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

Arid salt marshes in an unspecified region provide the setting for this dataset on soil properties, plant leaf traits, and microbial communities. The data profiles four halophyte species (Kalidium foliatum, Nitraria tangutorum, Reaumuria songarica, Tamarix hohenackeri) and includes soil physicochemical measurements, leaf carbon/nitrogen/phosphorus content, and high-throughput sequencing results for soil bacteria and fungi. Authored by Yaqing Pan and last updated in May 2026, the 20.0 KB DOCX file likely contains the analysis results described in the accompanying study.

Use Cases

• Modeling relationships between soil salinity indicators and plant leaf nutrient content based on described correlations.
• Comparing microbial network complexity (e.g., 1,305 nodes, 3,929 edges for THSI) across different halophyte communities.
• Analyzing successional gradients in soil properties (water content, pH, electrical conductivity, Na⁺, K⁺) along a sequence of four salt islands.
• Investigating the joint regulation of soil ecological stoichiometric ratios by soil properties (26-58%) and plant characteristics (15-26%) as indicated by random forest analysis.

Strengths

• Includes specific comparative metrics, such as THSI having total carbon and soil organic carbon content 117% and 280% higher than KFSI, respectively.
• Describes microbial network complexity with concrete figures (1,305 nodes and 3,929 edges for one community).
• Quantifies the relative influence of soil properties (26-58%) and plant characteristics (15-26%) on stoichiometric ratios.
• Profiles four distinct halophyte species, allowing for comparative ecological analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 20.0 KB file size suggests the dataset has a very limited scope, likely containing summary results rather than raw sequencing data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Yaqing Pan.

Collection Method

Field study measuring soil physicochemical properties and leaf traits, combined with laboratory high-throughput sequencing of soil microbial communities.

Freshness

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

Geography

Arid salt marshes (specific region not stated).