Identification

Title

Soil physical, chemical and microbial properties from a field experiment in the Conwy Valley, North Wales, UK (2015)

Abstract

General soil chemical, physical and microbial properties are presented for soil samples at six depths collected from a field experiment in the Conwy catchment. Samples were collected in May 2015. Core samples were taken along three transects by trained members of staff the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Bangor University. General soil chemical, physical and microbial properties were measured at six depths by trained members of staff, using recognised procedures at the laboratories of the School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University. The samples were taken to provide supporting information for assessing the relationship between soil microbial populations and soil properties. The data were collected for the NERC project 'The Multi-Scale Response of Water quality, Biodiversity and Carbon Sequestration to Coupled Macronutrient Cycling from Source to Sea' (NE/J011991/1). The project is also referred to as Turf2Surf. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f7b2beaa-08cf-48db-9b07-c55118d11506

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/f7b2beaa-08cf-48db-9b07-c55118d11506/Soil_properties.csv

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/f7b2beaa-08cf-48db-9b07-c55118d11506.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f7b2beaa-08cf-48db-9b07-c55118d11506

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

T2S

Macronutrient Cycling Programme

MCP

Soil core

North Wales

Conwy catchment

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.784

East bounding longitude

-3.781

North bounding latitude

53.204

South bounding latitude

53.201

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2016-05-01

End position

2016-05-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2018-04-19

date type

creation

effective date

2018-05-17

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Samples were collected along three transects. Along each transect, intact soil cores were extracted at 2, 12 and 75 metres in intact 4 centimetre diameter and 1 metre length cores. The cores were then wrapped in thin-walled polyethylene (PE) sleeves to maintain core integrity and immediately transferred to the laboratory and stored at 4 degrees Celsius prior to analysis. Samples were taken from the core at where possible six depths (0-15, 15-30, 50-100, 100-150, 150-200 and 250-300 centimetres). Analysis was carried out at the laboratories of the School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University using standard procedures for the following pH. Electrical conductivity, percent moisture content, percent loss on ignition, Total organic carbon, Total dissolved nitrogen, Microbial carbon, Microbial nitrogen, Soluble reactive phosphorus, Ammonium, C:N ratio, Total carbon, Total nitrogen, Maximum Phosphorous adsorption and Ammonium adsorption. Full details of the procedures used are provided in the supporting documentation. Data were entered into an Excel spreadsheet and exported as a .csv file for ingestion into the EIDC.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Cooper, D.M., De Sosa, L.L. , Glanville, H.C. , Marshall, M.R. (2018). Soil physical, chemical and microbial properties from a field experiment in the Conwy Valley, North Wales, UK (2015). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f7b2beaa-08cf-48db-9b07-c55118d11506

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-05-20T10:48:31

Metadata language

eng