Title:

Soil and invertebrate 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.; Huang, Haiyong (Planck); Kolka, Randall K.; Mitchell, Carl P. J.

Publication Year:

2022

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McCarter, Colin P. R.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Eggert, Susan L.; Huang, Haiyong (Planck); Kolka, Randall K.; Mitchell, Carl P. J. 2022. Soil and invertebrate 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-2022-0024

Abstract:

This data publication contains soil and invertebrate chemistry data 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 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 consist of peat total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in organic soils, mercury methylation rate constants, and MeHg in macroinvertebrates of the downgradient peatland collected from 2010 to 2012.

Keywords:

environment; inlandWaters; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Landscape ecology; Forest Products; Bioenergy and biomass; Natural Resource Management & Use; Landscape management; Timber; Water; Forest management; forestry; hillslope hydrology; peatland; mercury methylation; biomass removal harvesting; clearcut harvesting; Marcell Experimental Forest; Minnesota; Balsam Township; Itasca County

Related publications:

• McCarter, Colin P. R.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Eggert, Susan L.; Kolka, Randall K.; Mitchell, Carl P. J. 2021. Differential subsurface mobilization of ambient mercury and isotopically enriched mercury tracers in a harvested and residue harvested hardwood forest in northern Minnesota. Biogeochemistry. 154: 119-138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00801-y https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/62459
• McCarter, Colin P. R.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Eggert, Susan L.; Kolka, Randall K.; Mitchell, Carl P. J. 2020. Hydrological data and site feature information 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-2020-0049
• 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. 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
• McCarter, Colin P. R.; Eggert, Susan L.; Sebestyen, Stephen D.; Kolka, Randall K.; Mitchell, Carl P. J. 2022. Effects of clearcutting and residual biomass harvesting on mercury mobilization and downgradient mercury accumulation from a shallow hillslope. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006826

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