Nitrogen and carbon concentrations and stable isotope ratios: Data from a ¹⁵N tracer study in short-form Spartina alterniflora and Distichlis spicata.

ABSTRACT: We present four datasets that provide information on primary production, nitrogen (N) uptake and allocation in two salt marsh grasses, short-form Spartina alterniflora and Distichlis spicata. These four datasets were generated during a month-long stable isotope (¹⁵N) tracer study described in the companion manuscript (Hill et al., 2018). They include an allometry dataset containing mass and height data for individual plants harvested from Colt State Park, Bristol, Rhode Island and used to nondestructively estimate plant masses. A second dataset contains weekly stem height measurements collected over the course of the ¹⁵N tracer study. Also included are high resolution data from 49 vegetated compartments (leaves, stems, fine/coarse roots, rhizomes) and bu

SUBMITTER: Hill TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6198123 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature