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Publication Details

Title:
Chlorophyll-a data from Big Creek Tributaries (1990-2014)
Author(s):
Baxter, Colden V.; Minshall, G. Wayne
Publication Year:
2016
How to Cite:
These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the citation below when citing the data package:
Baxter, Colden V.; Minshall, G. Wayne; 2016. Chlorophyll-a data from Big Creek Tributaries (1990-2014). Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2016-0026

*All potential users are strongly urged to contact Dr. Baxter for consultation regarding appropriate use and to request access to new data in the time series that may not yet have been posted to the archive.
Abstract:
Data presented here are from a long-term project that has been monitoring aerial chlorophyll–a biomass and ash-free dry mass values in 7 streams within the Big Creek watershed. All sites are located near the Taylor Wilderness Research Station in the Frank Church Wilderness Area, Idaho. Sites were sampled during the summer (July) from 1990 to the present. In a given year, five replicate samples were collected in each stream via rock scrubbings, and analyzed for chlorophyll-a concentration and biomass. The study streams are Rush Creek, Pioneer Creek, Cave Creek, Cliff Creek, Goat Creek, Cougar Creek, and Big Creek mainstem. Streams vary in size and fire history. No samples were collected in 1992. Big Creek mainstem was added to the dataset in 2007.

Keywords:
biota; environment; inlandWaters; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Fire; Fire ecology; Fire effects on environment; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Monitoring; Natural Resource Management & Use; Water; periphyton; chlorophyll-a; ash-free drymass; wildfire; wilderness river; JFSP; Joint Fire Science Program; Big Creek; Frank Church Wilderness Area; Taylor Wilderness Research Station; Payette National Forest; Middle Fork Salmon River; Idaho
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  • Baxter, Colden V.; Minshall, G. Wayne. 2016. Invertebrate abundance and biomass data from Big Creek tributaries (1988-2012). Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2016-0027
  • Davis, Jeffrey C.; Baxter, Colden V.; Rosi-Marshall, E. J.; Pierce, J. L.; Crosby, B. T. 2013. Anticipating stream ecosystem responses to climate change: Toward predictions that incorporate effects via land-water linkages. Ecosystems. 16:909-922. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-013-9653-4
  • Malison, Rachel L.; Baxter, Colden V. 2010. The fire pulse: wildfire stimulates flux of aquatic prey to terrestrial habitats driving increases in riparian consumers. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 67:570-579. https://doi.org/10.1139/F10-006
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