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.