This applies to any data set intended for permanent archiving. Information that is not available at this time, must be included when available. See data manager for any questions regarding this form. Data for arthropods captured in pitfall traps on LTER II consumer plots.
Data includes order, family, genus, species, and number.
A grid of 16 pitfall traps is located at each consumer plot. Each trap is 40 cm deep and contains an inner plastic container and funnel. A ceramic tile is placed over each trap. For a 2-week period each month, from 16 June 1989 to 23 August 1991, the tiles were raised on one side, and the traps are checked every 3 days in summer and once a week in winter. The arthropods in the inner containers are all combined to one container for each plot, brought to the lab, preserved, and sorted to taxa.