Phosphorus-33 uptake by seven grassland plant species from three contrasting soil phosphorus chemical forms
bibliographic citation: Phoenix, G.K., Johnson, D.A., Muddimer, S.P., Leake, J.R., Cameron, D.D. (2019). Phosphorus-33 uptake by seven grassland plant species from three contrasting soil phosphorus chemical forms. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/87cdc267-a8c7-4f59-83b4-1bceaae837ad
description: Data comprises of the uptake of the plant nutrient phosphorus (P) by seven common and often co-occurring herbaceous plants grown in limestone grassland soil in pots. P uptake is from one of three different sources of P that were injected into the soil, with the P sources being labelled with radio-isotope 33P, such that uptake of this could be quantified by assessing the radioactivity of the plant tissue. The plant species were grown in pots as monocultures, and as mixed communities containing all seven species. The 33P labelled P sources that were injected into the soil were orthophosphate, DNA and calcium phosphate. Assessment of the amount of 33P taken up was undertaken by harvesting and analysing plant shoots six days after the 33P source was injected into the soil. The datasets contain biomass of the harvested plant material, its radioactivity as assessed by scintillation counting, and the calculated proportion of the 33P supplied that was taken up into plant shoots. The data also contains % cover abundance values of the plant species from surveys undertaken at Wardlow Hay Cop, the limestone grassland from where the soil was sourced on which the plants were grown for the 33P addition study.
provenance: ProvenanceStatement
  label: The work was undertaken in experimental greenhouses at the University of Sheffield, U.K. Each combination of plant species monoculture and type of P source injected was replicated 7 times. The plant cover survey data was taken in 2011, and consists of 30 quadrats, each 50cm x 50cm. Wardlow Hay Cop from where the limestone grassland survey was taken is located at 53°15'41'N, 1°43'56'W.
spatial: Location
temporal: PeriodOfTime
  start date: 2010-01-01
  end date: 2011-08-30
contact point: Phoenix, G.
publisher: NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
subject: Biodiversity
subject: Soil
subject: phosphorus
subject: Phosphorus-33
type: Dataset
available: 2019-07-23
landing page: https://doi.org/10.5285/87cdc267-a8c7-4f59-83b4-1bceaae837ad
license: OGL-UK-3.0.ttl
rights: RightsStatement
  copyright notice: copyright Natural Environment Research Council
access rights: UNRS
theme: Biodiversity
theme: Soil
distribution:
  access URL: https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/87cdc267-a8c7-4f59-83b4-1bceaae837ad
  license: OGL-UK-3.0.ttl
  rights: RightsStatement
    copyright notice: copyright Natural Environment Research Council
  access rights: UNRS
  format: Comma-separated values (CSV)
creator: Phoenix, G.
creator: Leake, J.R.
creator: Cameron, D.D.
language: en

Phoenix, G.
type: Person
family name: Phoenix
given name: Gareth
member: University of Sheffield
name: Phoenix, G.K.
given name: G.K.

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
type: Organization

Johnson, D.A.
type: Person
family name: Johnson
given name: D.A.
member: University of Sheffield

Muddimer, S.P.
type: Person
family name: Muddimer
given name: S.P.
member: University of Sheffield

Leake, J.R.
type: Person
family name: Leake
given name: J.R.
member: University of Sheffield

Cameron, D.D.
type: Person
family name: Cameron
given name: D.D.
member: University of Sheffield

Biodiversity
type: Concept

Soil
type: Concept

phosphorus
type: Concept

University of Sheffield
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