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Detailed descriptions of sample sites. |
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| Sampling Date(s)* |
Monthly Average Air Temperature# |
Monthly Precipitation |
Site Description |
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| 11/29/01 11/30/01 |
7.8°C |
6.7 cm in 11/01 |
15–20 cm water depth; vegetation present |
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| 3/22/02 3/23/02 |
0.11°C |
5.5 cm in 3/02 |
10–20 cm ice |
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| 5/31/02 6/01/02 |
11.1°C |
9.1 cm in 5/02 |
20–30 cm water depth; water very turbid, grading into fine-grained organic-rich muck; some vegetation present |
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| 9/04/02 9/05/02 |
22.2°C |
11.0 cm in 8/02 |
~35 m distance from original site; 50–75 cm water depth; vegetation present |
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*Sampling date is date of peeper and core extraction (3–4 weeks after emplacement of peepers). #Monthly air temperature and precipitation averages are from unedited local climatological data provided by NOAA, National Climatic Data Center for the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (42°14'N Lat; 85°33'W Lon.; 892 ft elevation). | |||
Koretsky et al. Geochemical Transactions 2006 7:11 doi:10.1186/1467-4866-7-11 |
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