SOILS_LTM_ALGAE
Description:
Comma Delimited spreadsheet containing the LTM ALGAE data described here.
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
SAMPLE_ID
- Label:
- Definition: The block and treatment combination of the sample.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
PLOT
- Label:
- Definition: The plot number that the soil sample was collected from.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
TREATMENT
- Label:
- Definition: The manipulation for a give plot from where the soil was collected. The treatments are: A: + algae, C: control
- 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
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
Chlorophyll a (ug chl-a/g)
- Label:
- Definition: The chlorophyll a content of the sample expressed per kg soil oven dry weight equivalent
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: ug chl-a/g
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
SML
- Label: Scottnema Male Live
- Definition: The total number of living male Scottnema 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: Scottnema Male Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead male Scottnema 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: Scottnema Female Dead
- Definition: The total number of living female Scottnema 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 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: Scottnema Juvenile Live
- Definition: The total number of living juvenile Scottnema 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: Scottnema Juvenile Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead juvenile Scottnema 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 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: Scottnema Juvenile Living and Dead
- Definition: The total number of living and dead Scottnema 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: Total Scottnema Living
- Definition: total number of living Scottnema (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: Total Scottnema Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead Scottnema (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
STLD
- Label: Total Scottnema iving and Dead
- Definition: The total number of live + dead Scottnema (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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
ETLD
- Label:
- Definition: The total number of live + dead EUDORYLAIMUS (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 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 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 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 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 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 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 (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 (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
PTLD
- Label:
- Definition: The total number of live + dead Plectus (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:
- 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:
- 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
UNCLASS_SCOTTNEMA
- Label:
- 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
UNCLASS_EUDORYLAIMUS
- Label:
- 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
UNCLASS_PLECTUS
- Label:
- 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
UNKNOWN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Label:
- 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
- Label:
- 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
COMMENTS
- Label:
- Definition: Generic comments about the sample
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
pH
- Label:
- Definition: The opposite log of the hydrogen ion concentration of a 1:2 soil-water paste
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: pH
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- Null = None given
CONDUCTIVITY
- Label:
- 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:
- Null = None given