Identification

Title

Alpine grassland soil microbial and biogeochemical data from a snow manipulation experiment in Hohe Mut, Austria, 2017

Abstract

Data comprise soil microbial and biogeochemical data collected during a snow manipulation experiment on the summit of Hohe Mut (2650 m) near Obergurgl, in the Austrian Alps (lat. 46.84862, long. 11.02957). Soil microbial data include phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analyses, and bacterial (16S Small subunit ribosomal RNA) and fungal (internal transcribed spacer region 2) high throughput sequences. Soil biogeochemical data include soil extracellular enzyme activities, soil pH, gravimetric moisture content and various C and N pools and fluxes. The experiment was part of the NERC project NE/N009452/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/255320dd-38ae-4a07-93bb-4f90439309f8

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/255320dd-38ae-4a07-93bb-4f90439309f8

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/255320dd-38ae-4a07-93bb-4f90439309f8.zip

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

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Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/255320dd-38ae-4a07-93bb-4f90439309f8

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

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

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

11.014

East bounding longitude

11.046

North bounding latitude

46.853

South bounding latitude

46.835

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2017-03-28

End position

2017-07-08

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-06-02

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Soil was sampled at six time-points from late winter (28th march 2017) to early summer (8th July 2017) across 15 experimental plots. Snow had been removed from five plots, added to five other plots and remained untouched on five plots (controls). Soil cores were taken (Ø = 2 cm, depth = 7 cm, where possible, although some cores were shallower when soil was frozen during winter) using a steel corer from five randomly chosen locations in each plot. Soil cores from the same plot were pooled and homogenised, any vegetation or litter was separated and discarded. Soil subsamples were immediately lysed in the field and stored at -80 deg C prior to molecular analyses. The remaining soil samples were sieved (4 mm) and stored at 4oC prior to biogeochemical analyses. See documentation accompanying the data for further details.

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

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Broadbent, A.A.D., Snell, H.S.K., Michas, A., Pritchard, W.J., Newbold, L., Cordero, I., Goodall, T., Griffiths, R.I., Schloter, M., Bahn, M., Bardgett, R.D. (2020). Alpine grassland soil microbial and biogeochemical data from a snow manipulation experiment in Hohe Mut, Austria, 2017. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/255320dd-38ae-4a07-93bb-4f90439309f8

publisher

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

2022-05-18T12:28:52

Metadata language

eng