2006lgdhbmcn_excel

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Above ground plant and below ground stem biomass in the Arctic LTER dry heath tundra experimental plots, 2006, Toolik Lake, Alaska

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Variables

Date
  • Label: Date
  • Definition: Date of sampling
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: dd-mmm-yyyy
  • Missing values: None specified
Site
  • Label: Site
  • Definition: Tundra site of sampling
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Treatment
  • Label: Treatment
  • Definition: Plot treatment
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Growth Form
  • Label: Growth Form
  • Definition: Growth form of species
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Species
  • Label: Species
  • Definition: The species sampled or a lumped group
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Tissue
  • Label: Tissue
  • Definition: The tissue type
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Biomass Type
  • Label: Biomass Type
  • Definition: Growth category of the biomass sample
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
B1Q1
  • Label: B1Q1
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat. (Code of variable name: B for block and the number following the B is the block number. The Q stands for quadrat with the number following the Q being the quadrat number)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B1Q2
  • Label: B1Q2
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B1Q3
  • Label: B1Q3
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B1Q4
  • Label: B1Q4
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B2Q1
  • Label: B2Q1
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B2Q2
  • Label: B2Q2
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B2Q3
  • Label: B2Q3
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B2Q4
  • Label: B2Q4
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B3Q1
  • Label: B3Q1
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B3Q2
  • Label: B3Q2
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B3Q3
  • Label: B3Q3
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B3Q4
  • Label: B3Q4
  • Definition: oven dried weight of sample collected in a quadrat
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Average g/quad
  • Label: Average g/quad
  • Definition: Average of all quadrats for that species and tissue type
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Std. Err.
  • Label: Std. Err.
  • Definition: Standard error of the mean for species and tissue type
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Count
  • Label: Count
  • Definition: Number of quadrats
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Average g/m2
  • Label: Average g/m2
  • Definition: Average of all quadrats expressed as
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Std. Err. g/m2
  • Label: Std. Err. g/m2
  • Definition: Standard Error of the mean in
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gramPerMeterSquared
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B1%C
  • Label: B1%C
  • Definition: The percent carbon in tissues from species or lumped group in all quadrats in block 1
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B1%N
  • Label: B1%N
  • Definition: The percent nitrogen in tissues from species or lumped group in all quadrats in block 1
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B2%C
  • Label: B2%C
  • Definition: The percent carbon in tissues from species or lumped group in all quadrats in block 2
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B2%N
  • Label: B2%N
  • Definition: The percent nitrogen in tissues from species or lumped group in all quadrats in block 2
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B3%C
  • Label: B3%C
  • Definition: The percent carbon in tissues from species or lumped group in all quadrats in block 3
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
B3%N
  • Label: B3%N
  • Definition: The percent carbon in tissues from species or lumped group in all quadrats in block 3
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
Comments
  • Label: Comments
  • Definition: Comments on what species are included in the "Other" categories
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
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