Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot - Puerto Rico

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Basic Information
Site Name
Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot
Short name
Big Grid
Country
Puerto Rico
Site Manager
Jess K Zimmerman
Miguel Leon
Site Description
The Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot (LFDP), previously known as the Hurricane Recovery Plot (Zimmerman et. al. 1994) and the Luquillo long-term ecological research grid (Soil Survey 1995), is a 16-ha forest plot (SW corner 18° 20' N, 65° 49' W) located near El Verde Field Station. The plot is 500 m N-S and 320 m E-W and is divided into 400 20 x 20 m quadrats, with each quadrat sub divided into 16 5 x 5 m sub-quadrats. The field station and LFDP are in the Luquillo Mountains of northeastern Puerto Rico, approximately 35 km southeast of San Juan.
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2023-07-26 08:23:36

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Projects
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Photos
LFDP-Taken by Jess Zimmerman-Luquillo LTER
LFDP-Taken by Jess Zimmerman-Luquillo LTER
Mountain peaks in the Luquillo Experimental Forest by María M. Rivera
Mountain peaks in the Luquillo Experimental Forest by María M. Rivera
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 18.3333 Longitude: -65.8167

Size
ca. 16.00ha
Elevation (average)
333.00msl
Elevation (min)
333.00msl
Elevation (max)
428.00msl
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Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
LTER Site Classification
not applicable