Variables (click to expand):
DATASET_CODE
- Label: Dataset Code
- Definition: Unique identifier for the table in the MCM LTER database.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
SAMPLE_ID
- Label: Sample ID
- Definition: The plot-position identifier for each sample.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
ELEVATION
- Label: Elevation
- Definition: The elevation of the plot from where the sample was collected. Taylor: A at 83 m above sea level, B at 121 m above sea level, C at 188 m above sea level. Garwood: A at 369 m above sea level, B at 377 m above sea level, and C at 392 m above sea level. Miers: A at 179 m above sea level, B at 220 m above sea level, and C at 290 m above sea level.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
POSITION
- Label: Position
- Definition: The position within a plot where the sample was collected.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
DATE_TIME
- Label: Date Time
- Definition: The date the soil sample was collected from the field.
- Type: Date/time
- Date format: mm/dd/yyyy
- Missing values: None specified
SOIL_WATER_CONTENT
- Label: Soil Water Content
- Definition: The gravimetric soil water content.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: percent g/g
- Maximum: 100
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
SML
- Label: Scottnema Male Live
- Definition: The total number of living male Scottnema lindsayae adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
SMD
- Label: Scottnema Male Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead male Scottnema lindsayae adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
SFL
- Label: Scottnema Female Live
- Definition: The total number of living female Scottnema lindsayae adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
SFD
- Label: Scottnema Female Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead female Scottnema lindsayae adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
SJL
- Label: Scottnema Juvenile Live
- Definition: The total number of living juvenile Scottnema lindsayae nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
SJD
- Label: Scottnema Juvenile Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead juvenile Scottnema lindsayae nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
SA
- Label: Scottnema Adult
- Definition: The total number of living and dead Scottnema lindsayae adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
SJ
- Label: Scottnema Juvenile
- Definition: The total number of living and dead Scottnema lindsayae juvenile nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
STL
- Label: Scottnema Total Live
- Definition: The total number of living Scottnema lindsayae (juvenile and adult) nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
STD
- Label: Scottnema Total Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead Scottnema lindsayae (juvenile and adult) nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
STLD
- Label: Total Scottnema Live and Dead
- Definition: The total number of live + dead Scottnema lindsayae (juvenile and adult) nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
EML
- Label: Eudorylaimus Male Live
- Definition: The total number of living male Eudorylaimus spp. adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
EMD
- Label: Eudorylaimus Male Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead male Eudorylaimus spp. adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
EFL
- Label: Eudorylaimus Female Live
- Definition: The total number of living female Eudorylaimus spp. adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
EFD
- Label: Eudorylaimus Female Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead female Eudorylaimus spp. adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
EJL
- Label: Eudorylaimus Juvenile Live
- Definition: The total number of living juvenile Eudorylaimus spp. nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
EJD
- Label: Eudorylaimus Juvenile Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead juvenile Eudorylaimus spp. nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
EA
- Label: Eudorylaimus Adult
- Definition: The total number of living and dead Eudorylaimus spp. adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
EJ
- Label: Eudorylaimus Juvenile
- Definition: The total number of living and dead Eudorylaimus spp. juvenile nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
ETL
- Label: Total Eudorylaimus Live
- Definition: Total number of living Eudorylaimus spp. (juvenile and adults) nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
ETD
- Label: Total Eudorylaimus Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead Eudorylaimus spp. (juvenile and adults) nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
ETLD
- Label: Total Eudorylaimus Live and Dead
- Definition: The total number of live + dead Eudorylaimus spp. (juvenile and adults) nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
PFL
- Label: Plectus Female Live
- Definition: The total number of living female Plectus spp. adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
PFD
- Label: Plectus Female Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead female Plectus spp. adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
PJL
- Label: Plectus Juvenile Live
- Definition: The total number of living juvenile Plectus spp. nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
PJD
- Label: Plectus Juvenile Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead juvenile Plectus spp. adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
PA
- Label: Plectus Adult
- Definition: The total number of living and dead Plectus spp. adult nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
PJ
- Label: Plectus Juvenile
- Definition: The total number of living and dead Plectus spp. juvenile nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
PTL
- Label: Plectus Total Live
- Definition: Total number of living Plectus spp. (juvenile and adults) nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
PTD
- Label: Plectus Total Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead Plectus spp. (juvenile and adults) nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
PTLD
- Label: Plectus Total Live and Dead
- Definition: The total number of live + dead Plectus spp. (juvenile and adults) nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
TOTAL_ROTIFERS
- Label: Total Rotifers
- Definition: Total number of rotifers per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent present in a sample.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
TOTAL_TARDIGRADES
- Label: Total Tardigrades
- Definition: Total number of tardigrades per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent present in a sample.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
TOTAL_LIVE
- Label: Total Living Nematodes
- Definition: The total number of living nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
TOTAL_DEAD
- Label: Total Dead Nematodes
- Definition: The total number of dead nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
TOTAL
- Label: Total
- Definition: The total number of living and dead nematodes extracted from the soil sample in number of organisms per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
COMMENTS
- Label: Comments
- Definition: Comments about the sample.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
PH
- Label: pH
- Definition: The opposite log of the hydrogen ion concentration of a 1:2 soil-water paste.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: dimensionless
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
CONDUCTIVITY
- Label: Conductivity
- Definition: The electrical conductivity in microSiemens/cm of a 1:5 soil:deionized water solution.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microSiemens/cm
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
TN
- Label: Total Nitrogen
- Definition: Total nitrogen, the nitrogen content of the unacidified soil.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: mg N/g soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
SOC
- Label: Soil Organic Carbon
- Definition: Soil organic carbon, the carbon content of acidified soil.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: mg C/g soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
SIC
- Label: Soil Inorganic Carbon
- Definition: Soil inorganic carbon, the carbon content of unacidified soil minus the carbon content of the acidified soil.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: mg C/g soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
NH4_N
- Label: Ammonium
- Definition: Ammonium concentration found using Lachat.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgram/g soil
- Maximum: 2000
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: 0.1
- Missing values:
NO3_N
- Label: Nitrate
- Definition: Nitrate concentration found using Lachat.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgram/g soil
- Maximum: 2000
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: 0.1
- Missing values:
CHL_A
- Label: Chlorophyll a
- Definition: The chlorophyll a content of the sample weight in micrograms per gram of soil oven dry weight equivalent.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: ug/g
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
MICROBIAL_C
- Label: Microbial Carbon Biomass
- Definition: Microbial biomass carbon
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgram C/g soil
- Maximum: 2000
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: 0.1
- Missing values:
MICROBIAL_N
- Label: Microbial Nitrogen Biomass
- Definition: Microbial biomass nitrogen
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgram N/g soil
- Maximum: 2000
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: 0.1
- Missing values:
CHEMISTRY_COMMENTS
- Label: Chemistry Comments
- Definition: Comments about the chemical analysis.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
VALLEY_CODE
- Label: Valley Code
- Definition: A sorting header indicating the Valley (Taylor, Miers, Garwood) from which the sample was collected.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
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