Soil protozoa data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

https://doi.org/10.5285/a5737c31-5c8d-43f3-980a-4736510d6b05

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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).

Publication date: 2018-01-19

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Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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Temporal extent

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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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. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5737c31-5c8d-43f3-980a-4736510d6b05

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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),

https://doi.org/10.1078/1434-4610-00008

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.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.03.006

Soil Biodiversity website

Website for the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme

Correspondence/contact details

Sier, A.

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