SGS-LTER CPER Hillslope Soil Spatial Variability on the Central Plains Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, USA 1983-1984

This data package was produced by researchers
working on the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term
Ecological Research (SGS-LTER) Project,
administered at Colorado State University.
Long-term datasets and background information
(proposals, reports, photographs, etc.) on the
SGS-LTER project are contained in a comprehensive
project collection within the Digital Collections
of Colorado
(http://digitool.library.colostate.edu/R/?func=collections&collection_id=3429).
The data table and associated metadata document,
which is generated in Ecological Metadata
Language, may be available through other
repositories serving the ecological research
community and represent components of the larger
SGS-LTER project collection. Additional information and referenced materials can be found: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/83515. CPER Hillslope Soil Spatial Variability -
Pedons were characterized along three parallel
transects, spaced at approximate 40 m intervals
perpendicular to a hillslope at the CPER. Pedons
were described at 7 landscape positions along each
transect: summit, shoulder, upper backslope,
middle backslope, lower backslope, footslope, and
toeslope. Pedons were described by genetic horizon
according to the standards of the National
Cooperative Soil Survey. Analyses included:
particle size; organic C; total N; organic and
total P. Bulk Density was estimated using particle
size and organic C data, according to: Rawls, W.J.
1983. Estimating soil bulk density from particle
size analysis and organic matter content. Soil
Sci. 135: 123-125.