Northern Colorado Plateau Network upland monitoring SOPs: 2007 field season

Northern Colorado Plateau Network. 2007. Northern Colorado Plateau Network upland monitoring SOPs: 2007 field season

This document contains the Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) upland monitoring SOPs used during the 2007 field season. The following SOPs are included: SOP 1: Preparations and Equipment Setup Prior to the Field Season SOP 2: Training Observers SOP 3: Using the Global Positioning System SOP 4: Crust-Friendly Field Procedures SOP 5: Site Characterization SOP 6: Establishing and Marking Permanent Dryland Sample Sites SOP 7: Repeat Photography SOP 9: Measuring Basal and Canopy Gaps Using Line-Intercept Sampling SOP 11: Measuring soil aggregate stability SOP 12: Site Impact Assessment SOP 17: After the field season SOP 18: Data Management SOP 19: Data Analysis and Reporting SOP 20: Revising the Protocol SOP 21: Measuring Occurrence and Cover of Vegetation and Soil Surface Features, and Shrub Density Using 10-m2 Quadrat-Based Sampling Refer to the "See Also" section for a link to the protocol narrative.

Type
Standard Operating Procedure
Authors
Northern Colorado Plateau Network
Date of Issue
2007
Units
ARCH , BLCA , BRCA , CANY , CARE , CEBR , CURE , DINO , NCPN , TICA , ZION
Keywords
Monitoring, NCPN monitoring protocol, Plant Studies, soils, Upland, Uplands, vegetation
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Soil Quality | Soil Function and Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Shrubland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities

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