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Ectomycorrhizal fungi respiration and acclimation

Variables
Variables (legacy): 

Latitude

  • Label: Sampling Latitude
  • Definition: The geographic region from which the samples were collected: Alaska (AK) or Pennsylvania (PA)
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • AK = Alaska
    • PA = Pennsylvania
  • Missing values: None specified

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Genus

  • Label: Genus
  • Definition: Genus of individual.
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

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Isolate

  • Label: Ectomycorrhizal fungi isolate
  • Definition: Isolate of specific ectomycorrhizal fungi species.
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • AK001 = Amanita muscaria var. muscaria
    • AK010 = Lactarius cf. pubescens
    • AK014 = Suillus cf. grevillei
    • GL005 = Leccinum cf. alaskanum
    • GL015 = Amanita muscaria var. muscaria
    • BX007 = Suillus intermedius
    • BX008 = Amanita muscaria var. formosa
    • SC003 = Lactarius sp.
    • SC014 = Leccinum aurantiacum
    • SC016 = Lactarius chrysorrheus
    • SC070 = Amanita citrina
    • SC032 = Cenococcum geophilum
  • Missing values: None specified

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Incubator

  • Label: Incubator Temperature
  • Definition: The initial incubator temperature for ectomycorrhizal treatments: degrees Celsius (C)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 1
  • Missing values: None specified

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Measurement

  • Label: Measurement Temperature
  • Definition: The treatment temperature at which ectomycorrhizal respiration was measured. The temperature of the gas exchange chambers was altered by 6 degrees Celsius, and the fungi were allowed a period of 5 minutes to attain new steady state respiration rates before measured again.
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 1
  • Missing values: None specified

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chamber #

  • Label: Chamber Number
  • Definition: The incubator chamber identification number.
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

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respiration

  • Label: Respiration Rate
  • Definition: The respiration rate measured in umol s-1 g-1.
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: micromolePerSecondPerGram
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 1e-09
  • Missing values: None specified