1a278fbf-b8b2-472d-9100-5fb432095f63 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 2025-11-13T16:20:59 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Biomass data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999-2002 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme] 2017-11-17 publication 2002-11-01 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/1a278fbf-b8b2-472d-9100-5fb432095f63 10.5285/1a278fbf-b8b2-472d-9100-5fb432095f63 doi: Buckland, S., Burt-Smith, G., Scott, R. (2017). Biomass data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999-2002 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/1a278fbf-b8b2-472d-9100-5fb432095f63 The data set comprises biomass values and mineral nutrient values from experimental plots located at Sourhope, Scotland. On five occasions throughout each of the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 growing seasons, grass cuttings were collected from a 50 x 50 cm cell area from each of the four main sub-plots within each of a set of experimental main-plots, and biomass values calculated. In addition, mineral nutrient analysis was carried out for the July 1999 grass cuttings. The work was 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: NT 8545 1963). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity). The primary aims of the Programme were to achieve simultaneously an understanding of the biological diversity of the soil biota and the functional roles played by soil organisms in key ecological processes. In seeking to achieve these aims, 24 separate research projects were funded to study soil structure, soil processes (such as the carbon and nitrogen cycles) and the roles of micro-fauna and flora (Bacteria, Nematoda, Protozoa and Fungi), microarthropods (including Collembola and Acari), invertebrate root feeders (Tipulid, Bidionid and Scarabeid larvae), meso-fauna (such as Enchytraeidae) and macro-fauna (including Megadrili, Mollusca and Coleoptera). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1a278fbf-b8b2-472d-9100-5fb432095f63 NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Buckland, S. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute info@hutton.ac.uk author Burt-Smith, G. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute info@hutton.ac.uk author Scott, R. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Sier, A. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication biomass biological diversity GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Soil Biodiversity NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © 2017 The James Hutton Institute otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Buckland, S., Burt-Smith, G., Scott, R. (2017). Biomass data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999-2002 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/1a278fbf-b8b2-472d-9100-5fb432095f63 textTable English utf8 environment 1999-06-01 2002-09-01 -2.238 -2.222 55.468 55.477 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/1a278fbf-b8b2-472d-9100-5fb432095f63 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/1a278fbf-b8b2-472d-9100-5fb432095f63.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) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). Data were collected by staff employed by MLURI and were managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.