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Finlay, B.J., Black, H.I.J., Brown, S., Clarke, K.J., Esteban, G.F., Hindle, R.M., Olmo, J.L., Rollett, A., Vickerman, K., Buckland, S. (2018). Soil protozoa data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/a5737c31-5c8d-43f3-980a-4736510d6b05
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Soil protozoa data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]
This set of data describes protozoa abundance and diversity in samples taken at the Sourhope experimental site in 1999 and 2000 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the University of Glasgow. Data were collected during a project funded under the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme.
The NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT8545019630). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity).
The NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT8545019630). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity).
Publication date: 2018-01-19
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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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1999-03-02 to 2000-07-17
Provenance & quality
Data were collected as part of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme, which was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). Soil samples were collected by students and staff at the experimental site before being processed at CEH Windermere according to standard protocols, with the data then being transferred to the programme data manager at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
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Supplemental information
Finlay, B.J., Black, H.I.J., Brown, S., Clarke, K.J., Esteban, G.F., Hindle, R.M., … Vickerman, K. (2000). Estimating the Growth Potential of the Soil Protozoan Community. Protist, 151(1),
Usher, M. B., Sier, A.R.J., Hornung, M., & Millard, P. (2006). Understanding biological diversity in soil: The UK’s Soil Biodiversity Research Programme. Applied Soil Ecology, 33(2), 101–113.
Website for the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme
Correspondence/contact details
Dr Andy Sier
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
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UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk