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Dataset URLs:	METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant) DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data
Dataset ID:	1994gswsbmnp.06
Dataset Title:	Plant biomass, leaf area, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in wet sedge tundra, 1994, Arctic LTER, Toolik Lake, Alaska.
Investigator 1:
First Name:	Gus
Last Name:	Shaver
Organization:	Marine Biological Lab
Address line 2:	7 MBL St.
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City:	Woods Hole
State:	MA
Zip Code:	02543
Country:	USA
Investigator 2:
First Name:	Jim
Last Name:	Laundre
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Keywords:	Alaska, biomass, productivity, nitrogen, phosphorus, tundra, primary production, disturbance, inorganic nutrients, organic matter, populations
Abstract:	Plant biomass, leaf area, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus were measured in three wet sedge tundra experimental sites. Treatments at each site included factorial NxP and at the Toolik sites greenhouse and shade house. Treatments started in 1985 (Sag site) and in 1988 (Toolik sites).
For questions about the Metadata and data contact the Investigators. For information about this web site contact:	Arctic LTER Information Manager The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone (508) 289 7496 Email: arc_im@mbl.edu Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
Data File URL	http://metacat.lternet.edu/das/dataAccessServlet?docid=knb-lter-arc.1381&urlTail=terrest/biomass/data/1994gswsbmnp.csv
Data File Name	1994gswsbmnp
Beginning Date	7/25/1994
End Date	8/3/1994
Number of Data Records	672
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Log of Changes:	Log of changes: 11Mar95 Separated comma delimited data from Excel file. JL 28Oct2004 Checked and completed the variable description section and added C, N % P data. Re-organized the data to match other biomass files. JL
	Version2: Creaded Excel metadata form. Changed titler and added attribut table. 10Jan06 JimL
	Version 3: Added LTERNET Data Access server proxy for Excel and comma delimited data files.
	Version 4: Upadte LTERNET Data Access server proxy link for Excel and comma delimited data files. Changed from knb to das in url.
	Version 5: Updated the metadata form to new version and eml to 2.1.0 JimL 9Jul2012
	Version 6: Taxonomic coverage data updated. Updated metadata to newer form (with sites sheet). CH march 2013.

RESEARCH LOCATION:

Location Name

Toolik

Sagavanirktok River

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Geographic Description

Toolik Lake LTER wet sedge (68 degrees 38'N, 149 degrees 34'W, elevation 760 m) North Slope, Alaska, U.S.A

Sagavanirktok River (68 degrees 46'N, 148 degrees 52'W, elevation 470 m) North Slope, Alaska, U.S.A

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Latitude

68.6253

68.7588

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Longitude

-149.6024

-148.8418

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Elevation

719

457

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TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
Organisms studied	Andromeda; Carex cordirhiza; Carex rotundata; Eriophorum angustifolium; Trichophorum

Methods:	Plots were setup as indicated below, with annual fertilization treatments of 10 g/m2 Nitrogen (as NH4NO3) and 5 g/m2 Phosphorous (as triple superphosphate) . Greenhouses and shade houses were annually set up in late May or early June and removed in the end of August or early September. Sites: Block 1 - Toolik Inlet (CT, N, P, NP, GH, GHNP, and Shade treatments) Treatments began summer of 1989; one 5x10m plot/treatment Block 2 - Toolik Outlet (Same treatments) Treatments began summer of 1989; one 5x10m plot/treatment Block 3 - Sag River toposequence wet sedge site (CT, N, P, and NP treatments) Consider as "Block 3" for comparison with Toolik sites, but the wet sedge is site 2 in the toposequence experiment. Treatments began fall 1985 , 2 replicate plots, each 2x10 m Notes: There were several miss marked bags: 2 bags of block 2 N ‘Other carex’, sheath. Values very close; averaged the values. There is a missing block 2 ‘Other Carex’ Sheath Shade treatment; used the average from the block 2 N ‘Other Carex’ sheath. There were 2 block 1 moss NP; averaged the values. There is an unknown leaf found in an Andromeda bag. Calculations: Units; Tissue mass data are expressed in g/quadrat (400 cm2). Multiply by 25 to get g/m2. Leaf blade area are in cm2/quadrat. Multiply by .0025 to get m2 leaf/m2 ground. Sampling Description. Biomass quadrats, size 20x20 cm, were randomly located along line transects within plots. There were 4 quadrats/plot (treatment) collected in Blocks 1 and 2, and 2 quadrats/plot (2 plots/treatment) at the Sag site. All aboveground biomass plus belowground stems and rhizomes were clipped in 20x20 cm quadrats. Aboveground biomass is considered "within" the quadrat if it is associated with a meristem that is within the quadrat. Quadrats were sorted within 24 hours into species and then into tissue type. Tissue categories were standard, except for graminoid sheaths. Because some species, especially Carex cordirhiza, included many culms, "sheaths" included culms as well. Leaf Blades were the only other aboveground biomass category for graminoids, so inflorescence also went into the "sheaths" category. This is potentially a problem in analysis, because much of the mass of C. cordirhiza is culms and attached, aboveground sheaths, whereas the "sheath" category for other graminoids is almost entirely belowground and nongreen. All leaf blade material from Blocks 1 and 2 was run through the LiCor leaf area meter before drying. They were then dried at 50-70 degrees C in a drying oven. After several days in the oven samples were weighed to nearest milligram. Samples are then returned to Woods Hole for nutrient analysis. All samples were ground at least to 60 mesh, either on a Wiley mill or home made roller mill. Nitrogen and Carbon was analyzed on a Perkin-Emler CHN analyzer and Phosphorus was analyzed by the method of Aspila, et al (Analyst 101 pp. 187-197). Details on biomass harvest are given in Shaver and Chapin (Ecological Monographs, 61(1), 1991, pg. 1.) In Blocks 1 and 2, light and dark LiCor measurements were made on quadrats 2-4 before harvesting (see 94gsbflx.txt)

Data Table

Variable Name	Variable Description	Data Type	Units	DateTime Format	Code Information	Missing Value Code
Date	Aveage date that plots were sampled. Sampling occurred from 25Jul04 to 3Aug04.	datetime		dd-mmm-yyyy
Site	Site name. See methods for complete description.	text
Treatment	Plot treatment. See methods for complete description.	text
Growth Form	Growth form of species	text
Species	Plant species or lumped group of species sampled.	text
Tissue	Type of plant part sampled.	text
Block	Treatment block. Since the wet sedge communities for this region are small, the blocks refer to different locations. See the methods sections for details.	text
Quadrat1	Oven dried weight (g/quadrat (400 cm2)) of biomass in quadrat 1	number	gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared			#N/A
Quadrat2	Oven dried weight (g/quadrat (400 cm2)) of biomass in quadrat 2	number	gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared			#N/A
Quadrat3	Oven dried weight (g/quadrat (400 cm2)) of biomass in quadrat 3	number	gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared			#N/A
Quadrat4	Oven dried weight (g/quadrat (400 cm2)) of biomass in quadrat 4	number	gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared			#N/A
Average quadrat biomass	Average plant biomass in all quadrats for that species and tissue	number	gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared			#N/A
SE quadrat biomass	Standard Error of mean for plant biomass in all quadrats for that species and tissue	number	gramPerFourHundredthMeterSquared			#N/A
Count quadrat	Number of quadrats	number	number			#N/A
%N Quadrat	% Nitrogen in the harvested plants from pooled sample from all quadrats.	number	percent			#N/A
%C Quadrat	% Carbon in the harvested plants from pooled sample from all quadrats.	number	percent			#N/A
%P Quadrat	% Phosphorus in the harvested plants from pooled sample from all quadrats.	number	percent			#N/A
LeafArea Q1	Leaf Area for graminiods in quadrat 1	number	centimeterSquaredPerFourHundredthMeterSquared			#N/A
LeafArea Q2	Leaf Area for graminiods in quadrat 2	number	centimeterSquaredPerFourHundredthMeterSquared			#N/A
LeafArea Q3	Leaf Area for graminiods in quadrat 3	number	centimeterSquaredPerFourHundredthMeterSquared			#N/A
LeafArea Q4	Leaf Area for graminiods in quadrat 4	number	centimeterSquaredPerFourHundredthMeterSquared			#N/A
Comments	Notes about data	text

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