This file contains meta-data for file <1975-00 Webber RATE Species Info Atqasuk.txt>. Contains data collected on species and land cover classes from sampling Webber's RATE plots in 1975 and 2000 at Atqasuk, Alaska. GENERAL INFORMATION PI/DATA CONTACT= Webber, Patrick J (PI)/ Tweedie, Craig E (Contact) FUNDING SOURCE AWARD # = NSF OPP 9906692 DATA COVERAGE = START: 19750101; STOP: 20001231 UTC PLATFORM/SITE = Atqasuk, Alaska (71o29'N 157o25'W); INSTRUMENT = None DATA VERSION = 1.0 (16 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 Data summarise the species syntaxy between sampling dates (1975 & 2000). Nomenclature has been standardized from the following: Vascular Plants Hulten, E. 1968. Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories A Manual of the Vascular Plants. Stand University Press. Stanford, California pp. 1008. 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 <2000 Webber RATE Plot Data Atqasuk.txt> strSppCode - Syntaxy code. strFinSpp - Updated species syntaxy code. StrSpeciesName - Full species name and authority. strFamily - Family name of species. strType - Type of plant. strFunctCode - Functional type code. strFunctName - Functional type. NOTE If strSppCode and strSppFin are separated from the above table, a loop can be created in a relational database that links strSpp in each sampling dataset to strSppCode then a second link from strFinSpp to strSppCode in the above table to update species syntaxy between sampling dates. For information on each plot see: 1975-00 Webber RATE Plot Info Atqasuk Metadata.txt 1975-00 Webber RATE Plot Info Atqasuk.txt For information on the 1975 re-sampling see: 1975 Webber RATE Plot Data Atqasuk Metadata.txt 1975 Webber RATE Plot Data Atqasuk.txt For information on the 2000 re-sampling see: 2000 Webber RATE Plot Data Atqasuk Metadata.txt 2000 Webber RATE Plot Data Atqasuk.txt