0a443a55-28b6-4d82-9042-5a35bfdbebe0 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:20:04 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Enchytraeid worm abundance and delta 13C cholesterol data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 2000 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme] 2018-03-15 publication 2000-10-31 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0a443a55-28b6-4d82-9042-5a35bfdbebe0 10.5285/0a443a55-28b6-4d82-9042-5a35bfdbebe0 doi: Black, H.I.J., Piertney, S.B., Macdonald, C., Standen, V., Bull, I.D., Evershed, R.P., Chaplow, J.S., Thompson, A.M. (2018). Enchytraeid worm abundance and delta 13C cholesterol data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 2000 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/0a443a55-28b6-4d82-9042-5a35bfdbebe0 This dataset comprises enchytraeid worm abundance and Delta 13C values from enchytraeid cholesterol. The data were collected as a component of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme, consisting of a one year study of the diversity and activity of Enchytraeid worms, small relatives of the earthworm. These worms are very common in upland soils and often outweigh all other fauna, including sheep. The project focused on investigating the importance of Enchytraeid species, or group diversity, in maintaining soil carbon cycling. The NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme 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)'s farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders. During this time, the site was monitored to assess changes in aboveground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0a443a55-28b6-4d82-9042-5a35bfdbebe0 Sier, A. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Black, H.I.J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Piertney, S.B. University of Aberdeen enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Macdonald, C. University of Aberdeen enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Standen, V. Durham University enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Bull, I.D. University of Bristol enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Evershed, R.P. University of Bristol enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Chaplow, J.S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8058-8697 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Thompson, A.M. Durham University enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Soil Biodiversity Sourhope Scottish borders Enchytraieds Worms otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © 2018 University of Aberdeen otherRestrictions © 2018 University of Durham otherRestrictions © 2018 University of Bristol otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Black, H.I.J., Piertney, S.B., Macdonald, C., Standen, V., Bull, I.D., Evershed, R.P., Chaplow, J.S., Thompson, A.M. (2018). Enchytraeid worm abundance and delta 13C cholesterol data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 2000 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0a443a55-28b6-4d82-9042-5a35bfdbebe0 textTable English utf8 biota environment 2000-07-03 2000-10-31 -2.237 -2.222 55.468 55.475 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/0a443a55-28b6-4d82-9042-5a35bfdbebe0 Download the data Download a copy of this data fileAccess https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/0a443a55-28b6-4d82-9042-5a35bfdbebe0.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset 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 2010-12-08 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 (MLURI) (now the James Hutton Institute)'s farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT85451963). Soil samples were collected by students and staff at the experimental site in 2000 before being processed according to standard protocols. Data were then transferred to the programme data manager at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.