Critical Zone: Biogeochemical Fluxes and Microbial Communities in a Moisture Gradient and Moisture Manipulation at the Bonanza Creek LTER, Alaska. http://www.lter.uaf.edu/
Field Site Type:
US affiliate
Registration:
Registered
Network(s):
LTER
USFS
Geology:
unconsolidated materials
Soil Order:
Alfisol
Inceptisol
Average Winter Temperature:
-24°C
Study Start Date:
Thursday, January 1, 1987 - 00:00
Mean Annual Precipitation:
236millimeters / year
Average Annual Temperature:
-3°C
Average Summer Temperature:
16°C
Hydrology: Name:
Tanana River
Hydrology: Surface water stream order:
Unknown
Hydrology: Surface water - Stream Flow Performance:
Perennial
Hydrology: Groundwater:
Arrangment of Aquifer Components - Single, dominant unconfined aquifer
Land Cover:
Deciduous Forest
Evergreen Forest
Grassland/Herbaceous
Climate:
Boreal
Sub-Climate:
Dry