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Whitaker, J. et al

Measurements of respiration and microbial assimilation of carbon substrates and priming of soil organic matter mineralisation in tropical lowland and montane forest soils

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This dataset includes measurements of microbial community composition by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis, soil respiration (Carbon dioxide (CO2)), soil physico-chemical properties and 13C enrichment in CO2 samples and microbial Phospholipid Fatty Acids (PLFAs). Data were produced for an investigation of the effects of carbon (C) substrate addition on soil carbon cycling processes in ten tropical soils from the Peruvian Andes. Soils were amended with 13C labelled substrates (xylose, glycine, vanillin and hemicellulose) and incubated under controlled conditions for seven days.
Publication date: 2014-11-26
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Comma-separated values (CSV)

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Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2012-01-01    to    …

Provenance & quality

Soils were sampled in January 2012 from ten sites along a tropical elevation gradient located on the east flank of the Peruvian Andes, with site elevations ranging from 210 to 3400 metres (m) above sea-level (asl). All sites have continuous forest cover ranging from lowland Amazonian rainforest to upper montane cloud forest; the tree-line is situated at approximately 3500 m asl. Annual temperature decreases with increasing elevation along this transect, from 26-8 degrees Centigrade (oC). Annual precipitation ranges from 1700 to 3200 millemetres per year (mm yr-1). Soil water content has been reported to have no clear relationship with elevation, partly due to limited evapotranspiration and fog deposition within the cloud immersion zone (1500-3400 m asl). At each site, the organic layer was sampled from 5 sub-plots within established 1 hectare (ha) plots with the organic layer removed from a 40 x 40 centimetre (cm) area in each sub-plot. Soils were sealed in plastic bags, immediately transported to the laboratory, and stored at 4 oC for 6 weeks until used for experimentation and analysis.

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Whitaker, J.; Ostle, N.; McNamara, N.; Nottingham, A.T.; Stott, A.W.; Bardgett, R.D.; Salinas, N.; Ccahuana, A.J.Q.; Meir, P. (2014). Measurements of respiration and microbial assimilation of carbon substrates and priming of soil organic matter mineralisation in tropical lowland and montane forest soils. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/cc264d08-ba89-42f0-a7cf-9c9477e1e2bd

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Citations

Jeanette Whitaker, Nicholas Ostle, Niall P. McNamara, Andrew T. Nottingham, Andrew W. Stott, Richard D. Bardgett, Norma Salinas, Adan J. Q. Ccahuana and Patrick Meir (2014) Microbial carbon mineralization in tropical lowland and montane forest soils of Peru. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00720

Correspondence/contact details

Whitaker, J.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
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UNITED KINGDOM
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Authors

Whitaker, J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Ostle, N.
Lancaster University
McNamara, N.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Nottingham, A.T.
University of Edinburgh
Stott, A.W.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Bardgett, R.D.
University of Manchester
Salinas, N.
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Ccahuana, A.J.Q.
Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad
Meir, P.
University of Edinburgh

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Topic categories
environment
Keywords
Andes , bacterial , decomposition , ecosystem function , forest , fungal , microbial community composition , montane , montane cloud forest , organic matter , Peru , priming , respiration , soil , Soil , soil organic matter , tropical lowland
Last updated
21 March 2025 13:23