Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling Data from Hampshire Avon Catchment

83f83414-f644-4684-ad5b-e1237fb12fc5 provides measurements of carbon and nitrogen cycling in chalk, greensand, and clay soils. Collected between February 2013 and November 2014, it includes functional gene data, anion/cation concentrations, and microbial process rates. The dataset was created to study seasonal and geological influences on microbial communities within the Hampshire Avon catchment, UK.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal variation in methane production potential and methane oxidation potential across different soil geologies.
• Model relationships between anion concentrations like flouride and cation concentrations like magnesium with nitrification and denitrification rates.
• Investigate correlations between functional gene data for Archaea and measured mineralization rates in soil samples.
• Compare acetate and formate levels against carbon cycling metrics in chalk, greensand, and clay soils over the study period.

Strengths

• Data spans 22 months from February 2013 to November 2014, capturing a full seasonal cycle.
• Includes multiple analytical layers: microbial functional genes, soil chemistry (anions/cations), and process rates (mineralization, nitrification).
• Covers three distinct soil geologies (chalk, greensand, clay) within a defined UK catchment.

Limitations

• Sample size (number of rows/observations) is unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data is temporally static, covering a specific historical period with no ongoing updates.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single catchment in the UK, reducing generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Field and laboratory measurements collected to address specific hypotheses on microbial community changes.

Time Range

February 2013 to November 2014

Freshness

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Geography

Hampshire Avon catchment, United Kingdom