Soil and Microbial Community Data Across Four Halophyte Salt Islands in Arid Marshes

THSI salt island soil had 117% higher total carbon and 280% higher soil organic carbon than KFSI. This dataset profiles soil physicochemical properties, leaf traits, and microbial communities for four halophyte species in arid salt marshes, uploaded by Yaqing Pan in May 2026. It includes high-throughput sequencing results for soil bacteria and fungi, with microbial network complexity reaching 1,305 nodes and 3,929 edges.

Use Cases

• Modeling relationships between soil salt ions and plant leaf carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus content based on described correlations.
• Analyzing microbial network complexity and community composition across different halophyte successional stages.
• Investigating how soil physical properties drive microbial network complexity through plant leaf chemistry.
• Studying the joint regulation of soil ecological stoichiometric ratios by soil properties and plant characteristics.

Strengths

• Includes high-throughput sequencing data for soil bacterial and fungal communities.
• Reports specific comparative metrics, such as THSI having 117% higher total carbon and 280% higher soil organic carbon than KFSI.
• Describes a complex microbial network with 1,305 nodes and 3,929 edges for one salt island.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is contained in a DOCX file (1.4 MB), which may require extraction and formatting for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Yaqing Pan via figshare

Collection Method

Field study investigating soil properties and leaf traits, with soil microbial profiling via high-throughput sequencing.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 16:25:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Arid salt marshes (specific location not stated).