Identification

Title

Baseline soil pH data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999-2002 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

Abstract

This data set details soil pH values and soil moisture values from experimental plots at a field site at Sourhope, Scotland, between 1998 and 2002. Data were collected as part of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme, which was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT8545019630). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a35d0ded-b422-4af3-8f74-e70249fc9788

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/a35d0ded-b422-4af3-8f74-e70249fc9788.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/download?fileIdentifier=a35d0ded-b422-4af3-8f74-e70249fc9788

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a35d0ded-b422-4af3-8f74-e70249fc9788

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.241

East bounding longitude

-2.219

North bounding latitude

55.48

South bounding latitude

55.468

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1998-08-01

End position

2002-03-23

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2017-11-17

date type

creation

effective date

2002-03-23

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

On separate sampling occasions (Mar. and Sep. 1999, Mar. 2000, Mar. and Oct. 2001, Mar. 2002) soil cores were taken from the centre area of each of the experimental plot for baseline measurements. pH values were determined for each sample, block and main-plot. Soil moisture content values were also calculated for the Sep. 1999 samples. pH was sampled before the experiment began in 1998. In addition, two sets of samples were taken in Apr. 2000 and July 2003 from each of the general sampling sub-plots (S T U V) from within all the experimental plot types except the control 2 plots, and used to assess the variation in pH across the site. Data were collected by staff employed by the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) at the Sourhope experimental site before being transferred to the programme data manager at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Buckland, S., Burt-Smith, G. (2017). Baseline soil pH data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999-2002 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/a35d0ded-b422-4af3-8f74-e70249fc9788

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-03-13T14:26:02

Metadata language

eng