Physical, chemical and biological properties of European grassland soils subjected to laboratory climatic disturbance
bibliographic citation: 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
description: 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.
provenance: ProvenanceStatement
  label: 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.
spatial: Location
  bbox: POLYGON((-5.5 40, -5.5 61.5, 29.5 61.5, 29.5 40, -5.5 40))
publisher: NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
subject: soil
subject: Soil sampling
subject: Grassland microbes
subject: Soil chemical analyses
subject: Soil biological analyses
subject: Soil functional analyses
subject: Soil physical analyses
subject: Soil functions
type: Dataset
available: 2024-05-22
landing page: https://doi.org/10.5285/4ff83dca-b836-469c-864d-69a34ff904f9
license: OGL-UK-3.0.ttl
access rights: UNRS
distribution:
  access URL: https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/4ff83dca-b836-469c-864d-69a34ff904f9
  license: OGL-UK-3.0.ttl
  access rights: UNRS
  format: Comma-separated values (CSV)
creator: de Vries, F.T.
creator: Knight, C.G.
creator: Griffiths, R.I.
language: en

Griffiths, R.
type: Person
family name: Griffiths
given name: Rob
member: Bangor University

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
type: Organization

de Vries, F.T.
type: Person
family name: de Vries
given name: F.T.
member: University of Amsterdam

Knight, C.G.
type: Person
family name: Knight
given name: C.G.
member: University of Manchester

Griffiths, R.I.
type: Person
family name: Griffiths
given name: R.I.
member: Bangor university

soil
type: Concept