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Nematode abundance from soil cores collected beneath Mesquite trees in irrigated and non-irrigated plots at the Jornada Basin LTER site, 1988

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-jrn.210386002.2
Title:Nematode abundance from soil cores collected beneath Mesquite trees in irrigated and non-irrigated plots at the Jornada Basin LTER site, 1988
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This data package contains nematode abundance from mesquite habitat soils at the Jornada Experimental Range (JER) during the early years of Jornada Basin LTER (LTER-I and II). The purpose of this study was to quantify nematode functional groups in soils beneath mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa). The samples were taken from irrigated and non-irrigated (control) mesquite dune habitats. Soil cores were taken from three depths (0-50cm, 50-100cm, and 100-150cm) then divided into subsamples for nematode investigation. Nematodes were quantified via a semi-automatic elutriator with sugar flotation-sieving and the Baerman Funnel technique. Nematodes were counted and separated into trophic groups: fungal feeders, bacterial feeders, plant parasites, and omnivore-predators. The data collection began in March 1988 and ended in October 1988. This dataset is complete.

Publication Date:2020-07-22

Time Period
Begin:
1988-03-01
End:
1988-09-01

People and Organizations
Contact:Manager, Data (Jornada Basin LTER) [  email ]
Creator:Virginia, Ross (New Mexico State University)
Associate:McBride, Robin (New Mexico State University, Graduate Student)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
JRN_386002_mesquite_soil_nematodes.csv
Description:
Soil nematodes from mesquite soil core samples
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities


Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210386002/2/f8c5a3bfcf86fdd833cee1a312fe2aa9
Name:JRN_386002_mesquite_soil_nematodes.csv
Description:Soil nematodes from mesquite soil core samples
Number of Records:146
Number of Columns:11

Table Structure
Object Name:JRN_386002_mesquite_soil_nematodes.csv
Size:7085 bytes
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Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
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Field Delimiter:,

Table Column Descriptions
 
Column Name:MO  
TREAT  
REP  
DIR  
DEPTH  
DEPTH1  
FF  
BF  
OP  
PPN  
TOTAL  
Definition:Month of data collection (3= March, 6=June, 8= August, 9=September)Treatment (C= Control, W= Water (irrigated))Replication number (1-5)Direction of soil core (N or R)Coded depth of soil core (cm)Depth range of soil core (cm)Number of fungal feeder nematodes/kg dry soilNumber of bacterial feeder nematodes per kg dry soilNumber of omnivor-predator nematodes per kg dry soilNumber of plant parasite nematodes per kg dry soilTotal number of nematodes per kg dry soil
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Measurement Values Domain:
DefinitionMonth of data collection (3= March, 6=June, 8= August, 9=September)
DefinitionTreatment (C= Control, W= Water (irrigated))
DefinitionReplication number (1-5)
Allowed Values and Definitions
Enumerated Domain 
Code Definition
CodeN
DefinitionSample taken from same angle as neutron tube
Source
Code Definition
CodeR
DefinitionSample taken from same angle as rhizotron tube
Source
Unitcentimeter
Typewhole
Min
Max100 
DefinitionDepth range of soil core (cm)
UnitnumberPerKilogram
Typereal
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Max82.66 
UnitnumberPerKilogram
Typereal
Min
Max740.67 
UnitnumberPerKilogram
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UnitnumberPerKilogram
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Data Package Usage Rights

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Core AreaPopulations
JRN Dataset KeywordsLTER I, study 386
LTER Controlled Vocabularynematodes, invertebrates, herbivory, soil samples, desert, roots
Jornada Project Namesstudy 386

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:

Investigation of nematode abundances beneath mesquite trees (Prosopis glandulosa) began in March 1988. Soil cores were sampled from irrigated and non-rrigated coppice mesquite dune habitats. Five mesquite dunes were irrigated by pumping water from a storage tank located 200 m from the site. Water was applied to the dunes with an overhead sprinkler (later replaced by a drip irrigation system to minimize wind drift) placed at the apex of each dune. Irrigation began in March with approximately 2.5 cm applied 2-3 times/week for 6 weeks to initially wet the dry soil. Thereafter high- water availability was maintained by weekly irrigation. Five non-irrigated dunes served as control. Soil samples were collected (hand augered) under mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) trees to three depths, 0-50 and 50-100, and 100-150cm. Soil samples were placed in plastic bags, tied, and stored in portable coolers. These samples were later divided into subsamples for nematode investigations.

Nematodes were recovered using semi-automatic elutriator with sugar flotation-sieving (Byrd et al. 1976), and Baerman Funnel Technique (Freckman and Virginia 1989). Nematodes were counted per kilogram of soil and separated into trophic groups (Freckman et al. 1987, Freckman and Baldwin 1990).

People and Organizations

Creators:
Individual: Ross Virginia
Organization:New Mexico State University
Contacts:
Individual: Data Manager
Organization:Jornada Basin LTER
Email Address:
datamanager.jrn.lter@gmail.com
Associated Parties:
Individual: Robin McBride
Organization:New Mexico State University
Role:Graduate Student

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period
Begin:
1988-03-01
End:
1988-09-01
Geographic Region:
Description:Basin_Floor
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  32.7494871Southern:  32.47317259
Western:  -106.8728831Eastern:  -106.6927163

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:LTER- I,II
Personnel:
Individual: Ross Virginia
Organization:New Mexico State University
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: NSF DEB 8612106
Related Project:
Title:No project title to report
Personnel:
Individual: Solange Silva
Organization:New Mexico State University
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: No funding to report

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:Completed
Frequency:
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