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Temporal soil and foliar carbon and nitrogen stable isotope data from rainfall manipulation experiments at the Jornada Basin LTER, 2011-2020

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-jrn.210586001.17
Title:Temporal soil and foliar carbon and nitrogen stable isotope data from rainfall manipulation experiments at the Jornada Basin LTER, 2011-2020
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

As rainfall extremes are expected to increase in novel magnitude and frequency, especially in dryland regions, we asked how prolonged and directional shifts to water availability may affect ecosystem carbon and nitrogen dynamics. This data set includes foliar and soil carbon and nitrogen stable isotope and concentration data collected from multiple long-term rainfall manipulation experiments at the Jornada Basin LTER. Datasets also include rainfall data adjusted to rainfall manipulation intensities. Collection dates range from 5 to 14 years since the onset of experimental treatments. The primary plant species targeted for this study were the dominant grass, Bouteloua eriopoda, and the dominant shrub, Prosopis glandulosa.

Short Name:gc_isotope_data
Publication Date:2023-09-29
Language:English
For more information:
Visit: https://jrn.lternet.edu
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Time Period
Begin:
2011-06-01
End:
2020-09-30

People and Organizations
Contact:Information Manager (Jornada Basin LTER Program) [  email ]
Creator:Currier, Courtney (Arizona State University)
Creator:Sala, Osvaldo E (Arizona State University)
Creator:Reichmann, Lara (Arizona State University)
Associate:Sutter, Bryce (Arizona State University, technician)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
Foliar carbon and nitrogen data
Description:
Foliar carbon and nitrogen data
Data Table Name:
Foliar carbon and nitrogen data EA-IRMS error report
Description:
Foliar carbon and nitrogen data EA-IRMS error report
Data Table Name:
Soil carbon and nitrogen data
Description:
Soil carbon and nitrogen data
Data Table Name:
Soil carbon and nitrogen data EA-IRMS error report
Description:
Soil carbon and nitrogen data EA-IRMS error report
Data Table Name:
Plot and treatment table
Description:
A table of all plots sampled in the study with information about Nitrogen and precipitation treatments applied.
Data Table Name:
Precipitation within the experiments
Description:
A table of effective precipitation treatment amounts for all experiments and treatments included in the study. Precipitation totals are derived from the EDI data package: knb-lter-jrn.210380001.740
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Accuracy Report:                                                            
Accuracy Assessment:                                                            
Coverage:                                                            
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Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210586001/17/09b487ca08536e6a1cb18349a5120695
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Accuracy Report:                                                                    
Accuracy Assessment:                                                                    
Coverage:                                                                    
Methods:                                                                    

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Accuracy Report:                                                            
Accuracy Assessment:                                                            
Coverage:                                                            
Methods:                                                            

Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210586001/17/58086ea79c922ef950a37bd1155a90b1
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Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210586001/17/32c02dd7bd8a296b161cab0116fde2f2
Name:Plot and treatment table
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Name:Precipitation within the experiments
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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) is required 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 Core Research Areasinorganic nutrients, organic matter
LTER Controlled Vocabulary v1grasslands, nitrogen, nutrient cycling, plants, precipitation, soil, stable isotopes
nonedryland
Jornada Basin project namesLTREB global change, study 586
Jornada Basin place namesPasture 13

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:
# Experimental design Rainfall manipulation treatments commenced in multiple years and spanned a range of experimental durations at the time of field sampling, from 4 years to 14 years. Plot size depended on the experiment, either 2.5 x 2.5 m or 2.5 x 5.0 m. Most plots contained patches of *B. eriopoda*, except drought treatments in the older experiments where herbaceous patches exhibited mortality. Most plots also contained a central Prosopis shrub except one experiment ("LTREB2"), which excluded *Prosopis* from the original design. Treatment levels depended on the experiment; all experimental plots had control plots that received ambient rainfall with no rainout shelter or irrigation system. Water treatments were achieved using rainout shelters that decreased incoming precipitation by 50% or 80% and automated irrigation systems that simultaneously applied 50% or 80% of incoming precipitation. During precipitation events, shelters intercepted and redirected incoming rainfall to a PVC irrigation system connected to sprinklers surrounding +50% or +80% treatment plots by means of a solar-powered pump. Manipulation intensities were based on extremes of historical precipitation data for the region. Monthly precipitation sums were obtained from Jornada Basin LTER meteorological stations, available on the Environmental Data Initiative, nearest to the experimental plots (Thatcher and Bestelmeyer 2021), summed over the growing season (June-September), and then adjusted according to the rainfall manipulation treatment. The range of growing season precipitation amount achieved experimentally was 11-206 mm over the experimental years. We present precipitation amount as a continuous variable for our results due to the multi-year, multi-treatment nature of our study design. Some years were considerably drier than others were, and the rainfall amount received is more biologically meaningful to consider as a variable than categorical treatments. Refer to Table 1 (below) and the included "precip_treatments.csv" file for information about the effective precipitation amounts in all experiments and treatments included in this study. Table 1: description of experimental design and precipitation treatments for the experiments and samples analyzed in this study. |Experiment name|Treatments|Replication (n)|Sample size (N)|Plot size |Rain gauge ID\*|Plants sampled |Year started|Years sampled|Growing season rainfall (mm)|Manipulated rainfall range (mm)| |---------------|----------|---------------|---------------|----------|---------------|---------------------|------------|-------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------| |LTREB 1 |3 (-80%, ambient, +80%) |6 |18 |2.5 x 2.5m|YUCCA|*Bouteloua eriopoda, Prosopis glandulosa*|2006 |2011 |114.554 |22.91 – 206.19 | |LTREB 1 |3 (-80%, ambient, +80%) |6 |18 |2.5 x 2.5m|YUCCA|*Bouteloua eriopoda, Prosopis glandulosa*|2006 |2012 |55.372 |11.07 – 99.67 | |LTREB 1 |3 (-80%, ambient, +80%) |6 |18 |2.5 x 2.5m|YUCCA|*Bouteloua eriopoda, Prosopis glandulosa*|2006 |2018 |109.474 |21.89 – 197.05 | |LTREB 1 |3 (-80%, ambient, +80%) |6 |18 |2.5 x 2.5m|YUCCA|*Bouteloua eriopoda, Prosopis glandulosa*|2006 |2020 |74.93 |14.99 – 134.87 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |LTREB 2 |5 (-80%, -50%, ambient, +50%, +80%)|8 |40 |2.5 x 5.0m|RABBIT |*Bouteloua eriopoda* |2015 |2020 |64.52 |12.90 – 116.14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Droughtnet |2 (-80%, ambient) |3 |6 |2.5 x 2.5m|RABBIT |*Bouteloua eriopoda, Prosopis glandulosa*|2015|2020 |64.52 |12.90 – 64.52 | \* Precipitation data come from the EDI (Environmental Data Initiative) repository, data package ID knb-lter-jrn.210380001.740. # Field sampling and stable isotope analyses Field collection of leaves and soils for isotopic analyses took place during peak biomass months following the summer monsoon: August 2011, September 2012, September 2018, and September 2020. Leaves were collected from three Bouteloua patches (when possible; some drought plots had zero Bouteloua cover) and the central Prosopis shrub (if present). Specifically, the leaves were collected from the four cardinal directions and the center (54). Surface soil samples (0-10 cm) were collected using 2.54 cm diameter soil corer and composited from five sub-plot samples that were representative of the general ground cover of the plot, ranging from bare ground to underneath dominant plant patches. Soil samples were then passed through a 2 mm sieve. Foliar and soil samples were subsequently dried at 70°C for 48 h and ground into a fine powder using a Desktop High Energy Vibratory Ball Mill (VQ-N ball mill Thomas Scientific) for foliar samples and a mortar and pestle for soil samples. The stainless grinding tools were carefully cleaned with ethanol between each sample. Foliar samples were encapsulated in 4 x 6 mm tins while soil samples were encapsulated in 5 x 9 mm tins. All 2011 and 2012 samples were run on a GVI IsoPrime and an Elementar Cube elemental analyzer at the Boston University Stable Isotope Laboratory. QA/QC procedures for the BU Stable Isotope Lab may be found here: https://www.bu.edu/sil/quality/. One analytical replicate was run per 10 samples, and any anomalous results were rerun. In-house standards of peptone and glycine calibrated to USGS 40 and 41 were alternately analyzed after every 15 unknown samples. All 2018 and 2020 samples were run in analytical triplicates and flash combusted with a coupled continuous-flow elemental analyzer-isotope ratio mass spectrometer system consisting of a Costech EA interfaced to a Delta Advantage peripheral at the METAL Core Laboratory of Arizona State University. Calibration curves for 2018 and 2020 plant samples were built using tomato leaves (NIST 1573a) and for 2018 and 2020 soils using low-nitrogen Montana soil (NIST 2711). In-house glycine standards calibrated to USGS 40 and 41 were analyzed after every third unknown sample and at the beginning and end of each run. Standards and unknowns were corrected for linearity, and unknowns were normalized to isotopic values of standard reference materials using a two-point calibration curve of in-house standards calibrated to USGS 40 and 41 standard reference materials. Stable isotope nitrogen ratios are standardized to atmospheric air and expressed in permil (‰) as:

$$ \delta = \frac{R_{sa}}{R_{std} - 1} $$

Where _Rsa_ is the molar 15N/14N isotopic ratio of the sample and _Rstd_ is the molar isotopic ratio of atmospheric air (0.0036765). **Please note: This dataset does not include a thorough analysis of any carbon data, and all soil carbon data should be interpreted with caution as carbonates were NOT removed before analysis.** All standards and unknown samples presented in this manuscript underwent quality assessment and quality control. Acceptable accuracy of tomato leaf standards and in-house glycine or peptone standards was defined as having a residual error of ≤ 0.2‰. Acceptable accuracy of the low-nitrogen Montana soil standard was defined as having a residual error of ≤ 0.3‰. Acceptable precision for all standards was defined as having a standard deviation of ≤ 0.2‰. A blank (empty tin cup) was included at the beginning of each analytical run for all 2011, 2012, and 2018 plants and soils, and after every 5-8 unknown samples for 2020 soils. Unknown samples adhered to QA/QC when samples fell within the standard calibration range and exhibited a standard deviation among analytical replicates of ≤ 0.2‰. If unknowns had a standard deviation > 0.2‰, an attempt to meet QA/QC requirements was first conducted by removing one outlier replicate, reducing the number of analytical replicates to 2. If this did not resolve the precision measurement, the sample was flagged, re-ground, and re-run on the IRMS. Any data that remained flagged after re-running were discarded from the final data set. ## Data provenance
Data Source
Monthly precipitation data from a network of standard gauges at the Jornada Experimental Range (Jornada Basin LTER) in southern New Mexico, January 1916 - ongoing

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@edirepository.org
Web Address:
https://edirepository.org
Id:https://ror.org/0330j0z60
Creators:
Individual: Courtney Currier
Organization:Arizona State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7617-239X
Individual: Osvaldo E Sala
Organization:Arizona State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0142-9450
Individual: Lara Reichmann
Organization:Arizona State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9737-7300
Contacts:
Organization:Jornada Basin LTER Program
Position:Information Manager
Address:
P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.
Phone:
575-322-2430
Email Address:
jornada.data@nmsu.edu
Web Address:
https://lter.jornada.nmsu.edu/information-management/
Associated Parties:
Individual: Bryce Sutter
Organization:Arizona State University
Role:technician
Metadata Providers:
Organization:Jornada Basin LTER Program
Position:Jornada Basin LTER program
Address:
P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 USA
Email Address:
jornada.lter@nmsu.edu
Web Address:
https://lter.jornada.nmsu.edu
Id:https://ror.org/05976ta47

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period
Begin:
2011-06-01
End:
2020-09-30
Geographic Region:
Description:Basin Floor: Study occurred in the basin floor geomorphic zone in the Jornada Basin. More precise geographic coordinates for this study may be requested from the JRN LTER Data Manager (jornada.data@nmsu.edu).
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  32.749487Southern:  32.473173
Western:  -106.872883Eastern:  -106.692716
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Classification:
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Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:LTREB Global Change experiments at Jornada Basin LTER
Personnel:
Individual:Dr. Osvaldo Sala
Address:
School of Life Sciences and School of Sustainability,
Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ 85287 United States
Phone:
480-965-4120 (voice)
Email Address:
osvaldo.sala@asu.edu
Role:Principal Investigator (LTREB)
Individual:Dr. Niall Hanan
Address:
P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3JER,
New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 United States
Phone:
575-646-3335 (voice)
Email Address:
nhanan@nmsu.edu
Role:Principal Investigator (LTER)
Abstract:

The Global Change experiments in the Jornada Basin consist of controlled, long-term experiments designed to uncover what causes changes in grasslands with enough confidence to predict their future as they begin to experience conditions never seen before. The project expands on decade-long field experiments in which rainfall amount and variability were manipulated over multi-year timescales. Results from these experiments will yield new understanding that will provide guidance to managers of drylands in the Southwest United States, and around the world. The project is funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Long Term Research in Environmental Biology, or LTREB, program.

The Global Change experiments occur in coordination with the Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research program (JRN LTER). JRN LTER is part of a national network of long-term ecological research sites funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). The Jornada LTER program has been continuously funded since 1982 (Current NSF award: DEB-2025166) to develop general principles governing changes between grassland and shrubland ecosystems based on long-term data collected in the Chihuahuan Desert. We translate our findings to dryland ecosystems around the world, and forecast the dynamics of future ecosystem states in response to changing climate and land use.

Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Funder ID:https://ror.org/05976ta47
Number:1754106
Title:LTREB: Long-term ecosystem responses to directional changes in precipitation amount and variability in an arid grassland
URL:https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1754106
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Funder ID:https://ror.org/05976ta47
Number:2025166
Title:LTER: Long –Term Research at the Jornada Basin (LTER VII)
URL:https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2025166
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Number:DEB 1832194
Title:Prior award: LTER: Long - Term Research at the Jornada Basin (LTER VII)
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Number:DEB 1235828
Title:Prior award: LTER: Long-Term Research at the Jornada Basin (LTER-VI)
Additional Award Information:
Funder:National Science Foundation
Number:DEB 0618210
Title:Prior award: Jornada Basin LTER V: Landscape Linkages in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:ongoing
Frequency:asNeeded
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