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This project systematically reviewed the literature for measurements of aboveground carbon stocks in monoculture plantation forests. The data compiled here are for monoculture (single-species) plantation forests, which are a subset of a broader review to identify empirical measurements of carbon stocks across all forest types. The database is structured similarly to that of the ForC (https://forc-db.github.io/) and GROA databases (https://github.com/forc-db/GROA). When using these data, please cite: Bukoski, J.J., Cook-Patton, S.C., Melikov, C., Ban, H., Liu, J.C., Harris, N., Goldman, E., and Potts, M.D. 2022. Rates and drivers of aboveground carbon accumulation in global monoculture plantation forests. Nature Communications 13(4206). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31380-7 The code for all analyses in Bukoski et al., 2022 (paper associated with this dataset) is available at https://github.com/jbukoski/GPFC (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6588710).

The data contains three supporting datasets: 1. Mid-intertidal data 2. Vertical transect data 3. GPS coordinates for all sites

The dataset CO2_flux_measurements_Acoculco contains data on CO2 fluxes, coordinates (UTM), air temperature, atmospheric pressure measured in selected sites belonging to the Acoculco Geothermal Field: in particular, the areas named Lagunilla, Alcaparrosa, Los Azufres and also the area between them were investigated. CO2 flux measurements were performed using the accumulation chamber method. The dataset Field_meas_Acoculco_waters reports the ID, coordinates (UTM), Altitude (m.a.s.l.), temperature, flow rate, pH, Electrical Conductivity and Dissolved Oxygen for water samples collected in the central sector of the Acoculco geothermal field, but also in other sectors located inside and outside the Acoculco caldera. Total depth is also included for samples collected from water wells. The dataset Chemical_isotopic_data_Acoculco_waters reports major and minor chemical components and stable isotopic composition for hydrogen and oxygen determined in collected water samples in Acoculco geothermal field. Calculated partial pressures (in bars and log10-value) and CO2 concentrations of dissolved CO2 were also included. The dataset Chemical_isotopic_data_Acoculco_gas reports chemical and isotopic data for collected samples from Los Azufres and Alcaparrosa natural gas manifestations.

Fluorescence spectroscopy via confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) was used to analyze ancient sedimentary organic matter, including Tasmanites microfossils in Devonian shale and Gloecapsomorpha prisca (G. prisca) in Ordovician kukersite from North American basins. We examined fluorescence emission as a function of excitation laser wavelength, sample orientation, and with respect to location within individual organic entities and along organic matter chemical transects. Results from spectral scans of the same field of view in Tasmanites with different laser lines showed progressive red-shift in emission maxima with longer excitation wavelengths. This result indicates steady-state Tasmanites fluorescence emission is an overlapping combination of emission from multiple distinct fluorophore functions. Stokes shift decreased with increasing excitation wavelength, further suggesting the presence of multiple fluorophore functions with different S1 -> S0 transition energies. This observation also indicates that at longer excitation wavelengths, less absorbed light energy is dissipated via collisional transfer than at shorter excitation wavelengths and may suggest fewer polar functions are preferentially absorbing. Confirming earlier results, emission spectra observed from high fluorescence intensity regions (fold apices) in individual Tasmanites are blue-shifted relative to emission from other locations in the same microfossil. We suggest high intensity emission is from photoselective alignment of polarized excitation with the fluorophore absorption and emission transition moment. The blue shift observed in regions of high intensity emission may be due to relative absence of polar species, e.g., bridging ether or ester functions, although this could not be confirmed with preliminary time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) analysis. Tasmanites occurring in consolidated sediments are flattened from original spherical morphology and, in optical microscopy, this burial deformation results in generally parallel extinction (strain-influenced) and positive elongation. The deformation also induces fluorescence anisotropy observed as variations in emission wavelength when samples are measured parallel to bedding, whereas this effect is absent in bedding-normal view. Evaluation of fluorescence emission on compositional transects from G. prisca-rich source layers into adjacent reservoir layers indicates decrease in fluorescence intensity and spectral red-shift (increase in full-width half-maximum with increasing red portion of the half-width). These results may suggest an increase in fluorescence quenching across the source-to-reservoir transition zone, consistent with an increase in aromaticity following petroleum expulsion and migration. These observations are supported by increasing reflectance values measured across similar micro-scale transects. Our results highlight the applicability of CLSM as a broad and under-utilized approach for the characterization of sedimentary organic matter and are discussed with perspective toward petroleum processes and thermal indices research.

Monthly and daily summary from Barro Colorado Island (BCI). Data organized in horizontal format for seasonal and inter-year comparisonsLocation 9°9'42.36"N, 79°50'15.67"WParameters: air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation, sea surface temperature, solar radiation (pyranometer), air pressure, soil moisture, runoff, potential evapotranspiration, wet/dry season starting datesLutz catchment is a 9.73ha protected watershed on BCIThe Lutz tower was built in 1972 and was originally 42m. In 2002 it was increased to 48mThe data from 48m should be considered a separate data series from the data at 42m. Wind speed is significantly higher at 48m due to the distance to the top of the canopy.The Clearing is a small, open area surrounded by forest and some buildings. Station established in 1972. Consists of a Stevenson screen with max/min thermometers and air pressure sensor. Temperature/humidity sensor, rain gauge and evaporation sensors are located at various locations around the screen.