Earthworm Survey — Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
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Tallies and averages of identified and unidentified earthworm species found in treatments 1, 7, SF, DF on 12-13 July 1994.
This datatable is part of the 1994 Earthworm Survey dataset. In 1994, Paul Dalby sampled earthworms in four LTER treatments to determine species and abundance.
Note
| Experiment: | Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE) |
| Data available from: | July 1994 |
| Dataset: | KBS043 |
| Datatable ID: | KBS043-001.25 |
| Core Areas | Populations,Disturbance |
| Repository link: | http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/8df92af653f7695d1446fc8d26ee990a |
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| Last Updated | 2020-07-10 |
| Variate | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|
| sample date | sampling date | |
| treatment | cropping system treatment | |
| replicate | replicate block | |
| station | sampling station | |
| juveniles | unidentified juveniles (usually very small); number per station sample | number |
| Acal | Apporectodea caliginosa; number per station sample | number |
| Lrub | Lumbricus rubellus; number per station sample | number |
| B | unidentified adult species #1; number per station sample | number |
| D | unidentified adult species #2; number per station sample | number |
| E | unidentified adult species #3; number per station sample | number |
| F | unidentified adult species #4; number per station sample | number |
| H | unidentified adult species #5; number per station sample | number |
| Atrap | Apporectodea trapezoides; number per station sample | number |
| NUM | total number of earthworms (all species); number per station sample | number |
Data Excerpt
| sample_date | treatment | replicate | station | juveniles | acal | lrub | b | d | e | f | h | atrap | num |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-07-12 | DF | R1 | Flag_1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1994-07-12 | DF | R1 | Flag_3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 1994-07-12 | DF | R1 | Flag_4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1994-07-12 | DF | R1 | Flag_Bx1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1994-07-12 | DF | R1 | Flag_Bx3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |