Title:

Litterfall with carbon and nitrogen chemistry for Bisley watersheds 1 and 2, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico, 1989-2017

Author(s):

González, Grizelle; Erickson, Heather E.

Publication Year:

2025

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González, Grizelle; Erickson, Heather E. 2025. Litterfall with carbon and nitrogen chemistry for Bisley watersheds 1 and 2, Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico, 1989-2017. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0024

Abstract:

This data publication contains litterfall mass, litter carbon (C), and nitrogen (N) chemistry from 1989 to 2017 collected from Bisley Experimental Watersheds 1 and 2 within the Luquillo Experimental Forest in northeast Puerto Rico. With few exceptions, litter was collected every two weeks from 60 baskets (0.25 square meters) located approximately 3 meters apart on either side of a roughly 425 meter transect bisecting the watersheds. Litter was divided into leaves, woody material (generally < 2.5 centimeters), fruits and flowers combined, and a miscellaneous class. Ground composite samples, after drying, were analyzed for C and N. Data provided for each litter class include mass (grams per square meter), as an average of the 60 baskets, as well as concentration of carbon and nitrogen (percentages).

Keywords:

biota; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Forest & Plant Health; litterfall; woody litter; nitrogen concentration; carbon concentration; hurricane effects; tropical forests; hurricane recovery; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Puerto Rico; El Yunque; Caribbean

Related publications:

• Erickson, Heather E.; González, Grizelle; McDowell, William H.; Potter, Jody D. 2025. Increasingly conservative N cycling in a wet tropical forest: litter and stream N concentrations decline over 29 years despite surges caused by hurricanes. Journal of Ecology. [In press].

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