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de Vries, F.T.; Knight, C.G.; Griffiths, R.I.

Physical, chemical and biological properties of European grassland soils subjected to laboratory climatic disturbance

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https://doi.org/10.5285/4ff83dca-b836-469c-864d-69a34ff904f9
This dataset comprises soil and environmental data for multiple European grassland soil samples which had been subjected to multiple climatic disturbances in the laboratory (including temporal responses to heat, freezing, flooding and drought). The data include information on sample provenance (site, replicate, treatments imposed, site description, etc.); measured metrics including functional measures (greenhouse gas fluxes, enzymes) and soil properties; and accession numbers for molecular data submitted to the European Nucleotide Archive.
Publication date: 2024-05-22
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Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator

Provenance & quality

This dataset encompasses metadata and measurements from an experiment imposing four different climatic disturbances to soils collected from 30 European grassland sites, covering a wide range of soil types and climatic conditions. Under controlled lab conditions, samples of each soil were subjected to either a two-week drought (10% Water Holding Capacity (WHC)), flooding (100% WHC), freezing (-20°C), or heatwave (35°C), alongside a control treatment, followed by a month of recovery. We assessed the response of microbial communities at the end of the disturbance, and one day, one week, and four weeks after ending the disturbance, by whole-genome metagenomic, bacterial and fungal sequencing. We assessed soil functioning by measuring microbial enzymatic activities, substrate-induced respiration profiles, and carbon and nitrogen fluxes. The dataset contains detailed information on initial sites sampled, treatments imposed, measurements recorded as well as European Nucleotide Archive accession numbers for the molecular data produced.

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
de Vries, F.T.; Knight, C.G.; Griffiths, R.I. (2024). Physical, chemical and biological properties of European grassland soils subjected to laboratory climatic disturbance. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/4ff83dca-b836-469c-864d-69a34ff904f9

Correspondence/contact details

Dr. Rob Griffiths
Bangor University
 robert.griffiths@bangor.ac.uk

Authors

de Vries, F.T.
University of Amsterdam
Knight, C.G.
University of Manchester
Griffiths, R.I.
Bangor university

Other contacts

Rights holder
University of Manchester
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
Grassland microbes , soil , Soil biological analyses , Soil chemical analyses , Soil functional analyses , Soil functions , Soil physical analyses , Soil sampling
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/P01206X/1
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/P011551/1
Last updated
22 May 2024 12:46