Data Variables related to Data Files Structures

Nid Label Namesort icon Definition unit Data Files Structures referrers:
10493 COC Coccinellid (small blue is Zilus) Number of individuals of Coccinellid (small blue is Zilus) invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
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
11742 Collection Date Collection Date Date of collection of sample (in mm/dd/yyyy)
11741 Collection Number Collection Number A unique number in each database file referring to this record
11743 Collector Collector The person or persons who found the specimens (not always accurate for lr. If missing, assume D.J. Lodge)
10501 COL Collembola Number of individuals of Collembola invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
9757 CCCOLORANDNO Color and Number identification of Caracolus caracolla Number and color of marks placed on shells of a Caracolus caracolla individual for identification. Empty cells indicate that an individual was not captured.
10504 NTCOLORANDNO Color and Number identification of Nenia tridens Number and color of marks placed on shells of for identification. Empty cells in-dicate that an individual was not captured.
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.})
9768 NTCOLORANDNO Color and Number identification ofNenia tridens Number and color of marks placed on shells of aNenia tridensindividual for identification. Empty cells indicate that an individual was not captured.
10505 Col Column number (see also variable Quad) Code represents the number of the column in which the 20 x 20 m quadrat is located based upon its position in the 16 ha grid. The 2 digits are the column number counting from West to East. Leading zeros are not displayed so columns 1-9 only have 1 digit. 01 first column at west of Grid to 16. dimensionless
10506 Combination Combination code Plant and fungal species combination code
10084 1+9 Combination Morph 1 and 9-number of frogs with uniform color throughout and mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands Exact count of number of frogs with uniform color throughout and mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands number
10107 10+13 Combination Morph 10 and 13-number of frogs with light sides and snout and vertebral hairline plus light snout Exact count of number of frogs with light sides and snout and vertebral hairline plus light snout number
10108 11+13 Combination Morph 11 and 13-number of frogs with mottled with light vertebral hairline stripe and vertebral hairline plus light snout Exact count of number of frogs with mottled with light vertebral hairline stripe and vertebral hairline plus light snout number
10109 11+16 Combination Morph 11 and 16-number of frogs with with light vertebral hairline stripe and light dorsolateral stripes Exact count of number of frogs with with light vertebral hairline stripe and light dorsolateral stripes number
10110 11+17 Combination Morph 11 and 17-number of frogs with with light vertebral hairline stripe and dorsolateral stripes ending at eyes Exact count of number of frogs with with light vertebral hairline stripe and dorsolateral stripes ending at eyes number
10111 11+19 Combination Morph 11 and 19- number of frogs with with light vertebral hairline stripe and white upper lip Exact count of number of frogs with with light vertebral hairline stripe and white upper lip number
10112 11+20 Combination Morph 11 and 20-number of frogs with with light vertebral hairline stripe and white stripes from eyes to nostrils Exact count of number of frogs with with light vertebral hairline stripe and white stripes from eyes to nostrils number
12083 11w+16 Combination Morph 11w and 16-number of frogs with dark interocular band; light anteriorly and wide vertebral stripe Exact count of number of frogs with dark interocular band; light anteriorly and wide vertebral stripe number
10113 11w+7 Combination Morph 11w and 7-number of frogs with wide vertebral stripe and dark interocular band; light anteriorly Exact count of number of frogs with wide vertebral stripe and dark interocular band; light anteriorly number
10115 13+16 Combination Morph 13 and 16-number of frogs with vertebral hairline plus light snout and wide and light dorsolateral stripes Exact count of number of frogs with vertebral hairline plus light snout and wide and light dorsolateral stripes number
10116 13+18 Combination Morph 13 and 18-number of frogs with vertebral hairline plus light snout and dorsolateral stripes and light snout Exact count of number of frogs with vertebral hairline plus light snout and dorsolateral stripes and light snout number
10117 13+20 Combination Morph 13 and 20-number of frogs with vertebral hairline plus light snout and white stripes from eyes to nostrils Exact count of number of frogs with vertebral hairline plus light snout and white stripes from eyes to nostrils number
10118 15+16 Combination Morph 15 and 16-number of frogs with wide vertebral stripe plus circles on snout and light dorsolateral stripes Exact count of number of frogs with wide vertebral stripe plus circles on snout and light dorsolateral stripes number
10119 16+18 Combination Morph 16 and 18-number of frogs with light dorsolateral stripes and light snout Exact count of number of frogs with light dorsolateral stripes and light snout number
10120 17+19 Combination Morph 17 and 19-number of frogs with dorsolateral stripes ending at eyes and white upper lip Exact count of number of frogs with dorsolateral stripes ending at eyes and white upper lip number
10085 2+6 Combination Morph 2 and 6-number of frogs with dark mottled and staight interocular band Exact count of number of frogs with dark mottled and staight interocular band number
10086 2+9 Combination Morph 2 and 9-number of frogs with dark mottled and mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands Exact count of number of frogs with dark mottled and mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands number
10088 3+11 Combination Morph 3 and 11-number of frogs with vague interocular bar triangle and light vertebral hairline stripe Exact count of number of frogs with vague interocular bar triangle and light vertebral hairline stripe number
10087 3+8 Combination Morph 3 and 8-number of frogs with vagur interocular bar triangle and vague X on back; light leg stripes Exact count of number of frogs with vague interocular bar triangle and vague X on back; light leg stripes number
10090 4+11w Combination Morph 4 and 11w-number of frogs with white circles on snout and wide vertebral stripe Exact count of number of frogs with white circles on snout and wide vertebral stripe number
10091 4+18 Combination Morph 4 and 18-number of frogs with white circles on snout and dorsolateral stripes and light snout Exact count of number of frogs with white circles on snout and dorsolateral stripes and light snout number
10089 4+9 Combination Morph 4 and 9-number of frogs with white circles on snout and mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands Exact count of number of frogs with white circles on snout and mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands number
10092 5+11 Combination Morph 5 and 11-number of frogs with white dots on back and heels and light vertebral hairline stripe Exact count of number of frogs with white dots on back and heels and light vertebral hairline stripe number
10093 5+16 Combination Morph 5 and 16-number of frogs with white dots on back and heels and light dorsolateral stripes Exact count of number of frogs with white dots on back and heels and light dorsolateral stripes number
10095 6+11 Combination Morph 6 and 11-number of frogs withstaight interocular band and light vertebral hairline stripe Exact count of number of frogs withstaight interocular band and light vertebral hairline stripe number
12082 6+11w Combination Morph 6 and 11w-number of frogs with dark interocular band; light anteriorly and wide vertebral stripe Exact count of number of frogs with dark interocular band; light anteriorly and wide vertebral stripe number
10097 6+16 Combination Morph 6 and 16-number of frogs with staight interocular band and light dorsolateral stripes Exact count of number of frogs with staight interocular band and light dorsolateral stripes number
10098 6+17 Combination Morph 6 and 17-number of frogs with staight interocular band and dorsolateral stripes ending at eyes Exact count of number of frogs with staight interocular band and dorsolateral stripes ending at eyes number
10099 6+18 Combination Morph 6 and 18-number of frogs with staight interocular band and dorsolateral stripes and light snout Exact count of number of frogs with staight interocular band and dorsolateral stripes and light snout number
10094 6+9 Combination Morph 6 and 9-number of frogs with straight interocular band and mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands Exact count of number of frogs with staight interocular band and mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands number
10100 7+11w Combination Morph 7 and 11w- number of frogs with dark interocular band; light anteriorly and wide vertebral stripe Exact count of number of frogs with dark interocular band; light anteriorly and wide vertebral stripe number
10102 8+10 Combination Morph 8 and 10-number of frogs with vague X on back; light leg stripes and light sides and snout Exact count of number of frogs with vague X on back; light leg stripes and light sides and snout number
10101 8+9 Combination Morph 8 and 9-number of frogs with vague X on back; light leg stripes and mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands Exact count of number of frogs with vague X on back; light leg stripes and mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands number
10103 9+10 Combination Morph 9 and 10-number of frogs with mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands and light sides and snout Exact count of number of frogs with mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands and light sides and snout number
10104 9+11 Combination Morph 9 and 11-number of frogs with mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands and dorsolateral stripes and light snout Exact count of number of frogs with mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands and dorsolateral stripes and light snout number
10105 9+16 Combination Morph 9 and 16-number of frogs with mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands and light dorsolateral stripes Exact count of number of frogs with mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands and light dorsolateral stripes number
10106 9+19 Combination Morph 9 and 19-number of frogs with mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands and white upper lip Exact count of number of frogs with mottled with irregular dorsolateral bands and white upper lip number
10507 Comment Comment indicating additional contamination or a Basidiomycete lignolitic mushrooms Comment indicating that the microcosm was contaminated with a fungus other than the original inoculum and/or that the contaminant was a Basidiomycete lignolitic mushroom. (Added to compensate for the lost of charachter formatting in bold done in the original data file) Comment indicating that the microcosm was contaminated with a fungus other than the original inoculum and/or that the contaminant was a Basidiomycete lignolitic mushroom. (Added to compensate for the lost of charachter formatting in bold done in the original data file) . Fungus in microcosm means Microcosms contaminated with a fungus other than the original inoculum
10509 Comments Comments Comments about some of the observation done.
10510 COMMENTS Comments about samples Comments and observations about sampling and lab processes. For litterfall data, when sample did not include literfall from one basket; basket number was reported as missing; when basket did not contain any litterfall at sampling time, basket is reported as empty. For phenology data, comments are notes (in English and/or Spanish) about Date, basket, species, code, or number variables, or lack thereof.
12473 COMMENTS Comments in the year Comments in year XXXX indicating a variety of additional details about the seedling subplotor its condition, including tag numbers of large trees located within.
10512 DATE Complete date Date of collection including month; day; and year (mm/dd/yyyy )
10513 totalSuspendedSolids_mg-l Concentration of total suspended solids in water Average concentration of total suspended solids milligramsPerLiter
10514 COND Condition of leaf surface Describes various leaf surface characteristics.
10515 Cond Conductivity Conductivity (Conductivity bridge in micromho/cm ) microomhn/cm
10516 CONDUCTFIELD Conductivity measured in field Conductivity measured in field. Field left blank when data is missing. Microsiemenspercentimeter
10517 CONDUCTPPT Conductivity measured in NADP lab Conductivity measured in NADP lab. Field left blank when data is missing. Microsiemenspercentimeter
10518 CON Coniopterygid Number of individuals of Coniopterygid invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
12541 EFCONSCM Conspecific fern distance Distance from plant being studied to nearest plant of the same species centimeter
10519 Quadrat control point Identification number used by the surveyor's for the 20 m by 20 m grid points on the LFDP grid. Control points are counted from the South West corner control point number 1 to control point at the South East Corner number 17. Proceeding North to the West end of the second row and continuing east from control point 18 to 34 etc. dimensionless
10520 CONTROL1 Controlexperiment first sampling total algal biovolume The total algal biovolume for each taxon for the 1st sampling of the electro controlexperiment. If the same sites and similar sampling methods are employed the experiment shouldbe replicable. If data is missing for this field the cell is left blank. gramsPerSquareMeter
10521 CONTROL2 Controlexperiment second sampling total algal biovolume The total algal biovolume for each taxon for the 2ndsampling of the electro controlexperiment. If the same sites and similar sampling methods are employed the experiment shouldbe replicable. If data is missing for this field the cell is left blank. gramsPerSquareMeter
10522 CONTROL3 Controlexperiment third sampling total algal biovolume The total algal biovolume for each taxon for the 3rdsampling of the electro controlexperiment. If the same sites and similar sampling methods are employed the experiment shouldbe replicable. If data is missing for this field the cell is left blank. gramsPerSquareMeter
11613 XCOORD coordinate X of the point on the grid observed coordinate for X axis of the point on the grid (quadrat coordinate) where the observations where performed) number
10523 Copepoda Copepoda The number of Copepoda picked out of the leaf pack after sampling on the sampling day number
10524 COREID coreid Number of individuals of coreid invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
12220 CorrectedBractNo Corrected bract no. Standardised bract no. [taking account of stage of flowering – see Richardson & Hull (2000)]
10525 CORY corylophid Number of individuals of corylophid invertebrate morphotype dimensionless
12233 Culex-1 Count of species - Culex in 1 mm Count of species - Culex in 1 mm size. number
12234 Culex-2 Count of species - Culex in 2 mm Count of species - Culex in 2 mm size number
12235 Culex-3 Count of species - Culex in 3 mm Count of species - Culex in 3 mm size. number
12236 Culex-4 Count of species - Culex in 4 mm Count of species - Culex in 4 mm size. number
12237 Culex-5 Count of species - Culex in 5 mm Count of species - Culex in 5 mm size. number
12238 Culex-6 Count of species - Culex in 6 mm Count of species - Culex in 6 mm size. number
12240 Culicidaepupa-3 Count of species - Culicidaepupa in 3 mm Count of species - Culicidaepupa in 3 mm size. number
12245 Culicidaepupa-3 Count of species - Culicidaepupa in 3 mm Count of species - Culicidaepupa in 3 mm size number
12246 Culicidaepupa-4 Count of species - Culicidaepupa in 4 mm Count of species - Culicidaepupa in 4 mm size. number
12247 Culicidaepupa-7 Count of species - Culicidaepupa in 7 mm Count of species - Culicidaepupa in 7 mm size. number
12230 Limonia-10 Count of species - Limonia in 10 mm Count of species - Limonia in 10 mm size. number
12231 Limonia-11 Count of species - Limonia in 11 mm Count of species - Limonia in 11 mm size. number
12223 Limonia-2 Count of species - Limonia in 2 mm Count of species - Limonia in 2 mm size. number
12224 Limonia-3 Count of species - Limonia in 3 mm Count of species - Limonia in 3 mm size. number
12225 Limonia-4 Count of species - Limonia in 4 mm Count of species - Limonia in 4 mm size. number
12226 Limonia-5 Count of species - Limonia in 5 mm Count of species - Limonia in 5 mm size. number
12227 Limonia-6 Count of species - Limonia in 6 mm Count of species - Limonia in 6 mm size number
12228 Limonia-7 Count of species - Limonia in 7 mm Count of species - Limonia in 7 mm size. number
12229 Limonia-8 Count of species - Limonia in 8 mm Count of species - Limonia in 8 mm size number
12232 Limoniapupa-7 Count of species - Limoniapupa in 7 mm Count of species - Limoniapupa in 7 mm size. number
12241 Wyeomia-3 Count of species - Wyeomia in 3 mm Count of species - Wyeomia in 3 mm size. number
12242 Wyeomia-4 Count of species - Wyeomia in 4 mm Count of species - Wyeomia in 4 mm size. number
12243 Wyeomia-5 Count of species - Wyeomia in 5 mm Count of species - Wyeomia in 5 mm size. number
12244 Wyeomia-7 Count of species - Wyeomia in 7 mm Count of species - Wyeomia in 7 mm size. number
10526 NUMBER Count of flowering and fruiting Count of each type of flowering and fruiting dimensionless