Soil Nematode Communities from Ningbo Farmland and Forest

Nematode community data from soil samples in peri-urban Ningbo, China, collected seasonally between April 2017 and January 2018. The dataset contains Hellinger-transformed relative fluorescence values from terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) analysis, characterizing community structure across two land uses.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal variation in nematode community structure using TRFLP fluorescence data from April 2017 to January 2018
• Compare Hellinger-transformed community profiles between farmland and forest land use types
• Model nematode community dynamics as a function of seasonal sampling events

Strengths

• Data collected seasonally over a 10-month period (April 2017 to January 2018)
• Community structure quantified using standardized TRFLP and Hellinger transformation methods
• Samples from two distinct land uses (farmland and forest) enabling comparative analysis

Limitations

• Sample size and number of rows are unknown
• Data is limited to a single peri-urban watershed in Ningbo, China, reducing geographic generalizability
• Community data is derived from a proxy method (TRFLP) rather than direct species identification

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Nematodes extracted via density centrifugation, followed by DNA extraction and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) analysis; data are Hellinger-transformed relative fluorescence values.

Time Range

April 2017 to January 2018

Freshness

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Geography

Peri-urban area of Ningbo, China