This file contains meta-data for file 
<1973-01 Webber IBP Microtopographic Grid Vascular Plants 1999 Barrow.txt>.

Contains data collected on non vaslucar plant species and land cover and abundance from Webber's IBP microtopographic grid collected in 1999 at Barrow, Alaska.


GENERAL INFORMATION
PI/DATA CONTACT= Webber, Patrick J (MSU)/ Tweedie, Craig E
FUNDING SOURCE AWARD # = NSF OPP 9906692
DATA COVERAGE = START: 19730601; STOP: 20010831 UTC
PLATFORM/SITE = Barrow, Alaska (71o19'N 156o37'W);
INSTRUMENT = None.
DATA VERSION = 1.0 (25 January 2002), 
               PRELIMINARY [likely to contain errors]


CONTACT INFORMATION
Craig E. Tweedie
100 North Kedzie Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI  48824-1031
Voice: 517 355-1285
Fax:   517 432-2150
Email: tweedie@msu.edu


DATA COLLECTION
Data are percentage cover of species in each grid cell.

Species nomenclature follows:

Lichens
Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan.  1995.  A sixth checklist of the 
lichen-forming, lichenicolus, and allied fungi of the continental 
United States and Canada.  The Bryologist 98:467-549.

Liverworts
Stotler, R. and B. Crandall-Stotler.  1977.  A checklist of the 
Liverworts and Hornworts of North America.  The Bryologist 
80(3):406-428. 

Mosses
Anderson, L.E., H.A Crum, and W.R. Buck.  1990.  List of the 
Mosses of North America north of Mexico.  The Bryologist 
93(4):448-499.  

Sphagnum
Anderson, L.E.  1990.  A checklist of Sphagnum in North America 
North of Mexico.  The Bryologist 93(4):500-501. 


META-DATA FORMAT
The following prefixes have been used to designate data type.
   str - indicates string (text) data
   dtm - indicates date time data
   num - indicates numeric data
   mem - indicates memo data

FIELD DESCRIPTIONS for:
<1973-01 Webber IBP Microtopographic Grid Non Vascular Plants 1999 Barrow.txt>

strGridCell	- Grid cell number
numX1Point	- Lowest X grid axis peg distance from origin of grid
numX2Point	- Highest X grid axis peg distance from origin of grid
numY1Point	- Lowest Y grid axis peg distance from origin of grid
numY2Point	- Highest Y grid axis peg distance from origin of grid
...Remaining field names correspond to species codes given in:
<1973-01 Webber IBP Microtopographic Grid Species Info Barrow.txt>


NOTE
Olga Affanina and Olga Sumina collected 1999 data. Craig Tweedie collected 2000 and 2001 data. Craig Tweedie performed data entry, quality checking and management.