Soil pyrogenic and organic carbon data in intact forest permanent plots across the Amazon Basin, 2015-2019
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Feldpausch, T.R.; Aragão, L.E.O.C.; Phillips, O.L.; Quesada, C.A.; Marimon, B.S.; Marimon-Júnior, B.H.; Oliveira, E.A.; Bird, M.; Morandi, P.S.; Murakami, A.A.; Arroyo, L.; Haig, J. (2023). Soil pyrogenic and organic carbon data in intact forest permanent plots across the Amazon Basin, 2015-2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6410a578-d21a-4285-8e9c-57efbe2b60d5
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https://doi.org/10.5285/6410a578-d21a-4285-8e9c-57efbe2b60d5
This dataset contains measurements of soil pyrogenic carbon, ratio of %PyC to %Bulk Carbon and organic carbon, which were collected in a soil fertility gradient in the Amazon Basin. All samples were taken in old-growth forests. In total, 49 forest plots were sampled and analysed for PyC soil concentration, representing 395 soil samples.
Publication date: 2023-09-12
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Provenance & quality
We analysed 395 soil samples for pyrogenic and organic carbon. These samples were collected in 49 plots of old-growth forest distributed in a gradient of fertility in the Amazon Basin.
From these 49 forest plots, 37 plots were previously sampled, with soil samples collected and analysed for total organic carbon (TOC) following the protocol described in Quesada et al. 2010. The other 12 forest plots were sampled in 2017.
In forest plots ≥1 ha, we sampled a minimum of five different locations; in the four corners and in the centre of the plot. In plots <1 ha, we sampled soil in 3 locations; 2 corners and in the centre. We sampled soil to 2 metres depth, where the majority of the sampling was taken in the following intervals: 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-50, 50-100, 100-150, 150-200 cm of depth. For each plot, we formed a composite sample by depth interval, resulting in one sample per depth range per plot. The samples were analysed at James Cook University.
From these 49 forest plots, 37 plots were previously sampled, with soil samples collected and analysed for total organic carbon (TOC) following the protocol described in Quesada et al. 2010. The other 12 forest plots were sampled in 2017.
In forest plots ≥1 ha, we sampled a minimum of five different locations; in the four corners and in the centre of the plot. In plots <1 ha, we sampled soil in 3 locations; 2 corners and in the centre. We sampled soil to 2 metres depth, where the majority of the sampling was taken in the following intervals: 0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-50, 50-100, 100-150, 150-200 cm of depth. For each plot, we formed a composite sample by depth interval, resulting in one sample per depth range per plot. The samples were analysed at James Cook University.
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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Feldpausch, T.R.; Aragão, L.E.O.C.; Phillips, O.L.; Quesada, C.A.; Marimon, B.S.; Marimon-Júnior, B.H.; Oliveira, E.A.; Bird, M.; Morandi, P.S.; Murakami, A.A.; Arroyo, L.; Haig, J. (2023). Soil pyrogenic and organic carbon data in intact forest permanent plots across the Amazon Basin, 2015-2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6410a578-d21a-4285-8e9c-57efbe2b60d5
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Past fires, forest composition, and carbon in vegetation and soils of intact Amazonian forests
Citations
de Oliveira, E.A., Feldpausch, T.R., Marimon, B.S., Morandi, P.S., Phillips, O L., Bird, M., Murakami, A.A., Arroyo, L., Quesada, C.A., & Marimon-Junior, B.H. (2022). Soil pyrogenic carbon in southern Amazonia: Interaction between soil, climate, and above-ground biomass. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.880963
Koele, N., Bird, M., Haig, J., Marimon-Junior, B.H., Marimon, B.S., Phillips, O.L., de Oliveira, E.A., Quesada, C.A., & Feldpausch, T.R. (2017). Amazon Basin forest pyrogenic carbon stocks: First estimate of deep storage. Geoderma, 306, 237–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.07.029
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-7962 Other contacts
Rights holder
University of Exeter
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
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Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NERC NE/N011570/1
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, CAPES, Brazil) Award: PVE177-2012
National Council for Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq), Brazil Award: 441244/2016-5, 441572/2020-0
National Council for Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq), Brazil Award: 457602/2012-0
National Council for Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq), Brazil Award: Proc. 0346321/2021
Coordination of Improvement of Personnel in Higher Education, Brazil (CAPES) Award: 88887.504562/2020-00
National Council for Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq), Brazil Award: 151226/2021-0
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, CAPES, Brazil) Award: PVE177-2012
National Council for Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq), Brazil Award: 441244/2016-5, 441572/2020-0
National Council for Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq), Brazil Award: 457602/2012-0
National Council for Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq), Brazil Award: Proc. 0346321/2021
Coordination of Improvement of Personnel in Higher Education, Brazil (CAPES) Award: 88887.504562/2020-00
National Council for Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq), Brazil Award: 151226/2021-0
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