Alaskan Peatland Experiment: Community structure and productivity data for 2007-2010 VIII - VGA

This dataset contains calculated vascular green area (VGA) by species within each gas flux collar in each plot at both the bog and fen sites of the Alaskan Peatland Experiment. VGA calculations are present at the fen site from 2008-2010, while calculations at the bog include 2009-2010. Within the fen site a water table manipulation has been ongiong since 2005, with control, lowered and raised water table treatment plots. Samples at the bog were collected in a plot established within the lowland black spruce permafrost plateau (permafrost), and two plots established within collapse scars embedded within the plateau. One collapse scar formed ~ 45 years ago (old collapse) and the other formed ~ 25 years ago based upon aerial photography provided by the BCEF LTER. The data provided in this data set can be sorted by site and plot.