Aquatic invertebrate taxa survey at the Marcell Experimental Forest, 2009

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Below you will find a list and description of the files included in this data publication.


VARIABLE DESCRIPTION FILE (1)

1. \Data\_variable_descriptions.csv: Comma-separated values (CSV) file containing a list and description of variables found in data file. (A description of these variables is also provided in the metadata below.)

Columns include:

Filename = name of data file
Variable = name of variable
Description = description of variable


DATA FILES (1)

1. \Data\MEF_Aquatic_Invertebrates.csv: CSV file containing a list of the scientific name, common name, and functional feeding group of aquatic invertebrates found in outlet streams and laggs of catchments S2, S3, and S6 at Marcell Experimental Forest in April 2009.

Variables include:

CATCHMENT = Name of the MEF catchment (S2, S3, S6)

YEAR = Year that the organism was collected (2009)

MONTH = Month that the organism was collected (April)

ORDER = Taxonomic order that the organism belongs to

FAMILY = Taxonomic family that the organism belongs to

GENUS = Taxonomic genus that the organism belongs to

COMMON_NAME = Accepted common name of the organism

FUNCTIONAL_FEEDING_GROUP = Functional feeding group that the organism belongs to (Collector-filterer, Collector-gatherer, Predator, Scraper, Shredder)

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Batzer, Darold; Wu, Haitao; Wheeler, Terry; Eggert, Sue. 2016. Peatland Invertebrates. In: Batzer, Darold; Boix, Dani, eds. Invertebrates in freshwater wetlands. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing: 219-250. Chapter 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0_7 and https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/58064

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20240220

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Contact_Person: Susan L. Eggert

Contact_Position: Research Aquatic Ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: Grand Rapids Forestry Lab

Address: 1831 Highway 169 E

City: Grand Rapids,

State_or_Province: MI

Postal_Code: 55744

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 218-343-6625

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: susan.eggert@usda.gov

Contact Instructions: This contact information was current as of original publication date. For current information see Contact Us page on: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS.

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999