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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:	2001lgcover.06
Dataset Title:	Arctic LTER 2001: Relative percent cover was measured for plant species on Arctic LTER experimental plots in moist acidic and moist non-acidic tundra.
Investigator 1:
First Name:	Laura
Last Name:	Gough
Organization:	Department of Biology
Address line 2:	Box 19498
Address line 3:	University of Texas at Arlington
City:	Arlington
State:	Texas
Zip Code:	76019
Country:	USA
Investigator 2:
First Name:	Gus
Last Name:	Shaver
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Keywords:	Percent cover, Alaska, diversity, tundra, relative abundance, disturbance, populations
Abstract:	Relative percent cover was measured for plant species on Arctic LTER experimental plots in moist acidic and moist non-acidic tundra.
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.1395&urlTail=terrest/plantinfo/data/2001lgcover.csv
Data File Name	2001lgcover
Beginning Date	7/24/2001
End Date	8/1/2001
Number of Data Records	4691
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Log of Changes:	Log of changes:
	Version 2: : Translated metadata into Excel metada worksheet, added attribute table and title. Jan 2006 Jiml
	Version 3: Moved location of file so the URL changed. Nov 2007 Jim L
	Version 4: Added LTERNET Data Access server proxy for Excel and comma delimited data files.
	Version 5: Upadte LTERNET Data Access server proxy link for Excel and comma delimited data files. Changed from knb to das in url.
	Version 6: Updated metadata form to newer version (without site sheet). Fixed discrepency with header variable names. CH 25Jan2013. pdated to newer metadata with site sheet. CH March 2013.

RESEARCH LOCATION:

Location Name

LTER Moist Acidic Tussock Tundra

LTER Moist NonAcidic Tussock Tundra

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Geographic Description

Arctic LTER, Toolik Field Station, North Slope Alaska - Moist Acidic Tussock Tundra.

Arctic LTER, Toolik Field Station, North Slope Alaska - Moist Non-acidic Tussock Tundra.

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West Bounding Coordinate

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Latitude

68.62405

68.6342

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Longitude

-149.61058

-149.64074

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Elevation

750

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TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
Organisms studied	Vaccinium vitis-idaea; Vaccinium uliginosum; Tofieldia coccinea; Thalictrum alpinum; Stellaria edwardsii; Silene acaulis; Senecio residifolius; Saxifraga sp.; Saxifraga punctata; Saxifraga hirculus; Saxifraga hieraciifolia; Saxifraga davurica; Saussurea angustifolia; Salix sp.; Salix reticulata; Salix pulchra; Salix phlebophylla; Salix glauca; Salix arctica; Rubus chamaemorus; Rhododendron lapponica; Ranunculus sp.; Pyrola secunda; Pyrola grandiflora; Polygonum viviparum; Polygonum bistorta; Poa arctica; Pedicularis sudetica; Pedicularis sp.; Pedicularis oederi; Pedicularis lapponica; Pedicularis kanei; Pedicularis capitata; Papaver sp.; Oxytropis sp.; Minuartia sp.; Minuartia arctica; Ledum palustre; Lagotis sp.; Lagotis glauca; Geum glacialis; Eriophorum vaginatum; Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. triste; Equisetum arvense; Empetrum nigrum; Dryas integrifolia; Draba sp; Claytonia bostockii; Cassiope tetragona; Carex vaginata; Carex sp.; Carex membranaceae; Carex bigelowii; Carex aquatilis; Cardamine hyperborea; Betula nana; Astragalus umbellatus; Arnica sp.; Arctostaphylous alpina; Anemone sp.; Andromeda polifolia;

Methods:	The LTER moist acidic tussock (MAT) site was set up in 1989. The experimental design is four blocks of 5 x 20 meter plots with randomly assigned treatments within each block. Treatments include control (CT), nitrogen added (N), phosphorus added (P), and nitrogen plus phosphorus (NP). Fertilizer is added annually following snowmelt in June as 10 g/m2 nitrogen (as NH4NO3) and 5 g/m2 phosphorous (as triple superphosphate). A passive warming experiment is conducted annually plastic covered greenhouses (GH) and warming amended N plus P as described above (GHNP). Exclosure plots were set up at the MAT site in July 1996 on extra 5 x 20 meter plots within the four-block design of the 1989 LTER acidic tussock experimental plots. On each plot a 5 x 10 meter section was fenced with large mesh (4-inch square mesh) and within this fence a 5x5-meter plot was fenced with a small mesh (1/2-inch square mesh). In each block two fenced plots were setup: a plot with no fertilizer and a plot with annual fertilization treatments as described above. Thus the treatments created are no fence, no fertilizer (NFCT); small mesh fence, no fertilizer (SFCT); large mesh fence, no fertilizer (LFCT); no fence, N plus P (NFNP); small mesh fence, N plus P (SFNP); and large mesh fence, N plus P (LFNP). Only NFCT and NFNP were censused in 2001. In 1997 pH manipulation plots were established by creating one new 5 x 20 m plot adjacent to each of the original four blocks described above. Each plot was divided into two 5 x 10 m sections. Lime (L) is added annually at the rate of 150 g/m2 to raise pH in one half of the plot, and elemental sulfur (S) is added annually at the rate of 50 g/m2 to decrease pH in the other half of the plot. In 1997 experimental plots were established at the LTER moist non-acidic tussock (MNT) site with the same methods as those used at MAT. CT, N, P, NP, L and S treatments are replicated in three blocks. GHCT and GHNP treatments are replicated in two blocks. Calculations: All percent cover values were summed within each plot, and then each value was divided by the total to generate a percent cover value standardized to 100%. Reference Citations: Gough, L. and S.E. Hobbie. 2003. Responses of moist non-acidic arctic tundra to altered environment: productivity, biomass, and species richness. Oikos 103:204-216. Sampling Description. Permanent monitoring areas were established in all treatment plots in 1998. Eight 1 m2 plots are sampled in each treatment in each block each year at the end of July. A 1 m2 quadrat is aligned 0.2 m inside of the plot at the site of a flag marking the first measurement. Within this quadrat, aerial percent cover of all vascular plants are noted by species as is all other ground cover. Categories include moss (all species lumped), lichen (all species lumped), litter, and standing dead Betula nana. Bare ground, frost boil, and water are also recorded. As an indicator of vole activity, the percent cover of the plot comprised of vole burrow holes, vole trails, and vole litter (small pieces of dead plant material) are also recorded. To standardize cover among plots, all percent cover values were summed within each plot, and then each value was divided by the total to generate a percent cover value standardized to 100%.

Data Table

Variable Name	Variable Description	Data Type	Units	DateTime Format	Code Information	Missing Value Code
Year	The year of percent cover measurement	datetime		yyyy
Site	The site of percent cover measurement	text
Treatment	The manipulated treatment	text
Block	The treatment block number	text
Plot	Sample plot where percent cover was measured	text
Species	Species and cover categories determined on plots as described above.	text
Relative Cover	The percent cover of a given species relative to the total cover of the plot	number	percent

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