Puergschachen Moor - Austria

Basic Information
Site Name
Puergschachen Moor
Short name
PM
Country
Austria
Web Address
Working Group Geoecology
Core Facility Long Term Wetland Ecosystem Research (LTWER)
Operating Organisation
University of Vienna
Site Manager
Stephan Glatzel
Andreas Maier
Site Description
The Pürgschachen Moor is located on the bottom of the Styrian Enns valley, about 1.5 km southwest of the village Ardning in the district of Liezen at an altitude of 632 m a.s.l. It is a pine peat bog with a present extent of about 62 ha. Thus, it is the biggest (to a large part) intact valley peat bog of Austria with a closed peat moss cover and a good example of the formerly widely distributed peatlands of inner-alpine valleys. The peat bog site is property of the Benedictine monastery Admont and is leased to the Moorschutzverein Pürgschachen for an indefinite period of time. An EU Life-project were conducted in the years 1995 to 1998. Since 1991, the peat bog is part of the international and intergovernmental treaty of the ...
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2025-04-09 08:04:18

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2015
Observed properties
soil parameteratmospheric parameterchemical parameterbiological parameterecosystem parameterwater parameteragricultural parametercarbon-to-nitrogenratiodissolvedorganicnitrogeninsoilpotentialevaporationrespirationpotentialsoilaciditysoilalbedosoilmoisturecontentsoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoilrespirationsoilsolutionconcentrationsoiltemperaturetotalorganiccarbonairhumidityairtemperatureairvaporpressuredeficitatmosphericpressureprecipitationintensitysolarradiationwinddirectionwindspeeddissolvedorganiccarboninwatersoilgasfluxsoilpHtotalcarbontotalorganiccarbonleafareaplantheighttreediametertreeheightheatflowlatentheatsoilheatfluxtreedistributionphotosyntheticallyactiveradiationintensitywateraciditywaterdepthwatertabledissolvedorganiccarboninsoil
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
LTER Austria✔ (LTER_EU_AT_041)This site is a verified "LTER Austria" member.
Projects
LTER-CWN
Teabag
Photos
Puergschachen bog in summer
Puergschachen bog in summer
Geographic
300 m
1000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 47.5806 Longitude: 14.3444

Size
ca. 62.00ha
Elevation (average)
632.00msl
Elevation (min)
624.00msl
Elevation (max)
634.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Mires, bogs and fens (D)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
6.60°C
Precipitation Annual
1400.00mm
Geology
Alluvions
Vegetation
Pino mugo-Sphagnetum magellanici, Sphagnetum magellanici, Caricetum limosae
Soils
Histosols
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
only experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » Less than 10 m above canopy
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » Less than 1 kW
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
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Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
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Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
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