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Extractable NH4-N and NO3-N (2 N KCl), PO4-P (0.025 N HCl) and pH (0.01 M CaCl2) were measured on soils from a transect along the Dalton road, Arctic LTER 1991.
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Date
- Label: Date
- Definition: Date of sampling
- Type: Date/time
- Date format: dd-mmm-yy
- Missing values: None specified
SITE
- Label: SITE
- Definition: Site where samples taken from along the Dalton Highway at site used by Gus Shaver for his flowering sites(see Shaver, G.R., et al, 1986)
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
REP
- Label: REP
- Definition: Replicate samples taken at each site.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
HOR
- Label: HOR
- Definition: Soil horizon
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Code
- Label: Code
- Definition: Site and microsite code: T-tussock; IT-intertussock; W-wet sedge; S-Salix/sedge; R-Riparian Shrub
- Type: Code list
- Codes:
- T = tussock | IT = intertussock | W = wet sedge | S = Salix/sedge | R = Riparian Shrub
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Latitude N
- Label: Latitude N
- Definition: Latitude of site in decimal degree.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: degree
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Longitude W
- Label: Longitude W
- Definition: Longitude of site in decimal degree.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: degree
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Elevation
- Label: Elevation
- Definition: Elevation in meters.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Core Length
- Label: Core Length
- Definition: Length of each horizon in each core.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: centimeter
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Tundra type
- Label: Tundra type
- Definition: General type of tundra
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Moisture
- Label: Moisture
- Definition: Percent moisture on dry-mass basis.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: percent
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Bulk Density
- Label: Bulk Density
- Definition: Bulk density of soil (cm3)
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: gramPerCentimeterCubed
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
pH
- Label: pH
- Definition: pH of soil mesured in a 0.01 M CaCl2 soil solution.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: dimensionless
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
ug/g NH4-N
- Label: ug/g NH4-N
- Definition: 2 N KCl extractabe ug NH4-N per gram of dry soil.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgramPerGram
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
ug/g NO3-N
- Label: ug/g NO3-N
- Definition: 2 N KCl extractabe ug NO3-N per gram of dry soil.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgramPerGram
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
ug/g PO4-P
- Label: ug/g PO4-P
- Definition: 0.025 HCl extracable ug PO4-P per gram of dry soil.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgramPerGram
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
ug|cc NH4 KCl
- Label: ug|cc NH4 KCl
- Definition: 2 N KCl extractabe ug NH4-N per cm3 of dry soil.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgramPerCentimeterCubed
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
ug|cc NO3 KCL
- Label: ug|cc NO3 KCL
- Definition: 2 N KCl extractabe ug NO3-N per cm3 of dry soil.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgramPerCentimeterCubed
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
ug|cc N KCl
- Label: ug|cc N KCl
- Definition: 2 N KCl extracable ug NH4-N +NO3-N per cm3 of dry soil.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgramPerCentimeterCubed
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
ug|cc P HCL
- Label: ug|cc P HCL
- Definition: 0.025 HCl extracable ug PO4-P per cm3 of dry soil.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: microgramPerCentimeterCubed
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
g/m2 NH4-N
- Label: g/m2 NH4-N
- Definition: 2 N KCl extractabe g NH4-N per meter square per horizon.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: gramPerMeterSquared
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
g/m2 NO3-N
- Label: g/m2 NO3-N
- Definition: 2 N KCl extractabe g NO3-N per meter square per horizon.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: gramPerMeterSquared
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
g/m2 PO4-P
- Label: g/m2 PO4-P
- Definition: 0.025 HCl extracable g PO4-P per meter square per horizon.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: gramPerMeterSquared
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
N:P
- Label: N:P
- Definition: Extractable Nitrogen to Phosphorus ratio.
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: dimensionless
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Comments
- Label: Comments
- Definition: Comments on individual data points.
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified