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Data sets were provided by the Arctic LTER. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants #DEB-981022, 9211775, 8702328; #OPP-9911278, 9911681, 9732281, 9615411, 9615563, 9615942, 9615949, 9400722, 9415411, 9318529; #BSR 9019055, 8806635, 8507493.

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Dataset URLs:	METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant) DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data
Dataset ID:	IPYsnowshrub2007
Dataset Title:	Welker IPY snow shrub 2007 and 2008 plant 15N, 13C, %N, %C, Toolik, Alaska.
Investigator 1:
First Name:	Jeff
Last Name:	Welker
Organization:	Ecosystem/Biomedical Lab
Address line 2:	University of Alaska
Address line 3:
City:	Anchorage
State:	AK
Zip Code:	99508
Country:	USA
Investigator 2:
First Name:	Paddy
Last Name:	Sullivan
Organization:	Ecosystem/Biomedical Lab
Address line 2:	University of Alaska
City:	Anchorage
State:	AK
Zip Code:	99508
Country:	USA
Associate Investigators:
Keywords:	shrub site
Abstract:	This is a study of how shrub-betula nana leaf 15N, 13C, %N, %C varies over the course of the summer in 2007 and 2008.
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.10113&urlTail=Welker/IPY_Snow_shrub/data/Plant_mineral_nutrition_2007_and_2008.csv
Data File Name	Plant_mineral_nutrition_2007_and_2008.xls
Beginning Date	6/13/2007
End Date	8/15/2008
Number of Data Records	53
Other Files to Reference
Availability Status
Quality Control Information
Maintenance Description
Log of Changes:	Version 1 : Mar 2011 Received file from Jeff Welker. Updated the metadata sheet and created eml files and web files. JimL

RESEARCH LOCATION:	Site 1	Site 2
Geographic Description	Shrub patch near Toolik Lake on the North Slope of Alaska
Location Bounding Box
West Bounding Coordinate
East Bounding Coordinate
North Bounding Coordinate
South Bounding Coordinate
OR if single point location
Latitude	68.623608
Longitude	-149.5712167
Elevation	764 m

TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
Organisms studied
Methods:	This is Betula nana leaf mineral nutrition as measured over the summer seasons in 2007 and 2008 at oursthrub site. Fresh fully expanded leaves were collected several times during the summer, air dried and then oven dried at 50oC for 48 hrs. Leaves where then ground to a powder in a bead beater. Subsamples were then weighed out for analysis. Total C and N were measured on our Elemental Analyzer and the subseqauent 15N and 13C were measured on the same samples using a Finnigan Detla plus stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer.

Data Table

Variable Name	Variable Description	Data Type	Units	DateTime Format	Code Information	Missing Value Code
Site	Betula shrub site	text
Species	Betula Nana	text
Rep	subsamples	text
Date	Date is sample date	datetime		dd/mm/yyyy
Del 15N	Del 15N is delta 15N values of leves	number	partPerThousand
Del 13C	Del 13C is the delta 13C values of leaves	number	partPerThousand
% N	% N is the nitrogen percent in leaves	number	percent
%C	% C is the carbon percent in leaves	number	percent
	Please contact arc_im@mbl.edu with questions, comments, or for technical assistance regarding this web site.