Focus

Mexico: La Paz

Latitude: 24.133333
Longitude: -110.433333

Network: AmeriFlux
Principal investigator: Steven Hastings
PI-affiliated institution: San Diego State University
Primary IGBP ecosystem type: Open Shrublands
Dominant plant functional type: Shrub
Recent and historic disturbance and management events that may affect this site:
- Forestry: Forest management such as logging of any kind, plantation planting, or herbicide application.
- Grazing: Herbivory or browsing by mammals, managed or wild.
- Land cover change: Land use and land cover change; invasion; woody or urban encroachment
Flux data collection:
- Start date: April 2000
- End date: Ongoing
Flux methods:
- Eddy covariance
Optical data collection:
- Start date: July 2002
- End date: Ongoing
Data collection period: Continuous operation: Variable collected continuously with the reported method.
Data scale: Canopy, Stand
Collection methods: Tower
Types of data collected: PAR, PYR (LI-COR LI-200SA), Relative humidity (Vaisala HMP35C), Net radiometer (Radiation and Energy Balance Systems), Acoustic measurements (Sonic Anemometer Gill WindMaster PRO),
Publications

- Hastings SJ, Oechel WC, Muhlia‐Melo A. Diurnal, seasonal and annual variation in the net ecosystem CO2 exchange of a desert shrub community (Sarcocaulescent) in Baja California, Mexico. Global Change Biology. 2005 Jun;11(6):927-39.
- Erisman B, Mascarenas I, Paredes G, de Mitcheson YS, Aburto-Oropeza O, Hastings P. Seasonal, annual, and long-term trends in commercial fisheries for aggregating reef fishes in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Fisheries Research. 2010 Dec 1;106(3):279-88.
- Brusca RC, Findley LT, Hastings PA, Hendrickx ME, Cosio JT, van der Heiden AM. Macrofaunal diversity in the Gulf of California. Biodiversity, ecosystems, and conservation in Northern Mexico. 2005;179.
- Hastings JR, Turner RM. Seasonal precipitation regimes in Baja California, Mexico. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography. 1965 Dec 1;47(4):204-23.