Title:

Water chemistry data for a forest clearcutting and residual biomass removal study at the Marcell Experimental Forest

Author(s):

McCarter, Colin P. R.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Eggert, Susan L.; Haynes, Kristine M.; Huang, Haiyong (Planck); Larson, John T.; Oleheiser, Keith C.; Kolka, Randall K.; Mitchell, Carl P. J.

Publication Year:

2021

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McCarter, Colin P. R.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Eggert, Susan L.; Haynes, Kristine M.; Huang, Haiyong (Planck); Larson, John T.; Oleheiser, Kristine C.; Kolka, Randall K.; Mitchell, Carl P. J. 2021. Water chemistry data for a forest clearcutting and residual biomass removal study at the Marcell Experimental Forest. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0007

Abstract:

This data publication contains chemical measurements from a hillslope forest harvesting study that occurred between 2010-2013. The study follows a before-after-control-impact design, with measurements collected two years pre-harvest and two years post-harvest on a hillslope in the S7 research watershed at the USDA Marcell Experimental Forest, Minnesota, USA. The north-facing hillslope in the S7 watershed has a mean slope of ~18° that drains into a peatland at the toe of the slope. The hillslope was divided into three treatment blocks: 1) an Unharvested Control that was not harvested, 2) a Biomass Left hillslope where residual biomass remained on the ground, and 3) a Biomass Removed hillslope where residual biomass was harvested. Prior to harvesting the forest cover was mixed northern hardwoods, predominately comprised of sugar maple (Acer saccharum), quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) and balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera). During 2011 (pre-harvest) and 2012 (post-harvest) enriched stable mercury isotopes were applied during light spring rain fall events to add a tracer for the assessment of changes in recently deposited mercury mobility due to forestry practices. The data consists of aqueous total mercury (THg), anion (chloride and sulfate), dissolved organic carbon, and cation (aluminum, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, silicon, sodium, and strontium) concentrations in subsurface runoff water. Daily solute yields in runoff from each hillslope plot were calculated for each solute.

Keywords:

environment; inlandWaters; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Landscape ecology; Forest Products; Bioenergy and biomass; Natural Resource Management & Use; Agroforestry; Landscape management; Timber; Water; Forest management; mercury; sulphate; forestry; hillslope; runoff; Marcell Experimental Forest; Balsam Township; Itasca County; Minnesota

Related publications:

• Haynes, Kristine M.; Mitchell, Carl P. J. 2012. Inter-annual and spatial variability in hillslope runoff and mercury flux during spring snowmelt. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 14(8): 2083-2091. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2EM30267E
• Mazur, M.; Mitchell, Carl P. J.; Eckley, C. S.; Eggert, Susan L.; Kolka, Randall K.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Swain, E. B. 2014. Gaseous mercury fluxes from forest soils in response to forest harvesting intensity: A field manipulation experiment. Science of The Total Environment. 496: 678-687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.058 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/46826
• McCarter, Colin P. R.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Eggert, Susan L.; Kolka, Randall K.; Mitchell, Carl P. J. 2020. Changes in hillslope hydrology in a perched, shallow soil system due to clearcutting and residual biomass removal. Hydrological Processes. 4: 5354-5369. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13948 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/61505
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