Soil Microbial Carbon Release Time Series Under Nutrient Treatments (2016)

Time series data measures microbial carbon dioxide release in disintegrations per minute from soil samples under different nitrogen and phosphorus treatments. Bangor University and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology collected the data in July 2016 from six soil depths in the Conwy catchment, North Wales, for a NERC project on macronutrient cycling.

Use Cases

• Model the relationship between carbon release rate and soil depth across six specified depth intervals.
• Analyze the effect of different nitrogen and phosphorus treatments on microbial substrate mineralization.
• Correlate microbial activity measurements with soil properties under varying nutrient availability conditions.

Strengths

• Data covers six distinct soil depth intervals from 0-300 centimetres.
• Measurements were taken by trained staff from established research institutions.
• Time series data is focused on a specific field experiment conducted in July 2016.

Limitations

• Sample size and number of data rows are unknown.
• Data is from a single collection event in 2016, limiting temporal analysis.
• Geographic scope is limited to one catchment in North Wales.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Soil cores collected from a field experiment, with a high molecular weight substrate added as a carbon source and mineralization rate measured.

Time Range

July 2016

Freshness

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Geography

Conwy catchment, North Wales, UK