SOILS_POLY_ANHYDRO
Description:
Details of the spreadsheet containing the poly-anhydro data.
File:
Variables (click to expand):
DATASET_CODE
- Label:
- Definition: Unique identifier for the table in the MCM LTER database
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
ID
- Label:
- Definition: The label assigned to each sample based upon the polygon number and distance from the crack where the sample was collected.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Polygon
- Label:
- Definition: The number assigned to the polygon from where the sample was collected.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Distance
- Label:
- Definition: The distance from the crack, or edge of the polygon, where the sample was taken.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: meter
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values: None specified
FRESH_WEIGHT
- Label: Fresh weight
- Definition: The fresh weight (uncorrected for water content) of the soil used for invertebrate enumeration.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: gram
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Required entry = None given
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:
- Null = None given
Coiled
- Label:
- Definition: The number of nematodes extracted from the soil that were anhydrobiotic at the time of sampling.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
Uncoiled
- Label:
- Definition: The number of nematodes extracted from the soil that were anhydrobiotic at the time of sampling.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
Percent_coiled
- Label:
- Definition: The percent of nematodes extracted from the soil that were anhydrobiotic at the time of sampling.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: dimensionless
- Maximum: 100
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
Chlorophyll a
- Label:
- Definition: The chlorophyll a content of the sample expressed per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: ug chl-a/kg soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
SML
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
SMD
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
SFL
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
SFD
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
SJL
- Label:
- Definition: The total number of living juvenile 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:
- Null = None given
SJD
- Label:
- Definition: The total number of dead juvenile 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:
- Null = None given
SA
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
SJ
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
STL
- Label:
- Definition: total number of living Scottnema lindsayae (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:
- Null = None given
STD
- Label:
- Definition: The total number of dead Scottnema lindsayae (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:
- Null = None given
ST
- Label:
- Definition: The total number of live + dead Scottnema lindsayae (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:
- Null = None given
EML
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
EMD
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
EFL
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
EFD
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
EJL
- Label:
- Definition: The total number of living juvenile 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:
- Null = None given
EJD
- Label:
- Definition: The total number of dead juvenile 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:
- Null = None given
EA
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
EJ
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
ETL
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
ETD
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
ET
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
PFL
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
PFD
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
PJL
- Label:
- Definition: The total number of living 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:
- Null = None given
PJD
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
PA
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
PJ
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
PTL
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
PTD
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
PT
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
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:
- Null = None given
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:
- Null = None given
unclassified_Scottnema
- Label: unclassified Scottnema
- Definition: The total number of nematodes from the respective genera Scottnema for which sex and life stage was not determined.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
unclassified_Eudoralaimus
- Label: unclassified Eudorylaimus
- Definition: The total number of nematodes from the respective genera Eudorylaimus for which sex and life stage was not determined.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
unclassified_Plectus
- Label: unclassified Plectus
- Definition: The total number of nematodes from the respective genera (Scottnema, Eudorylaimus, Plectus and unknown) for which sex and life stage was not determined.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
UNKOWN_NEMATODES
- Label:
- Definition: Unkown nematode species
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
TOTAL_LIVE_NEMA
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
TOTAL_DEAD_NEMA
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given
TOTAL_UNCLASS_NEMA
- Label: total unclassified nematodes
- Definition: The total number of nematodes extracted from the soil sample for which sex and life stage and/or species was not determined 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:
- Null = None given
TOTAL_NEMA
- Label: total nematodes
- 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:
- Null = None given
PERCENT_LIVE
- Label: Percent live
- Definition: The ratio of live to dead nematodes
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: dimensionless
- Maximum: 100
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
COMMENTS
- Label:
- Definition: Generic comments about the sample
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
DATE_TIME
- Label:
- Definition: The date the soil sample was collected from the field
- Type: Date/time
- Date format: mm/dd/yyyy
- Missing values: None specified