"Attribute_Name"	"Storage_Type"	"UNITS"	"DESCRIPTION"	"CODES"	"ORDER"	"Measurement_Type"	"Number_Type"
"block"	"i"	"dimensionless"	"block of treatment plots on the Ecological Stress Area"	"1 or 2"	1	"nominal"	"integer"
"hist_trt"	"a"	"dimensionless"	"resource addition that occurred in the early 1970s"	"w, n, c, or nw"	2	"nominal"	"n/a"
"sp"	"a"	"dimensionless"	"species codes"	"bogr = Boutloua gracilis;agsm=Agropyron smithii; arfr=Artemisia frigida; ca=Carex;ko=Kochia scoparia; stco=Stipa comata; arlo=Aristida longiseta"	3	"nominal"	"n/a"
"rep"	"i"	"dimensionless"	"refers to the repetition of each sample"	"1 or 2"	4	"nominal"	"integer"
"inumber"	"i"	"dimensionless"	"sample number "	"n/a"	6	"nominal"	"integer"
"mbn"	"f"	"gramsPerSquareMeter"	"microbial biomass nitrogen"	"n/a"	7	"nominal"	"n/a"
"mbc"	"f"	"gramsPerSquareMeter"	"microbial biomass carbon"	"n/a"	8	"ratio"	"real"
"nmin"	"f"	"gramsPerMeterSquaredPerDay"	"nitrogen mineralization rates"	"n/a"	9	"ratio"	"real"
"carbonmin"	"f"	"gramsPerMeterSquaredPerDay"	"carbon mineralization rates"	"n/a"	10	"ratio"	"real"
"totN"	"f"	"gramsPerSquareMeter"	"total soil nitrogen"	"n/a"	11	"ratio"	"real"
"totC"	"f"	"gramsPerSquareMeter"	"total soil carbon"	"n/a"	12	"ratio"	"real"
"pos"	"a"	"dimensionless"	"refers to whether sampled collected under or between plants"	"u= under, b=beneath"	5	"nominal"	"n/a"
