Variables (click to expand):
DATASET_CODE
- Label: Dataset Code
- Definition: Unique identifier for the table in the MCM LTER database. In this case, P3.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
SAMPLE_ID
- Label: Sample ID
- Definition: A unique sample code consisting of treatment (C, H, or L), block (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13), and replicate (a, b, c, d).
- 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
TREATMENT
- Label: Treatment
- Definition: The basin where the sample was collected (Fryxell, Hoare, Bonney).
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
BLOCK_ID
- Label: Block Id
- Definition: The block number where the soil sample was collected. Values indicate the distance in meters from the water application trench. 1=1m, 3=3m, and so forth.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
SOIL_WATER_CONTENT
- Label: Soil Water Content
- Definition: The gravimetric soil water content calculated as a percentage of grams of water divided by the grams of oven dried soil.
- 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 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:
SJD
- Label: Scottnema Juvenile Dead
- 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:
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 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: 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:
STD
- Label: Scottnema Total Dead
- 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:
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 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:
ETD
- Label: Total Eudorylaimus Dead
- Definition: The total number of dead Eudorylaimus spp. (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:
ETLD
- Label: Total Eudorylaimus Live and Dead
- Definition: The total number of live + dead Eudorylaimus spp. (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:
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. 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: Total Plectus 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: Total Plectus 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: Total Plectus Live and Dead
- Definition: The total number of live + dead Plectus spp. (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:
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 (#/kg soil).
- 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 (#/kg soil).
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: # kg/soil
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
TOTAL
- Label: Total Living and Dead 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:
COMMENTS
- Label: Comments
- Definition: Comments about the sample.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Source URL: https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/soilsp3