Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition Q10 Values with Substrate Availability Experiments

Experimental data from a study reevaluating the temperature sensitivity (Q10) of soil organic carbon decomposition. The dataset, authored by Shuaiwen Zhang and last updated in May 2026, likely contains results from combined chemical experiments and modeling, focusing on the role of substrate availability and quality across different soil aggregates. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil carbon dynamics under warming based on Q10 values for different soil aggregates.
• Analyzing the relationship between microbial community composition and temperature sensitivity based on oligotrophic taxa data.
• Investigating the effects of physical disruption and iron oxide addition on substrate availability and Q10.
• Testing theoretical frameworks for Q10 prediction based on carbon chemistry, availability, and microbial properties.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a combined chemical experiment and modeling methodology.
• Results differentiate Q10 across soil aggregates and under different treatments like glucose addition.
• File is provided in a structured XLSX format.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 40.7 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, requiring manual inspection.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Shuaiwen Zhang

Collection Method

Likely gathered through laboratory experiments on soil aggregates and subsequent modeling.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 02:22:51; freshness should be verified.