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Catskill Mountains Nitrogen Fertilization Study: Soil carbon and nitrogen plot means

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

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    Single-species plots of five different tree species were fertilized with nitrogen to determine the impacts of atmospheric deposition on trees and soils.

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  • Gary Lovett: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

  • Kathleen Weathers: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Jamie Deppen: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Mary Arthur: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Joy Damon: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

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  • carbon, fertilization, nitrogen, soil,

Organizations

  • Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies : lead
  • University of Kentucky : partner

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    • dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Soil carbon and nitrogen plot means
    • dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 1998-01-01
    • dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Carbon and nitrogen pools and concentrations in fertilized and control plots. Sampled in 1998, 2000, and 2003.

    • dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: Determining an effect of nitrogen and carbon on forest soils and trees.

    • dateset_eml_datatableshortname: Z1316_2606_6VO03D

    • dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.1316.2606

    • dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL
    • dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Lovett, G.M., Arthur, M.A., Weathers, K.C. (2010) Soil carbon and nitrogen plot means. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/CatskillFertilization/dataset/soil-carbon-nitrogen-plot-means

    • dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/CatskillFertilization/dataset/soil-carbon-nitrogen-plot-means

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      • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.01
      • Unit: g/m2
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      • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.01
      • Unit: g/m2
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      • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Soil Horizon; M=mineral O=Organic. See methods. M horizon is only the portion of the mineral horizon from the bottom of the O to 12 cm from surface; thus the depth of the M varies depending on the depth thickness of the O
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      • Unit: %
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