Carbon and nitrogen gas and leachate fluxes, soil and vegetation properties in oceanic-alp

The James Hutton Institute and Lancaster Environment Centre collected biogeochemical data from Nardus stricta snowbed grassland and Empetrum nigrum heath during a controlled mesocosm experiment. Data includes carbon and nitrogen gas and leachate fluxes, along with soil and vegetation characteristics, to determine the impacts of drought and rainfall intensity. The mesocosms were collected from the Allt a'Mharcaidh catchment in the Cairngorm mountains, Scotland.

Use Cases

• Modeling carbon flux responses to drought and rewetting based on gas flux measurements.
• Analyzing nitrogen cycling dynamics based on leachate flux data.
• Comparing soil and vegetation properties between Nardus snowbed grassland and Empetrum shrub heath habitats.
• Studying the impact of rainfall intensity on biogeochemical processes in oceanic-alpine ecosystems.

Strengths

• Data originates from a controlled mesocosm experiment designed to isolate drought and rainfall intensity effects.
• Covers two distinct and widespread alpine habitats: Nardus snowbed grassland and Empetrum shrub heath.
• Includes multiple data types: gas fluxes, leachate fluxes, and soil/vegetation characteristics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the single catchment source in the Cairngorms.

Provenance

Source

The James Hutton Institute and Lancaster Environment Centre, published via the Environmental Information Data Centre.

Collection Method

Data collected from a controlled environment drought-rewetting mesocosm experiment.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 07:26:08.951154; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Allt a'Mharcaidh catchment (3°50′ W, 57°5′ N), Cairngorm mountains, Scotland.