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Adams, J., Tipping, E., Thacker, S.A., Quinton, J.N. (2020). Phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen concentrations in UK soil mineral fractions, 2013-2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/e6e9a85c-b537-4110-899f-2c1498bc826c
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Phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen concentrations in UK soil mineral fractions, 2013-2014
This dataset includes soil mass, organic phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen concentrations for light and heavy fractions, obtained from soils collected from UK habitats. The dataset includes twenty soils, collected from the Ribble, Avon and Conwy catchments in the North West, South and North Wales respectively. Samples were split into light and heavy fractions using a physicochemical fractionation method. The dataset also includes recoveries of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus as a measure of the efficacy of the fractionation method. Extra data on sampling location, catchments conditions and bulk soil texture are also included in this dataset.
Publication date: 2020-02-07
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Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2013-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Provenance & quality
Soil samples had been collected in a survey of the catchments of the Rivers Avon (Hampshire), Conwy (N Wales), Dee (NE Scotland), and Ribble (NW England) carried out between 2013 and 2015 (Toberman et al. 2016). Samples had been bulked from 6 or 10 separate cores, and included both topsoils and subsoils. We chose twenty soils to provide a range of SOM contents, and with sufficient light material to analyse. Most soils were under semi natural vegetation, three were from improved grassland. Arable soils were not analysed owing to their low contents of light material. We applied a modified physicochemical density fractionation method based on previously published procedures.
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Citations
Robinson, D.A., Thomas, A., Reinsch, S., Lebron, I., Feeney, C. J., Maskell, L.C., Wood, C.M., Seaton, F.M., Emmett, B.A., & Cosby, B.J. (2022). Analytical modelling of soil porosity and bulk density across the soil organic matter and land-use continuum. In Scientific Reports (Vol. 12, Issue 1). https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4155-2021
He, X., Augusto, L., Goll, D.S., Ringeval, B., Wang, Y., Helfenstein, J., Huang, Y., Yu, K., Wang, Z., Yang, Y., & Hou, E. (2021). Global patterns and drivers of soil total phosphorus concentration. Earth System Science Data, 13(12), 5831-5846 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5831-2021
Correspondence/contact details
Dr. Jess Adams
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1825-0537
Tipping, E.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Thacker, S.A.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Quinton, J.N.
Lancaster University
Other contacts
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
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