Canopy Photosynthesis Study

• Investigators: Susan Bassow, Fakhri Bazzaz
• Contact: Fakhri Bazzaz
• Start date: 1991-01-01
• End date: 1992-12-31
• Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Latitude: +42.54
• Longitude: -72.17
• Elevation: 340 meters
• Taxa: Acer rubrum (red maple), Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch), Betula papyrifera (white birch), Quercus rubra (red oak)
• Keywords: canopy, photosynthesis, physiology
• Release date: 1999
• EML version: knb-lter-hfr.59.2
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• Abstract:

  Measurements were made from 2 canopy access towers in a time period between July 1991-October 1992. Four species were observed: Oak - red oak (Quercus rubra); RM - red maple (Acer rubrum); WB - white birch (Betula papyrifera); YB- yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis). There are 1950 records; each represents a single measurement of a leaf in the canopy.

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