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Variables monitored in UK Sitka spruce long-term forest monitoring plots

Variables Period Frequency of sampling Llyn Brianne Loch Awe Coalburn Tummel
Foliar sampling and analysis 1995-2005 2 years tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2006 Once       tick.gif
2010 Once tick.gif   tick.gif  
Soil analysis 1995 Once tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2008 Once     tick.gif  
Soil solution 1995-2001 2 weeks tick.gif     tick.gif
2001-2006 2 weeks tick.gif   tick.gif tick.gif
2007-2008 4 weeks tick.gif      
2009-2010 4 weeks tick.gif   tick.gif  
Atmospheric deposition 1995-1996 2 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
1997-2006 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2007-2008 4 weeks tick.gif      
2009-2010 4 weeks tick.gif   tick.gif  
Increment 1995-2004 5 years tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2010 Once tick.gif   tick.gif  
Crown condition 1994-2007 Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2009-2010 Annual tick.gif   tick.gif  
Leaf area index 2009-2010 Once tick.gif   tick.gif  
Meteorology 1994-2004 Continuous (automatic)     tick.gif  
2009-2010 Continuous (automatic) tick.gif   tick.gif  
SO2,O3,NOx above canopy 2002 Monthly     tick.gif  
SO2,O3,NOx,NH4 below canopy 2002-2005 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
NH4 2000-2006 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2007-2008 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif   tick.gif
2009-2010 Monthly tick.gif     tick.gif
Ground vegetation 1998-2004 3 years tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2004 Once tick.gif      
2010 Once tick.gif   tick.gif  
Quantitative ground vegetation 2010 Once tick.gif   tick.gif  
Litter fall quantification 2001-2007 4 weeks     tick.gif tick.gif
2009-2010 4 weeks tick.gif   tick.gif  
Litter fall analysis 2010 Once tick.gif   tick.gif  
Growth uptake of heavy metals 2003 Single measurement tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif

 

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