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|   Attribute_Name   |       ORDER        |    Storage_Type    |                 Measurement_Scale                  |             Number_Type             |       UNITS        |          DESCRIPTION           |                                                                                           CODES                                                                                            |
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| sample             |                  1 | s                  | nominal                                            | integer                             | nominal            | id code for lab as unique      |                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| site               |                  2 | s                  | nominal                                            | natural                             | nominal            | Ewatch sites sampled in the    |                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| treat              |                  3 | s                  | nominal                                            | natural                             | nominal            | treatment 1=native grassland,  | 1,2,3                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| trans              |                  4 | s                  | nominal                                            | natural                             | nominal            | transect # - used for sampling | 1,2                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| distance           |                  5 | i                  | nominal                                            | natural                             | nominal            | which of 4 distances randomly  | 1,2,3,4                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| micro              |                  6 | s                  | nominal                                            |                                     | nominal            | microsite as U = under plants, | U,B,N                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| N                  |                  7 | f                  | ratio                                              | real                                | gramsPerSquareMete | nitrogen/soil                  |                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| C                  |                  8 | f                  | ratio                                              | real                                | gramsPerSquareMete | carbon/soil                    |                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| iyear              |                  9 | d                  | date-Time                                          |                                     | nominalYear        | YYYY                           |                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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