Ecosystem function data from Winklebury Hill, UK, in 2013
This dataset contains nitrate and ammonium concentrations, nitrification and mineralisation rates, particle size and microbial biomass data from soils taken from an experiment based at Winklebury Hill, UK. The experiment used seeds and plug plants to create different plant communities on the bare chalk on Winklebury Hill and tested the resulting carbon and nutrient cycling rates and compared these to the characteristics of different plant functional groups. The experiment ran from 2013 to 2016 and this dataset contains data from 2013 only. This experiment was part of the Wessex BESS project, a six-year (2011-2017) project aimed at understanding how biodiversity underpins the ecosystem functions and services that landscapes provide. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b8e9c03e-4b71-4e3b-9110-820b7bc0bac7
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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/b8e9c03e-4b71-4e3b-9110-820b7bc0bac7
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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/b8e9c03e-4b71-4e3b-9110-820b7bc0bac7
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eng
environment
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
publication
2008-06-01
Wessex BESS
bulk density
nitrate
ammonium
microbial biomass
carbon
nitrogen
nitrification rate
mineralisation rate
particle size
-2.08
-2.063
50.998
50.986
2013-01-01
2013-12-31
publication
2017-01-10
creation
2013-12-31
notPlanned
KCl extractable N and potential mineralisation were measured using an autoanalyser, running 5% analytical replicates, recalibration (at 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 ppm) and blanks every 20 samples. Extracts were adjusted for soil moisture. Standardised protocols were followed in all cases, details of which can be found in the supporting documentation.
publication
2010-12-08
Comma-separated values (CSV)
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Fry, E.L., Hall, A.L., Savage, J., Bardgett, R.D., Ostle, N., Pywell, R.F., Bullock, J.M. (2017). Ecosystem function data from Winklebury Hill, UK, in 2013. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b8e9c03e-4b71-4e3b-9110-820b7bc0bac7
University of Manchester
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Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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University of Manchester
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Lancaster University
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Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Environmental Information Data Centre
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