Soil Microfungi Diversity from Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, July 2006

Preliminary results detail 89 fungal species isolated from 23 soil and sediment samples collected in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway, in July 2006. The data includes counts of species isolated at 4°C and 25°C, identifies the most frequent species, and classifies fungi by thermal preference (psychrophilic, psychrotrophic, mesophilic). The study was conducted by SCIOPS during a familiarization trip.

Use Cases

• Comparing fungal species richness and community structure between incubation temperatures (4°C vs 25°C).
• Analyzing the distribution of thermal preference groups (psychrophilic, psychrotrophic, mesophilic) in Arctic soils.
• Identifying the most frequently occurring fungal species across different sampling sites in Ny-Ålesund.
• Assessing fungal diversity and occurrence rates in specific sample types like sea sediment, glacial sediment, and runnel sediment.

Strengths

• Contains counts for 89 distinct fungal species isolated from 23 samples.
• Provides specific occurrence percentages for the most frequent species (Sp. 1 at 15.76%, Sp. 3 at 14.67%).
• Details species counts per temperature condition (61 species at 25°C, 44 species at 4°C, 16 species at both).
• Includes classification of all 89 species by thermal preference (28 psychrophilic, 16 psychrotrophic, 45 mesophilic).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS

Collection Method

Soil samples were plated using a modification of Warcup's soil plating method, incubated at 4°C and 25°C.

Time Range

July 2006

Freshness

Data is from a single sampling event in July 2006; no update information is provided.

Geography

Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway