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Mesquite soil surface nutirents at the Jornada Basin LTER, 1986

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-jrn.210394008.2
Title:Mesquite soil surface nutirents at the Jornada Basin LTER, 1986
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This data package contains data on mesquite soil surface nutrients 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 analyze surface nutrient dynamics associated with mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa). The mesquite soils were sampled at 4 habitats (playa, coppice dune, arroyo, and grassland) once a week for the month of October 1986. This data set contains analyses for gravimetric soil moisture, pH, phosphate, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorus, NO3-N nitrogen mineralization, total inorganic nitrogen, NH4 nitrogen mineralization, organic carbon, inorganic carbon, total roots, tap roots, intermediate roots, and fine roots. This data set is complete.

Publication Date:2020-07-16

Time Period
Begin:
1986-10-01
End:
1986-10-31

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

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
Mesquite surface soil nutrients
Description:
Mesquite Soil Nutrients, 1986
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities


Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210394008/2/f04d58f989994f55d870ab1a14dcb77f
Name:Mesquite surface soil nutrients
Description:Mesquite Soil Nutrients, 1986
Number of Records:48
Number of Columns:30

Table Structure
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Table Column Descriptions
 
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DEPTH  
SWC  
pH  
PO4  
TKN  
TP  
NO3_N_WK0  
NO3_N_WK1  
NO3_N_WK4  
NO3_N_WK01  
NO3_N_WK04  
NO3_N_WK14  
INORG_N  
TOT_N_WK01  
TOT_N_WK04  
TOT_N_WK14  
NH4_N_WK0  
NH4_N_WK1  
NH4_N_WK4  
NH4_N_WK01  
NH4_N_WK04  
NH4_N_WK14  
ORGC  
INORGC  
TOTROOT  
TAPROOT  
INTERROOT  
FINEROOT  
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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Controlled Vocabularydeserts, grasslands, shrubs, nutrients, biogeochemistry, soil chemistry, plant ecology, soil properties, soil samples, nitrogen mineralization, soil organic matter, soil
Jornada Project Namesstudy 394
JRN Dataset KeywordsLTER I
Jornada Place NamesJER
LTER Core AreaInorganic Nutrients, Organic Matter

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:

To study the surface soil nutrient dynamics associated with mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), 4 sites were established at the Jornada Basin in 1986. To compare across habitats, mesquite soil was sampled at playa, coppice dune, arroyo/wash, and grassland sites.

The soils were sampled in October 1986. At each habitat type location (playa, arroyo, grassland and dune) soil samples were collected from the mid canopy beneath six mesquite plants at two depths (0-10 cm and 10-20 cm), using a bucket auger soil corer (7.5 cm diameter, 10 cm depth). The samples were placed in plastic bags, stored in a portable cooler, and then transported to the laboratories. These samples were later divided into subsamples for root mass, soil moisture, and soil chemical analyses.

The gravimetric soil water content of the soil samples was determined 2-4 days after soil sample collection. Samples used for texture, pH, total organic C, total N, and total P analyses were air dried in a glasshouse, ground to break up clay and caliche aggregates, and passed through a 2-mm mesh sieve. N mineralization and inorganic N analyses were made on field-moist soil. Total C was determined by dry combustion following pretreatment with acid to remove carbonates (Nelson and Sommers 1982). Inorganic C was determined by gravimetric loss of CO2 (U.S. Salinity Laboratory Staff 1954). Particle size distribution was determined by hydrometer method following pretreatment in the disperant sodium hexametaphosphate (Gee and Bauder 1986). Total N and P were determined by Kjeldahl digestion block technique (Bremmer and Mulvaney 1982). Soil NH4 and NO3 were extracted in a 2 N KCl solution and analyzed using an automated salicylate procedure (Technicon Industrial Method No. 329-74 W/N). Available P was analyzed as NaHCO3 extractable PO4-P (Olsen and Sommers 1982). The N mineralization potential was estimated using a batch incubation procedure on freshly collected soil as described by Fisher et al. (1987). Two sets of 25-g soil subsamples were incubated at 29C for 4 weeks. The moisture content was adjusted to 0.1 g g-1 (field capacity) at weekly intervals. The soils were extracted with 2 N KCl (Keeney and Nelson 1982) and NH4+ and NO3 were determined as above. Net N mineralization was calculated as the net change in N occurring from the beginning to the end of the incubation period. This study was completed in October 1986.

People and Organizations

Creators:
Individual: Ross Virginia
Organization:New Mexico State University
Individual: Walt Whitford
Organization:New Mexico State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1155-6162
Individual: Solange Silva
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:
1986-10-01
End:
1986-10-31
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: Ross Virginia
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: NSF DEB 8612106
Related Project:
Title:No project title to report
Personnel:
Individual: Walt Whitford
Organization:New Mexico State University
Role:Principal Investigator
Funding: No funding to report

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:complete
Frequency:

Additional Info

Additional Information:
 

Creosotebush zone plots (C) in Caliche area (CALI) about 40 meters upslope from C-CALI NPP site, and in area of termite studies (TERM) located about 300 meters west of Upper Trailer. Grassland (G) plots at Mt. Summerford (SUMM) upslope of powerline, and about 50 meters east of LTER-I Alternate Control Transect, and about 30 meters west of the southwest corner of the IBP exclosure on the USDA Jornada Experimental Range.

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