Environmental data collected at piezometer field plot locations used to study hydrologic impacts on vegetation due to historic rail road embankment at Canaan Valley NWR
Dates
Publication Date
2020-01-22
Start Date
2010-06-29
End Date
2010-11-29
Citation
Young, J., Welsch, D., and Deacon, S., 2020, Environmental data collected at piezometer field plot locations used to study hydrologic impacts on vegetation due to historic rail road embankment at Canaan Valley NWR: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KUATM7.
Summary
This data represents environmental attributes collected at or around field sample locations (groundwater piezometers or water wells) that were used in a study of impacts from a historic railroad embankment on wetland vegetation. GPS surveys were used to map piezometer locations, elevations, and the elevation of the ground surface in proximity to the piezometer. Water surface elevations and peat depths were measured in the field at the piezometers. Piezometer locations were also used to center a 20m x 20m vegetation survey field plot from which attributes on mean surface elevations and vegetation heights were summarized using lidar data.
Summary
This data represents environmental attributes collected at or around field sample locations (groundwater piezometers or water wells) that were used in a study of impacts from a historic railroad embankment on wetland vegetation. GPS surveys were used to map piezometer locations, elevations, and the elevation of the ground surface in proximity to the piezometer. Water surface elevations and peat depths were measured in the field at the piezometers. Piezometer locations were also used to center a 20m x 20m vegetation survey field plot from which attributes on mean surface elevations and vegetation heights were summarized using lidar data.
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Young, J., Welsch, D. and Deacon, S., 2019. Assessing the hydrologic impact of historical railroad embankments on wetland vegetation response in Canaan Valley, West Virginia: the value of highâresolution data. Restoration Ecology.
This data was collected for a study of hydrology, surface and subsurface flow, and vegetation community composition. We focused our study on a large area of wetlands in the central Canaan Valley NWR, WV that was bisected by a historic logging railroad embankment. The goal of the study was to examine hydrologic impacts of the rail road grade on vegetation community composition.
