Data Variables related to Data Files Structures

Nid Label Name Definition unit Data Files Structures referrers:
11440 TIME Time of observation 24-hour time when observations were done (hh:mm)
11563 Temp(degC) Water temperature Temperature of water in phytotelmata celsius
11851 AVG Densio-meter first 4 and last 4 readings average Average of the first 4 and last 4 readings from a spherical densiomete. A blank cell means measurement was not taken.
10921 MONTH Month MONTH of data collection, in number 1 to 12
10920 MYRPHEN Monitoring period year Year that a plant was added to the study or a leaf was known to have emerged and/or matured or was remonitored. Indicates the year during which the recorded growth took place, not monitoring date year (ie: if monitored in January). A value for this variable must be present in this file.
11441 TIPU Tipulid Number of individuals of Tipulid invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
11037 date5 Numbers of seedlings in each plot on Oct 1992 Numbers of seedlings in each of the 27 plots -tree species combined for this data set- on Oct 1992 dimensionless
11038 SUBPLOT Numeric Subplot identifier This is the numeric subplot identifier This is the numeric subplot identifier, an integer.
11039 OB_D observation day Given order number to the day the observation was performed. There are no missing data for this variable. dimensionless
11415 TET Tettigoniid Number of individuals of Tettigoniid invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
11416 A_NO._TRAPPED the number of Atya trapped The number of Atya shrimps caught over all of the traps set in the pool number
11417 M_NO._TRAPPED the number of Macrobrachium trapped The number of Macrobrachium shrimps caught over all of the traps set in the pool number
11418 NO._TRAPS the number of traps The number of traps set in the pool number
11868 TOT-10minusOther Total apparency of all taxa at height 1.0 excluding "other" Total apparency of all taxa at height 1.0 (excluding "other"). Apparency was defined as the number of intercepts of each species (or rocks or dead plant matter) on the plant apparency device, a 3-m tall pole with four 0.5-m wooden dowels positioned at 90° at each of 7 heights. A blank cell means measurement was not taken.
10906 Qmin Minimum discharge Minimum daily discharge in m3/s observed during sampling month cubicMetersPerSecond
10907 RELHUMMIN Minimum relative humidity Minimum relative humidity as measured by a capacitive sensor under AC excitation in a radiation shield. percent
11419 X_NO._TRAPPED The number of Xiphocaris trapped The number of Xiphocaris shrimps caught over all of the traps set in the pool number
11556 conductivity_microS-cm Water conductivity Average water conductivity microSiemenspercentimeters
11557 depth Water depth Mean water depth meter
10917 MDP Miscellaneous flies Number of individuals of Miscellaneous flies invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
10918 MSC Molluscs Number of individuals of Molluscs invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
10919 MS Monitor cycle month Number of months since the beginning of the study with September; 1991 = 1.Records month in which monitoring took place and isused with GS to calculate leaf life span. A value for this variable must be present in this file. dimensionless
11420 propAFDM_onsampleday The proportion of AFDM on the sampling day the proportion of AFDM on sampling day divided by the dry weight on sampling day dimensionless
11421 TDP thiamin diphosphate thiamin diphosphate (by persulfate digestion followed by automated colorimetric analysis) in ug P/L microgramsPerLiter
11422 THR Thrips Number of individuals of Thrips invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
11423 TIME Time Time of observation (hh:mm[:ss AA])
10310 APRIL_ADULTS-UPPER April measurement of adult upper branches percent of herbivory Percent of herbivory of upper branches of adult trees in April 1995 dimensionless
10429 Ca Calcium Calcium (up to 1994 by atomic absorption spectroscopy; after 1994 by ion chromatography with conductivity detection) in mg/L milligramsPerLiter
10430 ca Calcium cations measured calcium nutrient level of the tree studied(all analyses were done at the USFS lab in Rio Piedras) mg/g
10431 CA_MGperLITER Calcium concentration Milligrams of Calcium per Liter. Field left blank when data is missing milligramsPerLiter
10432 Ca_mg-l Calcium concentration in water Average Ca concentration milligramsPerLiter
10433 THROUGHFALL_percent Calculated weekly throughfall percent Canopy throughfallcollected in gallon plastic/Rainfall collected in plastic funnel dimensionless
10434 cancov Canopy cover Canopy cover over the stream reach dimensionless
10435 CANCOV canopy cover The mean percent canopy cover measured with a spherical densiometer in the pool dimensionless
10436 0-0.1m INT Canopy Intercept Interval 0-0.1 Indication of whethter any plant part of any species touches a pole at interval 0 to 0.1 m.
10437 0.1-0.5m INT Canopy Intercept Interval 0.1-0.5m Indication of whethter any plant part of any species touches a pole at interval 0.1 to 0.5 m.
10225 Mc Abundance of Megalomastoma croceum Total numberof Minimum Number Known Alive of Megalomastoma croceum individuals observed in the plot in the corresponding date number
11242 discharge_m3-s River discharge Average river discharge cubicMetersPerSecond
11243 rivermouthConnecttoOcean Rivermouth connection to ocean Rivermouth connection to ocean throughout the year. Connection can be restricted by sandbar chocking or dewatering of coastal plain reaches. Connection can be maintained by high flows yearround. Re-connection of chocked rivermouths occur during seasonal (yearly flooding) or episodic (hurricanes; dam water release) flooding
11473 TPMTD Total Prestoea montana Diameter Sum of diameters at breast height of all Prestoea montana of greater 5 cm DBH within 3 m of the point dimensionless
11474 Precipitacionmm Total rainfall Total rainfall in mm millimeter
11475 TOTAL_G_M2_D Total rate of leaffall Total monthly rate of leaffall from baskets lined with 1 mm2 mesh fiberglass screen; randomly placed in each 1 ha plot at 1 m above ground from which litterfall was collected biweekly for one year. No data are missing in this field. gramsPerSquareMeterperDay
10775 fe Iron Cations measured Iron Nutrient level of the tree studied(all analyses were done at the USFS lab in Rio Piedras) mg/g
11470 JuvenileTotal Total number of juvenile coquies Total number of juvenile coquies in all size classes observed in the grid point in a particular visit number
10963 NUMCOQUIES16TO20MMCLASS Number of 16 to 20 mm coquies observed Number of coquies observed per section with 16 to 20 mmsize dimensionless
11471 P_mg-l Total phosphorus concentration in water Average P concentration milligramsPerLiter
11823 QUADRAT Quadrat Code number A number assigned to the 10m X 10m subsets (in two rows of five)of the plot numbered from the lower left hand corner as you are facing up hil number
10419 bodySize Body size The body size from tip of snout to posterior tip of urostyle, taken with frog pressed flat against a notebook. Instrument measures to 0.1 mm sizes recorded to 0.5 mm measurement repeatable to more or less 1.0 mm. Body sizes ranges from 25.0 (Arbitrary cut-off adult status) to largest possible sizes of 50mm plus. millimeter
10420 BOULDER Boulder score Estimatedboulder ( greater 20 cm diameter)composition of substrata within the pool by placinga finger on the substrata at 25 inspection pointsdistributed widely within each pool; assigning it as boulder and then converting the total of boulder points in the pool to a percentage. There are no missing data. dimensionless
10421 BRC Braconid Number of individuals of Braconid invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
10422 Br Branches Branches greater 10 cm diameter broken from the tree. Precision is unknown; based upon an assessment from the ground. Blank means this condition does not apply or the assessment was not made. Branches greater 10 cm diameter broken from the tree. Precision is unknown; based upon an assessment from the ground. Blank means this condition does not apply or the assessment was not made.
10423 Br Branches Branches greater 10 cm diameter broken from the tree. Precision is unknown; based upon an assessment from the ground. Blank means this condition does not apply or the assessment was not made. Branches greater 10 cm diameter broken from the tree. Precision is unknown; based upon an assessment from the ground. Blank means this condition does not apply or the assessment was not made.
10424 BWINH Broad-winged Hawk Number of individuals seen or heard dimensionless
10425 BUPR Buprestid Number of individuals of Buprestid invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
10426 C_g/m2 C-Carbon The total amount of Carbon for a defined area gramsPerSquareMeter
10427 poolcaenid Caenidae in pools Biomass of Caenidae in benthic block net samples from pools in mg ash-free dry mass per block net sample milligram
10428 poolcalamoceratid Calamoceratidae in pools Biomass of Calamoceratidae in benthic block net samples from pools in mg ash-free dry mass per block net sample milligram
10855 MAGWA Magnolia Warbler Number of Magnolia Warbler individuals seen or heard dimensionless
10639 drainage Drainage The name of the drainage the stream site occurs in The name of the drainage the stream site occurs in
10640 drainageArea_mi2 Drainage area Drainage area above gage squareMile
9686 PlantTimeLabel Plant Type-Time Interval-Plant Number Code The old columns lable names containing a code representing plant types:Year or interval of time covered; Plant number/Year/plant number
10837 londeg Longitude degrees The degrees of the site's longitude coordinates degree
10838 longmin Longitude minutes The minutes of the site's longitude coordinates minute
10729 GR2 Gryllid; Cyrtoxipha gundlachi (Orthopeda) (tree cricket) Number of individuals of Gryllid; Cyrtoxipha gundlachi (Orthopeda) (tree cricket) invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
9213 MICONIA-1.5 Apparency of Miconia species at height 1.5. Apparency of Miconia species at each height (1.5m). Apparency was defined as the number of intercepts of each species (or rocks or dead plant matter) on the plant apparency device dimensionless
9214 MICONIA-2.0 Apparency of Miconia species at height 2.0. Apparency of Miconia species at each height (2.0m). Apparency was defined as the number of intercepts of each species (or rocks or dead plant matter) on the plant apparency device dimensionless
11852 DEVACC-0 Apparency of DEVACC at height 0 Apparency of DEVACC at height 0. Apparency was defined as the number of intercepts of each species (or rocks or dead plant matter) on the plant apparency device, a 3-m tall pole with four 0.5-m wooden dowels positioned at 90° at each of 7 heights. A blank cell means measurement was not taken.
10745 HM1 Hemiptera 1; cream; red-eyed (Itacoris) Number of individuals of Hemiptera 1; cream; red-eyed (Itacoris) invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
11502 TRANSECTDESIGNATION Transect identification Identification given to transect where observation was performed dimensionless
11248 SABANA Sabana Field StationPrecipitation Daily rainfall collecterd at the Sabana field station; total mm over collection period. Adjusted for trap efficiency of collectors millimeter
10765 initial_wet_wt Initial wet weight The air-dried weight of the leaf pack prior to placing it in the pool gram
10766 IASH% Initialpercent ash content Percent ash content before field exposure. When datum is missing field is left blank. dimensionless
10346 PLOT_4MSF_fruit_avg_g_m2_d Average weight of fruits from a mature tabonuco forest plot 4 Calculated average weight of fruits produced per day from twenty 1m2 baskets from plot 4; baskets lined with 1 mm2 mesh fiberglass screen; randomly placed in each 1 ha plot at 1 m above ground from which litterfall was collected biweekly for one year. No data are missing in this field. gramsPerSquareMeterperDay
10492 riffleCBOM Coarse benthic organic matter in riffles Coarse ( greater 1mm) benthic organic matter in riffles in g per square m gramsPerSquareMeter
10493 COC Coccinellid (small blue is Zilus) Number of individuals of Coccinellid (small blue is Zilus) invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
10804 GPHEN Leaf or plant gone season code The year is divided into three "seasons" (between monitoring dates). Leaf or plant gone season is the season in which the leaf or plant was assumed to have died as noted at the next monitoring date early in the month following the end of the season. If annual monitoring, then 0 indicates leaf or plant gone during the previous year. On leaf monitoring files, is found only the records with PR code of P. This field is left blank if year and/or season of deathisnot known.
10657 ERY Erythraeid mite Number of individuals of Erythraeid mite invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
10658 est_initial_AFDM Estimated initial ash-free dry mass The estimate of the day 0 ash-free dry mass of the leaf pack, estimated as the estimated initial dry weight multiplied by the proportion AFDM on the sampling day propAFDM_onsampleday gram
10140 NO_SEEDS_SECTOR Number of seeds per sector of tray Number of seeds in each sector of a tray
10798 latdeg Latitude degrees The degrees of the site's latitude coordinates degree
10618 DIF Difference in length Difference between: 1) PR code = R: leaf length and length on P record (if not first B record) or previous R record if there is one and Status of leaf is a B or blank if diff. is on a record with PR code P. 2) PR code = S: leaf length and length on P or R. Blank if not applicable. centimeter
10619 Degrees Direction of lean or tip up in degrees from North The direction the main stem is leaning or broken off; as a result of being tipped up; snapped off; broken at the root or bent (Values not adjusted for magnetic declination of 7.5 degrees)Only recorded when the tree received major trunk damage. degree
10620 Discharge Discharge Discharge in m3 per seconds cubicMetersPerSecond
10621 DISCHARGE_CALCULATED Discharge based on stream level Discharge based on stream level cubicMetersPerSecond
10069 M01 Morph 1-number of frogs with uniform color throughout Exact count of number of frogs with uniform color throughout number
11592 Miscellaneous_g Weight of Miscellaneous Weight of each samples miscellaneous litterfall after dried at 60 C and sorted into components gram
11593 PLOT_3MTF_FLOWER_G_M2_D Weight of flowers from a mature tabonuco forest plot 3 weight of flowers from eight common species from a mature tabonuco forest. Collected from twenty 1m2 baskets from plot 3; baskets lined with 1 mm2 mesh fiberglass screen; randomly placed in each 1 ha plot at 1 m above ground from which litterfall was collected biweekly for one year. No data are missing in this field. gramsPerSquareMeterperDay
10494 Gom_spp Cocconeis placentula The algal biovolume of Gomphonema spp. for the different treatments in the presence ofAtya spp. Freshwater shrimp. No data is missing in this field. gramsPerSquareMeter
10495 CODE Code Type of flowering and fruiting (if blank means empty basket) dimensionless
10496 Funguscode Code of fungal species Code assigned to thefungal species inoculated on five grams of leaf litter of a single plant placed in each microcosm
10497 Plantcode Code of plant species Code assigned to each species
10499 SITECODE Code of site Site identification as assigned by NADP/NTN Site identification as assigned by NADP/NTN
10500 BASKET Collection basket Code number of collection basket dimensionless
10501 COL Collembola Number of individuals of Collembola invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
10502 CCCOLORANDNO Color and Number identification ofCaracolus caracolla Number and color of marks placed on shells of a Caracolus caracolla individual for identification (Band # or band# or #band or #BAND or #(band) or #char or UNM# or #C or C# or #c: UNM = unmarked; # {1; 2; ...}; [C;c] {[W;w] = white; [R;r] = red; [B;b] = blue; gr = gray; [g;G] = green; etc.}) Number and color of marks placed on shells of a Caracolus caracolla individual for identification (Band # or band# or #band or #BAND or #(band) or #char or UNM# or #C or C# or #c: UNM = unmarked; # {1; 2; ...}; [C;c] {[W;w] = white; [R;r] = red; [B;b] = blue; gr = gray; [g;G] = green; etc.})
10387 Below25mR Below25 m right Percent estimate of plant species per m2 on habitat type below 25 meters on the right side of the plot. Cell is left blank if the datum is missing.
10388 Below4mL Below4 m left Percent estimate of plant species per m2 on habitat type below 4 meters on the left side of the plot. Cell is left blank if the datum is missing.
10389 Below4mR Below4 m right Percent estimate of plant species per m2 on habitat type below 4 meters on the right side of the plot. Cell is left blank if the datum is missing.
10390 Below6mL Below6 m left Percent estimate of plant species per m2 on habitat type below 6 meters on the left side of the plot. Cell is left blank if the datum is missing.
10391 Below6mR Below6 m right Percent estimate of plant species per m2 on habitat type below 6 meters on the right side of the plot. Cell is left blank if the datum is missing.