Lajas Experimental Station NEON - United States of America

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Site Name
Lajas Experimental Station NEON
Short name
LAJA
Country
United States of America
Site Manager
Site Description
The Lajas Experimental Station (LAJA) is part of the NEON Altantic Neotropical domain. LAJA the relocateable terrestrial field site is located on the site of an existing agricultural experimental station owned by the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus. The NEON field site also incorporates some farmland owned by a private farmer, which makes up 25% of the total site area. It is located in the southwestern corner of the island, where it is relatively arid. The flux/meteorological tower at this site is 26' with 4 measurement levels. The data collection systems at LAJA include airborne remote sensing surveys, automated instrument measurements and observational field sampling.There are also multiple plots for soil sensors and sampling and organismal sampling including birds, ticks and mosquitoes. At both D04 LAJA and GUAN terrestrial field sites, scientists collected small mammal data from 2016-2017. Small mammal sampling protocols are currently suspended due to safety issues.
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2020-07-27 09:07:33

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2016
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERIThis site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON (LAJA)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
LAJA Tower
LAJA Tower
Geographic
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 18.02125 Longitude: -67.0769

Size
ca. 395.00ha
Elevation (average)
24.00msl
Elevation (min)
13.00msl
Elevation (max)
41.00msl
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