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Nitrogen and Carbon cycling data in 10 urban afforestation sites in New York City 2018

General Information

Data Package:
Local Identifier:	edi.472.1
Title:	Nitrogen and Carbon cycling data in 10 urban afforestation sites in New York City 2018
Alternate Identifier:	DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:	The data includes soil microbial processes of carbon (C) and N in 10 afforestation sites in New York City as part of the MillionTreesNYC initiative (MTNYC) of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Long-term research plots were established between 2009-2011 in municipal parks: Alley Pond, Canarsie, Ft. Totten, Clearview, Conference House, Clove Lakes, Marine Park (3 sites), and Pelham Bay. Sites were planted with low (two tree species) and high diversity (six tree species) treatments. More detailed description of sites and MTNYC project is provided by Downey et al. (2021). In 2018, 1 m soil cores were collected from plots at each site and analyzed for microbial biomass C and N, basal respiration, potential net N mineralization and nitrification, denitrification potential, soil inorganic N, and total soil N. Laboratory methods followed those used by Raciti et al. (2011a,b), and Groffman et al. (1999).
Publication Date:	2021-09-16

Time Period

Begin:

2018-06-16

End:

2018-08-18

Time Period

Begin:

2019-09-10

End:

2019-10-26

People and Organizations
Contact:	Mejia, Gisselle A. (Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Research Assistant) [ email ]
Contact:	Groffman, Peter M. (Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Professor ) [ email ]
Creator:	Mejia, Gisselle A. (Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Research Assistant)
Associate:	Groffman, Peter M. (Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Professor, Private Investigator)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	UrbanAfforestation_Carbon_Nitrogen_cycling_NYC_2018
Description:	Soil chemistry data from ten urban afforestation sites

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/472/1/ce801a7c5e1d54f894aa117005a5c283
Name:	UrbanAfforestation_Carbon_Nitrogen_cycling_NYC_2018
Description:	Soil chemistry data from ten urban afforestation sites
Number of Records:	394
Number of Columns:	40

Table Structure

Object Name:

MTNYCMasterData_ForPublication_2021_09_16.csv

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131052 byte

Authentication:

9b021ec3eb2f757c4c2fe0c7ba48b904 Calculated By MD5

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Table Column Descriptions

SampleID

Sampling site

Plot

Core number

Success

Diversity

SampleDate

CoreSection_cm

TotalCoreLength_cm

MunsellColors

SoilHorizon

Artifacts_percent

TotalSoilWeight_g

RockVolume_cm3

RootsVolume_cm3

ArtifactVolume_cm3

RockMass_g

RootMass_g

ArtifactMass_g

WetSoilWeight_g

DrySoilWeight_g

MoistureContent

CoreRing_cm

SectionLength_cm

BulkDensity_g_cm3

MicrobialBiomassC

Respiration

NO2_NO3

NH4

TIN

MicrobialBiomassN

Mineralization

Nitrification

Dinitrification Enzyme Assay

TotalSoilN_percent

TotalSoilN

TotalSoilC_percent

TotalSoilC

SampleYear

Notes

Column Name:

SampleID

Site

Plot

Core_id

Success

Diversity

SampleDate

CoreSection_cm

TotalCoreLength_cm

MunsellColors

SoilHorizon

Artifacts_percent

TotalSoilWeight_g

RockVolume_cm3

RootsVolume_cm3

ArtifactVolume_cm3

RockMass_g

RootMass_g

ArtifactMass_g

WetSoilWeight_g

DrySoilWeight_g

MoistureContent

CoreRing_cm

SectionLength_cm

BulkDensity_g_cm3

MicrobialBiomassC

Respiration

NO2_NO3

NH4

TIN

MicrobialBiomassN

Mineralization

Nitrification

DEA

TotalSoilN_percent

TotalSoilN

TotalSoilC_percent

TotalSoilC

SampleYear

Notes

Definition:

unique sample ID

urban park site

plot number

Soil core ID

urban afforestation success

Tree species diversity

Date core was collected

core depth interval between 0-100 centimeter

Whole core length (0-100 cm)

soil color based on munsell color chart and percent of color in core section. Example, 2.5Y/3/2 - 90% (hue[color]: 2.5Y = yellow, value[lightness/darkness] = 3, chroma[saturation] = 2, 90% cover in core section).

Soil horizons (A, A-B, B)

Percentage of artifacts (e.g., construction material) in core section

Total weight of soil in core section

Rock volume in core section

Root volume in core section

Artifact volume in section (cm^3)

Rock mass in core section

Root mass in core section

Artifact mass in core section

Wet weight of soil in core section

Dry weight of soil in core section

soil moisture

Core diameter

Depth of core section

Bulk density in g/cm3 (Total Dry Mass - Rock Mass)/(Total Volume - Rock Volume)

Carbon Microbial Biomass: micrograms of Carbon/per gram of soil (ugC/g soil)

Rate of respiration (ugC/g soil/day)

Initial Nitrate (+Nitrite) (ug-N/g dry soil)

Initial Ammonium (ug-N/g dry soil)

Total inorganic Nitrogen (initial NO3 + NH4) in ug-N/g dry soil

Microbial Biomass Nitrogen (ug-N/g dry soil)

Potential Net Nitrogen Mineralization (ug-N/g dry soil/day)

Potential Net Nitrification (ug-N/g dry soil/day)

Potential Denitrification (ug-N/g dry soil/hour)

Total soil nitrogen content

Total soil Nitrogen content

Total soil Carbon content

Year sample was collected

Additional information

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float

dateTime

string

Measurement Type:

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dateTime

nominal

ratio

nominal

ratio

dateTime

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Definition

unique sample ID

Definition

urban park site

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	Plot 1
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	Plot 2
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	Plot 3
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	Plot 4
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	S1
Definition	Soil core
Source

Code Definition

Code	S3
Definition	Soil core
Source

Code Definition

Code	S4
Definition	Soil core
Source

Code Definition

Code	S5
Definition	Soil core
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	High
Definition	High afforestation success: site that developed closed canopy and leaf litter layer
Source

Code Definition

Code	Low
Definition	Low afforestation success: site that did not develop closed canopy and leaf litter layer
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	High
Definition	High tree species diversity: six species planted in plot
Source

Code Definition

Code	Low
Definition	Low tree species diversity: two species planted in plot
Source

Format	MM-DD-YY
Precision

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	0-10
Definition	depth interval in cm
Source

Code Definition

Code	10--30
Definition	depth interval in cm
Source

Code Definition

Code	30-60
Definition	depth interval in cm
Source

Code Definition

Code	30-70
Definition	depth interval in cm
Source

Code Definition

Code	60-74.5
Definition	depth interval in cm
Source

Code Definition

Code	60-78
Definition	depth interval in cm
Source

Code Definition

Code	60-80
Definition	depth interval in cm
Source

Code Definition

Code	70-90
Definition	depth interval in cm
Source

Code Definition

Code	90-100
Definition	depth interval in cm
Source

Unit	centimeter
Type	real

Definition

Soil horizons (A, A-B, B)

Definition

Percentage of artifacts (e.g., construction material) in core section

Unit	gram
Type	real

Unit	centimeterCubed
Type	real

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Type	real

Unit	centimeterCubed
Type	real

Unit	gram
Type	real

Unit	gram
Type	real

Unit	gram
Type	real

Unit	gram
Type	real

Unit	gram
Type	real

Unit	gram
Type	real

Unit	centimeter
Type	real

Unit	centimeter
Type	real

Unit	gram
Type	real

Unit	ugC/g soil
Type	real

Unit	ugC/g soil/day
Type	real

Unit	ug-N/g dry soil
Type	real

Unit	ug-N/g dry soil
Type	real

Unit	ug-N/g dry soil
Type	real

Unit	ug-N/g dry soil
Type	real

Unit	ug-N/g dry soil/day
Type	real

Unit	ug-N/g dry soil/day
Type	real

Unit	ug-N/g dry soil/hour
Type	real

Unit	percent
Type	real

Unit	no unit
Type	real

Unit	percent
Type	real

Unit	no unit
Type	real

Format	YYYY
Precision

Definition

Additional information

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Expl	missing value

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Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Package Usage Rights

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Controlled Vocabulary	carbon cycling, microbial biomass, nitrogen cycling, soil respiration, microbial activity
(No thesaurus)	urban forest, MillionTreesNYC

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

Sites were selected as part of an urban afforestation project by NYC Department of Parks and Recreation 2009-2011. Ten sites in urban parks in NYC were planted with two plots of low diversity treatment and two plots with high diversity treatment; four plots total at each site. Low diversity treatment included two tree species, and high diversity treatment included six tree species. The experimental sites served as a long-term project to study afforestation outcomes under different restoration strategies. More detailed site description is provided by Downey et al. 2021. The data provided here only includes soil chemistry analysis conducted at each site.

Site locations (Latitude – N, Longitude – W): Alley Pond (40.76379121, -73.7509591), Canarsie (40.63427316, -73.88329729), Clearview (40.77822153, -73.78559891), Clove Lakes (40.6189031, -74.11644244), Conference House (40.50295497, -74.22803331), Fort Totten (40.79566063, -73.77727224), Marine Park 1 (40.59406886, -73.923558), Marine Park 2 (40.5914048, -73.92268008), Marine Park 3 (40.59633507, -73.92652368), Pelham Bay (40.86188697, -73.79628156).

Field sampling was was conducted over a one-month period in the summer of 2018 (mid-June to mid-July) using a standard 3.3 cm diameter soil corer (JMC ESP slide hammer) to a depth of 1 meter (2 cores per plot at 10 urban park sites). Sampling was repeated at all sites in fall of 2019 (September to October) to verify the soil data collected in 2018. Sampling took place in proximity to the sampling points from the previous year using a 3.81 cm diameter soil corer, to a depth of 30 cm. Each soil sample was enclosed in a plastic sleeve with secured end caps, then placed in a cooler for transport to the laboratory, where samples were stored in a refrigerator at 4°C until samples were processed.

Laboratory methods followed those used by Raciti et al. (2011a,b) and described by Groffman et al. (1999) to measure microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen content, microbial respiration, potential net nitrogen mineralization, potential net nitrification, potential denitrification, pools of extractable ammonium and nitrate, total soil carbon and nitrogen.

==================== Data Sources =========================

References: Downey, A.E., Groffman, P.M., Mejia, G.A., Cook, E.M., Sanpinsa, S., Karty, R., Palmer, M.I.,

McPhearson, T. 2021. Soil Carbon Sequestration in Urban Afforestation Sites in New York City. Urban Forestry & Greening: 127342.

Groffman, P. M., E. Holland, D. D. Myrold, G. P. Robertson, and X. Zou. 1999. Denitrification. In: G. P. Robertson, C. S. Bledsoe, D. C. Coleman, and P. Sollins, editors. Standard soil methods for long term ecological research. New York (NY): Oxford University Press. p. 272– 288.

Raciti, S. M., P. M. Groffman, J. C. Jenkins, R. V. Pouyat, T. J. Fahey, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso. 2011. Nitrate production and availability in residential soils. Ecological Applications 21:2357–2366.

Raciti, S. M., P. M. Groffman, J. C. Jenkins, R. V. Pouyat, T. J. Fahey, S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso. 2011. Accumulation of Carbon and Nitrogen in Residential Soils with Different Land-Use Histories. Ecosystems 14:287–297.

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Instrument(s):

SpectraMax® M Series Multi-Mode Microplate Reader, Elementar varioMax Cube elemental analyzer, Shimadzu GC-2014 gas chromatograph

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@environmentaldatainitiative.org

Web Address:

https://environmentaldatainitiative.org

Creators:

Individual:

Gisselle A. Mejia

Organization:

Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Position:

Research Assistant

Address:

Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY,

85 St. Nicholas Terrace, 5th floor,

New York, New York 10031 USA

Email Address:

gmejia@gc.cuny.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6792-4740

Contacts:

Individual:

Gisselle A. Mejia

Organization:

Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Position:

Research Assistant

Address:

Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY,

85 St. Nicholas Terrace, 5th floor,

New York, New York 10031 USA

Email Address:

gmejia@gc.cuny.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6792-4740

Individual:

Peter M. Groffman

Organization:

Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Position:

Professor

Address:

Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY,

85 St. Nicholas Terrace, 5th floor,

New York, New York 10031 USA

Phone:

212-413-3143 (voice)

Email Address:

pgroffman@gc.cuny.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-6255

Associated Parties:

Individual:

Mr. Peter M. Groffman

Organization:

Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Position:

Professor

Address:

Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY,

85 St. Nicholas Terrace, 5th floor,

New York, New York 10031 USA

Phone:

212-413-3143 (voice)

Email Address:

pgroffman@gc.cuny.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-6255

Role:

Private Investigator

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

2018-06-16

End:

2018-08-18

Time Period

Begin:

2019-09-10

End:

2019-10-26

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Nitrogen cycling and urban afforestation success in New York City

Personnel:

Individual:

Ms. Gisselle A. Mejia

Organization:

Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Position:

Research Assistant

Address:

Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY,

85 St. Nicholas Terrace, 5th floor,

New York, New York 10031 USA

Email Address:

gmejia@gc.cuny.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6792-4740

Role:

Research project lead

Individual:

Mr. Peter M. Groffman

Organization:

Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Position:

Professor

Address:

Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY,

85 St. Nicholas Terrace, 5th floor,

New York, New York 10031 USA

Phone:

212-413-3143 (voice)

Email Address:

pgroffman@gc.cuny.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-6255

Role:

Private Investigator

Abstract:

The urban afforestation project was developed by the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation Long-term research plots were established between 2009-2011 in municipal parks: Alley Pond, Canarsie, Ft. Totten, Clearview, Conference House, Clove Lakes, Marine Park (3 sites), and Pelham Bay. Sites were planted with low (two tree species) and high diversity (six tree species) treatments. More detailed description of sites and MTNYC project is provided by Downey et al. (2021). In 2018, 1 m soil cores were collected from plots at each site and analyzed for microbial biomass C and N, basal respiration, potential net N mineralization and nitrification, denitrification potential, soil inorganic N, and total soil N.

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	Data collection is complete. No dataset maintenance required.
Frequency:

Other Metadata

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Nitrogen and Carbon cycling data in 10 urban afforestation sites in New York City 2018

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Nitrogen and Carbon cycling data in 10 urban afforestation sites in New York City 2018

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