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Nitrogen and phosphorus content of mesquite tree tissues from four habitats at the Jornada Basin LTER site, 1987

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-jrn.210386009.2
Title:Nitrogen and phosphorus content of mesquite tree tissues from four habitats at the Jornada Basin LTER site, 1987
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This data package contains data on measured concentrations of nutrients in mesquite tree tissues collected from four habitat types at the Jornada Basin LTER site. These habitat types include: (1)playa, (2)arroyo,(3)dunes, and (4)grassland and samples were collected in conjunction with phenology studies and natural abundance of N15 sampling during 1987. Leaves, stems, flowers, and pods were collected from mesquite sample tissues and individually digested and analyzed for total nitrogen (Kjeldahl) and total phosphorus. This data set consists of the date of collection, collection site, leaf total nitrogen, stem total nitrogen, flower total nitrogen, pod total nitrogen, leaf total phosphorus, stem total phosphorus, flower total phosphorus, and pod total phosphorus. Data from this study was collected in 1987. Prior data was collected in 1986, but had differing attributes and is therefore published in a separate data package (knb-lter-jrn.210386008).

Publication Date:2020-10-17

Time Period
Begin:
1986-04-23
End:
1986-10-01

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

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
Mesquite tissue nutrient data, 1987
Description:
Nitrogen and phosphorus contents of mesquite tissues sampled in 1987
Other Name:
Early format Jornada LTER metadata file
Description:
Early format metadata file that contains other useful bits of information.
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities


Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210386009/2/d15501f8362b66a57451666b2912a675
Name:Mesquite tissue nutrient data, 1987
Description:Nitrogen and phosphorus contents of mesquite tissues sampled in 1987
Number of Records:207
Number of Columns:16

Table Structure
Object Name:JRN_386009_mesquite_tissueNut1987_data.csv
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Table Column Descriptions
 
Column Name:DATE  
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F_TKN  
CP_TKN  
CF_TKN  
F_P_N  
L_TP  
P_TP  
F_TP  
CP_TP  
CF_TP  
F_P_TP  
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DefinitionArroyo site
Source
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Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:Early format Jornada LTER metadata file
Entity Type:unknown
Description:Early format metadata file that contains other useful bits of information.
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:prosnp87.dsd.txt
Size:17014 bytes
Authentication:eb9d55b8b23aab1e3d17c0e7ed955dfc Calculated By MD5
Externally Defined Format:
Format Name:text/plain
Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210386009/2/4efa115156295be6af0dd5eca023d96f

Data Package Usage Rights

This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) has an ethical obligation to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Controlled Vocabularydeserts, shrubs, nitrogen, foliar nitrogen, phosphorus, total phosphorus, nutrients, leaf nutrients
Jornada Project Namesstudy 386, Mesquite Phenology
JRN Dataset KeywordsLTER I, LTER II
Jornada Place NamesJER, CDRRC
LTER Core AreaInorganic Nutrients

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:

Sampling design and laboratory analysis

This study was conducted in 1987 as part of the Jornada Basin LTER program. The objective of this study was to measure plant tissue nutrients at mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) dune sites of different habitat types. Mesquite tissues (leaf, stem, flowers, pods) were collected in conjunction with phenology studies and natural abundance of N15 during 1986 and 1987. This data package has only 1987 data; 1986 data are in EDI package knb-lter-jrn.210386008.

Four habitat types were sampled: (1) playa, within a dense stand of large (3-5 m tall) mesquite growing along the edge of of a large playa; (2) arroyo, with widely spaced mesquite trees (3-5 m tall) along the margin of temporary water courses; (3) dunes, which are dominated by low-growing coppice mesquite, and (4) grassland, at the base of a watershed with widely scattered mesquite, 2-3 m tall, many of the plants being multiple-stemmed. The dune site is located on theJornada Experimental Range (JER), while the other three sites are located on the NMSU Chihuahuah Desert Rangeland Research Center (CDRRC).

Mesquite tissue samples were digested and analyzed for total nitrogen (Kjeldahl) and total phosphorous. Plant tissue was oven-dried at 60 degrees C and ground to 20 mesh in a Wiley mill. One-tenth gram samples were weighed into 75ml Kjeldahl tubes and digested on a block digestor (40 tubes at a time). The digest was a micro- Kjeldahl sulfuric acid digest (Hg catalyst). An autoanalyzer was used to determine NH4 (TKN-Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen) and PO4-P (TP-Total Phosphorus). The method is described in Bremner et al. 1982.

Additional files

An additional metadata file - prosnp87.dsd.txt - from the earlier Jornada information management system is included and may contain still useful metadata.

REFERENCES

Bremner, J.M., and C.S. Mulvaney. 1982. Nitrogen–Total. In A.L. Page, R.H. Miller, and D. R. Keeney (eds.). Methods of soil analysis. Part 2 - Chemical and microbiological properties. Agronomy 9 (2):595-624. Am. Soc. of Agron., Madison, Wis.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@environmentaldatainitiative.org
Web Address:
https://environmentaldatainitiative.org
Creators:
Individual: Solange Silva
Organization:New Mexico State University
Individual: Robin McBride
Organization:New Mexico State University
Individual: Ross Virginia
Organization:New Mexico State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0890-0981
Contacts:
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:
1986-04-23
End:
1986-10-01
Geographic Region:
Description:This study took place in the Basin Floor geomorphic unit. For more precise coordinates contact the data manager (datamanager.jrn.lter@gmail.com)
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
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1155-6162
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: NSF DEB 8612106
Related Project:
Title:Jornada Basin LTER (I/II)
Personnel:
Individual: Ross Virginia
Organization:New Mexico State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0890-0981
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: NSF DEB 8612106

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:Completed
Frequency:
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