Cellular-Scale Carbon and Nitrogen Data in Beech Ectomycorrhizal Tissue

Data from a 2021 study published in The New Phytologist supports the article "Recently photoassimilated Carbon and fungus-delivered Nitrogen are spatially correlated at the cellular scale in the ectomycorrhizal tissue of Fagus sylvatica". The dataset includes NanoSIMS imaging files, region-of-interest measurements, and isotope-ratio mass spectrometry data from root segments and mycorrhizal tips. It was authored by Werner Mayerhofer of the University of Vienna.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial correlation of carbon and nitrogen isotopes based on NanoSIMS imaging data.
• Compare element and isotope measurements across different regions of interest using the ROI data.
• Examine isotopic profiles along specific tissue lines using the linescan data.
• Validate bulk isotopic measurements from root segments using the EA-IRMS data.

Strengths

• Includes original NanoSIMS instrument files (.im, .chk_im) for raw data inspection.
• Provides region-of-interest (ROI) data with means and standard deviations for measured elements and isotopes.
• Data supports figures in a peer-reviewed publication from 2021.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from separate description files after download.

Provenance

Source

University of Vienna

Collection Method

Data acquired via NanoSIMS and isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (EA-IRMS) for a specific research study.