Site Number/Name: LUQ -- Luquillo Experimental Forest

GFL No.:

Name: Luquillo Experimental Forest

State, Country: Puerto Rico, USA

Priority: 1

Site designation(s): LTER, WEBB, MAB, NADP, Center for Tropical Forest Science

Other sponsoring/interested agencies, if any:

Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto Rico

International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service.

Location and size:

USGS Quad: El Yunque, Fajardo, Gurabo, Humacao, Naguabo

Center: 65° 48' 31" W, 18° 17' 32" N

NE corner: 65° 41' 59" W, 18° 21' 3" N

SE corner: 65° 42' 1" W, 18° 13' 59" N

SW corner: 65° 55' 3" W, 18° 14' 2" N

NW corner: 65° 55' 1" W, 18° 21' 5" N

Center elevation: 836 m amsl

Size (N-S x E-W): 13.022 x 22.960 km = 7.031 x 12.397 nm (Int'l)

Resource to be monitored:

Disturbance regimes and response of biota; decomposition and mineralization; element cycling; fine root dynamics and forest microbiology; control of landscape heterogeneity; forest community dynamics; controls on productivity.

Detailed description, management issues (e.g. ecosystem represented):

Measurements of meteorological data, precipitation and stream chemistry, NPP, succession, animal and plant populations, elemental cycling.

Frequency and time(s) of collection: year-round: few seasonal constraints

Resolution/scale: various

Special characteristics (spectral values, thermal anomalies, underwater/ground, etc.): unknown

Existing maps of area (digital?): see http://sunceer.upr.clu.edu/ltexmoni/gisdatab.htm

MEDEA sponsor (active/passive):

Sponsoring agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF agency point of contact: [Alan M. Gaines, Scott L. Collins]

NSF site point of contact (current security clearance, if any):

[John Vande Castle, Security Clearance -YES