15026591-f803-4b18-a359-cd69ea0e6069 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 2025-11-13T16:25:49 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Soil functional measurements (enzymatic activities) across geo linked sampling locations, on grassland, UK (2016) 2019-09-11 publication 2018-11-30 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/15026591-f803-4b18-a359-cd69ea0e6069 10.5285/15026591-f803-4b18-a359-cd69ea0e6069 doi: Griffiths, R.I., Puissant, J., Goodall, T.I. (2019). Soil functional measurements (enzymatic activities) across geo linked sampling locations, on grassland, UK (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/15026591-f803-4b18-a359-cd69ea0e6069 Data are presented of enzymatic activity of soil collected from paired intensive and extensive grassland systems including low and high pH parent soils, from 32 sites across the United Kingdom. The samples were collected during winter and spring 2015-2016 by project staff experienced in soil core collection. Dry soil samples were analysed for a suit of extracellular hydrolytic enzyme activities. Fluorescently labeled substrates were used to enable the activity of the following enzymes to be measured. All analysis was carried out at CEH Wallingford. The data were collected to help understand soil functional change in a variety of management and climatic scenarios as part of NERC U-GRASS (Understanding and enhancing soil ecosystem services and resilience in UK grass and croplands) award (NERC Reference NE/M017125/1) part of the NERC Soil Security Programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/15026591-f803-4b18-a359-cd69ea0e6069 NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Griffiths, R.I. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3341-4547 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 Puissant, J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Goodall, T.I. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Goodall, T.I. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication grassland land use enzyme GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Soil paired function otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Griffiths, R.I., Puissant, J., Goodall, T.I. (2019). Soil functional measurements (enzymatic activities) across geo linked sampling locations, on grassland, UK (2016). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/15026591-f803-4b18-a359-cd69ea0e6069 textTable 11000 English utf8 biota 2015-11-15 2016-03-15 -4.828 0.797 50.437 56.249 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/15026591-f803-4b18-a359-cd69ea0e6069 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/15026591-f803-4b18-a359-cd69ea0e6069.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 Soil samples were collected from 32 grassland sites across the United Kingdom and stored frozen at –20 degrees Celsius prior to subsequent processing for chemical, physical, molecular and functional characteristics. Analysis was carried out for a suit of extracellular hydrolytic enzyme activities were assessed. Fluorescently labeled substrates were used to enable the activity of the following enzymes to be measured. All analysis was carried out at CEH Wallingford. Results were returned from the laboratories compiled into an Excel spreadsheet. The compiled data set was exported as a comma separated value file for deposition into the EIDC.