http://bolin.su.se/data/stordalen-malhotra-2024-litter-1 Avni Malhotra, Andreas Persson, Nigel T. Roulet Bolin Centre Database 2024 Datafile Terrestrial Peat Stordalen Litter decomposition Peatland Permafrost thaw Elevation Earth science > Biosphere > Ecological dynamics > Ecosystem functions > Decomposition Avni Malhotra 2024-01-26T13:38:09+00:00 English 1 None The folder `stordalen-malhotra-2024-1` contains a `.png` file with the description of the transects and a spreadsheet `.xlsx` including three data sheets: 1. `metadata` Meta data information 2. `Malhotra and Roulet decomp` Data table with the columns described below 3. `Well locations` GPS coordinates in SWEREF99 TM ([EPSG code 3006](https://epsg.io/3006)) of each litter bag triplicate location ##### Data table column description | Column name | Unit | Description | |--------------------- | ----- | ----------------- | | Transect | | Transect name at Stordalen (see locations tab if needing specific locations) | | Well | | Well name at Stordalen (see locations tab if needing specific locations) | | type | | Habitat type | | time step | | First second or third litter bag retreival | | month | months | Months since litter bag was put in soil (at 5 cm depth). Litter bags were installed in August of 2011 | | # spc in bag | number | Number of species put in litter bag (representative of dominant vegetation in habitat) | | Elevation | meters at sea level | Elevation measured by a hand held GPS device | | Grav moisture % (t3) | % | From the third litter bag removal, gravimetric moisture calculated as a function of moisture in the freshly collected bag - dry weight of bag | | WTD 2013 | cm | Mean growing season water table depth measured manually each week in 2012 and 2013. Negative means water table was below the surface while positive means above the surface | | pH | unitless | Mean growing season pH measured manually each week in 2012 and 2013 | | cond | mg/L | Mean growing season conductivity measured manually each week in 2012 and 2013 | | temp | degree celcius | Mean growing season soil temperature at 10 cm depth manually each week in 2012 and 2013 | | pH sd | unitless | standard deviation (see details above) | | cond SD | mg/L | standard deviation (see details above) | | temp SD | degree celcius | standard deviation (see details above) | | TC | mg/L | total carbon concentration of pore water collected weekly and averaged for the growing season in 2012 and 2013. Analyzed using a shimazu analyzer | | TN | mg/L | total nitrogen concentration of pore water collected weekly and averaged for the growing season in 2012 and 2013. Analyzed using a shimazu analyzer | | C:N | unitless | ratio of TC:TN in the pore water | | mean loss | % | % mass loss of litter (average of 3 replicate litter bags) | | sd loss | | standard deviation (see details above) |