Ashe County Fen Data 1/1/2019-8/21/2021

This data was collected to shed light on future impacts to fen thermal refugia by establishing a baseline understanding of shallow soil temperature variance within a small (<1 ha) mountain fen, and then addressing which environmental factors have the largest influence on these shallow soil temperatures. We examine these aims using in situ soil temperature, air temperature, hydrologic, and vegetation data collected from 2019-2021 across a small mountain fen located in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, USA. This fen is protected by the Nature Conservancy so its exact location cannot be disclosed.

本数据集的采集旨在阐明泥炭沼泽（fen）热避难所（thermal refugia）的未来潜在影响：首先针对面积小于1公顷的山地泥炭沼泽（mountain fen）建立浅层土壤温度变异性的基线认知，随后明确对该浅层土壤温度影响最为显著的环境因子。本研究依托美国北卡罗来纳州阿巴拉契亚南部山脉内的一处小型山地泥炭沼泽，采集2019至2021年间的原位（in situ）土壤温度、气温、水文及植被数据，以此开展上述研究目标的验证分析。该泥炭沼泽受自然保护协会（The Nature Conservancy）保护，因此其具体位置不予公开。