Activity trap data MERP cells 1985-1989

The Marsh Ecology Research Program (MERP) was a long-term interdisciplinary study on the ecology of prairie wetlands. A scientific team from a variety of disciplines (hydrology, plant ecology, invertebrate ecology, vertebrate ecology, nutrient dynamics, marsh management) was assembled to design and oversee a long-term experiment on the effects of water-level manipulation on northern prairie wetlands. Ten years of fieldwork (1980 -1989), combines a routine long-term monitoring program and a series of short-term studies, generated a wealth of new and diverse information on the ecology and function of prairie wetlands. ( Prairie wetland ecology: the contribution of the Marsh Ecology Research Program / edited by Henry R. Murkin, Arnold G. van der Valk, and William R. Clark. - 1st ed. copy-write 2000, Iowa State University Press) This data set includes some invertebrate data collected as part of MERP.