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European Diatom Database-Italian Mountain Lake Dataset

Entry ID: uk_nc_eddi_alpi

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Summary

Abstract: The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed
to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water
acidification, eutrophication and climate change.

Surface sediment samples and lakewater chemical data from thirty-one high
mountain lakes were used to derive a lakewater pH transfer function. The lakes
selected lie along a pH gradient on the southern side of the Central Alps in
South Tyrol, in the Ossola Valley, Italy and in Canton Ticino, Switzerland. The
lakes selected are small (up to 0.2 km2) clearwater lakes most of which are
located above the timberline. Samples were collected using gravity corers and
the surface (0-0.5cm) was used to prepare a diatom sample. A total of
approximately 600 diatom valves per sample was counted.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 46.92

S: 46.0

E: 11.5

W: 8.08

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Aldo Marchetto

Dataset Title: European Diatom Database-Italian Mountain Lake Dataset

Dataset Release Place: Newcastle upon Tyne

Dataset Publisher: The University of Newcastle

Online Resource: http://craticula.ncl.ac.uk/Eddi/jsp/datasetdesc.jsp?DatasetId=ALPI

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
uk_nc_eddi

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1989-01-01

Stop Date: 1990-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > SOUTHERN EUROPE > ITALY

CONTINENT > EUROPE > WESTERN EUROPE > SWITZERLAND

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > CRYOSOLS

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Ancillary Keywords

Cryopedology

Periglacial Processes

Permafrost Features

Soil Properties

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Frozen Ground Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Personnel

CHIEN-LU PING

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +1 907-746-9462

Fax: +1 907-746-2677

Email: pfclp at uaa.alaska.edu

Contact Address:

University of Alaska Fairbanks

533 East Fireweed

Palmer Research Center

City: Palmer

Province or State: AK

Postal Code: 99645

Country: USA

JOHN M. KIMBLE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 402-437-5376

Fax: 402-437-5336

Email: jkimble at gw.nssc.nrcs.usda.gov

Contact Address:

US Department of Agriculture

Natural Resources Conservation Service-National

Federal Building, Room 152, MS33, 100

City: Lincoln

Province or State: NE

Postal Code: 68508-3866

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-12-29

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