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Microarthropod and watering effects on fluffgrass growth at the Jornada Basin LTER, March to September 1986

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-jrn.210385004.21
Title:Microarthropod and watering effects on fluffgrass growth at the Jornada Basin LTER, March to September 1986
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This data package contains fluff grass (

Dasyochloa pulchella

) growth measurements taken during the growing period in 1986 (March, July, and September). The purpose of this study was to test if changing densities of soil microarthropods and nematodes results in changes in fluff grass growth. The experimental design consisted of 20 plots (each 6m x 6m) and 3-meter buffers between each plot. Four treatments were assigned to 5 plots each 1) Chlordane, 2) Chlordane and water, 3) Water, and 4) Control. Within each plot, fluff grass plants were permanently tagged for continuous measurements of plant diameter and height for three sampling dates. Data consists of the date of measurement, the longest diameter (cm), the diameter (cm) perpendicular to the longest diameter, and height (cm). This study was completed in September 1986.

Publication Date:2020-04-15

Time Period
Begin:
1986-03-01
End:
1986-09-01

People and Organizations
Contact:Anderson, John (New Mexico State University) 
Contact:Manager, Data (Jornada Basin LTER) [  email ]
Creator:Whitford, Walt (New Mexico State University)
Creator:Solange, Silva (New Mexico State University)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
Fluffgrass diameter and height measurements in treated (mite exclusion, watering) mesocosms
Description:
Fluffgrass diameter and height measurements in treated (mite exclusion, watering) mesocosms
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities


Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210385004/21/d08b90f31fe5864bd244c081614bdc32
Name:Fluffgrass diameter and height measurements in treated (mite exclusion, watering) mesocosms
Description:Fluffgrass diameter and height measurements in treated (mite exclusion, watering) mesocosms
Number of Records:832
Number of Columns:7

Table Structure
Object Name:JRN_385004_fluffgrass_growth_data.csv
Size:23718 bytes
Authentication:23216a8d36ccb6c09f66cb0ea6dea801 Calculated By MD5
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
Record Delimiter:\n
Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimiter:,

Table Column Descriptions
 
Column Name:DATE  
PLOT  
TRT  
SAMPLE  
DIAM1  
DIAM2  
HEIGHT  
Definition:Date data collectedPlot numberTreatmentSample numberDiameter 1 - longest diameter (cm)Diameter 2 - diameter perpendicular to DIAM1 (cm)Height of plant (cm)
Storage Type:date  
float  
string  
float  
float  
float  
float  
Measurement Type:dateTimerationominalratioratioratioratio
Measurement Values Domain:
FormatYYYY-MM-DD
Precision
Unitnumber
Typenatural
Min
Max20 
Allowed Values and Definitions
Enumerated Domain 
Code Definition
CodeW
DefinitionWatering
Source
Code Definition
CodeCHW
DefinitionChlordane and water
Source
Code Definition
CodeC
DefinitionControl
Source
Code Definition
CodeCH
DefinitionChlordane (excludes microarthropods)
Source
Unitnumber
Typenatural
Min
Max20 
Unitcentimeter
Typereal
Min
Max15 
Unitcentimeter
Typereal
Min0.8 
Max13 
Unitcentimeter
Typereal
Min0.8 
Max26 
Missing Value Code:        
CodeNA
ExplData not collected
CodeNA
ExplData not collected
CodeNA
ExplData not collected
Accuracy Report:              
Accuracy Assessment:              
Coverage:              
Methods:              

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
Jornada Project Namesstudy 385
LTER Core AreaPopulations
JRN Dataset KeywordsLTER I, Plant, Nitrogen, and Micronutrients
LTER Controlled Vocabularyinvertebrates, mites, arthropods, desert, grasses, herbivory, plant properties, plant height, plant growth
Jornada Place NamesCDRRC
(No thesaurus)chlordane, exclusion

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:

Twenty 6 x 6 m plots with a 3-meter buffer zone were established on the Jornada Basin in 1986. Five plots each were randomly assigned to one of four treatments: (1) chlordane amendment (100ml AI (Active Ingredients) per 10,000 ml) to exclude microarthropods, (2) water (irrigation 6 mm per week), (3) water (6 mm per week) plus chlordane amendment (100 ml AI per 10,000 ml) and (4) control, no treatment.

Fluff grass plants were permanently tagged in each of the 20 plots to be measured in March, July, and September. In March, 20 plants were measured in each plot; in July, 7 plots had 10 measurements and 13 plots had 20 measurements; in September, 7 plots had 10 plants and 13 plots had 16 plants measured. The data measurements in this package consist of the longest diameter (cm) on the plant (DIAM1), the diameter (cm) perpendicular to the longest diameter (DIAM2), and height of the plants (cm).

People and Organizations

Creators:
Individual: Walt Whitford
Organization:New Mexico State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1155-6162
Individual: Silva Solange
Organization:New Mexico State University
Contacts:
Individual: John Anderson
Organization:New Mexico State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6417-8022
Individual: Data Manager
Organization:Jornada Basin LTER
Email Address:
datamanager.jrn.lter@gmail.com

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period
Begin:
1986-03-01
End:
1986-09-01
Geographic Region:
Description:Basin_Floor
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  32.7494871Southern:  32.47317259
Western:  -106.8728831Eastern:  -106.6927163

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Jornada Basin LTER (I/II)
Personnel:
Individual: Walt Whitford
Organization:New Mexico State University
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: NSF: DEB 8612106

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:completed
Frequency:
Other Metadata

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