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Plant aboveground and belowground standing biomass measurements in the Conwy catchment in North Wales (2013 and 2014)
The data consists of, standing aboveground biomass, and belowground biomass measurements, from sites in the Conwy catchment. Standing aboveground biomass was measured at 7 sites and belowground biomass measurements were made at 8 sites. Data were collected in 2013 and 2014. The sites were chosen to represent habitat types and the terrestrial productivity gradient in Britain from intensive agriculturally managed lowland grasslands through to montane heath. Standing aboveground biomass (grams of dry mass per metre square) in habitats dominated by herbaceous biomass was measured on 1x1 metre quadrats in four plots per site. Standing aboveground biomass in woodlands was measured in two 200 square metre areas by means of stem cores and litter collections. Belowground total root biomass (grams of dry mass per square metre) was assessed for the topsoil 0-15 centimetres in three plots per site. Measurements were undertaken by trained members of staff from Bangor University and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. This data was collected for the NERC project 'The Multi-Scale Response of Water quality, Biodiversity and Carbon Sequestration to Coupled Macronutrient Cycling from Source to Sea' (NE/J011991/1). The project is also referred to as Turf2Surf. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/46bb0117-ed5d-4167-a375-d84d1237cf21
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- Date (Publication)
- 2017-02-03
- Date (Creation)
- 2014-06-15
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/46bb0117-ed5d-4167-a375-d84d1237cf21
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- doi: / 10.5285/46bb0117-ed5d-4167-a375-d84d1237cf21
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Smart, S.M., Reinsch, S., Mercado, L., Blanes, M.C., Cosby, B.J., Glanville, H.C., Jones, D.L., Marshall, M.R., Emmett, B.A. (2017). Plant aboveground and belowground standing biomass measurements in the Conwy catchment in North Wales (2013 and 2014). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/46bb0117-ed5d-4167-a375-d84d1237cf21
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Smart, S.
Point of contact Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Smart, S.M. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reinsch, S. Author University of Exeter Mercado, L.
Author University of Jaén Blanes, M.C.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Cosby, B.J. Author Bangor University Glanville, H.C.
Author Bangor University Jones, D.L.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Marshall, M.R. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Emmett, B.A. Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and Biotopes
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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- Biodiversity
- Ecosystem services
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Conwy catchment
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Macronutrient Cycling Project
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MCP
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Trurf2Surf
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plant-soil interaction
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atmosphere-biosphere interaction
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land use intensification gradient
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catchment scale
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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© Bangor University
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© University of Exeter
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© University of Jaén
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Smart, S.M., Reinsch, S., Mercado, L., Blanes, M.C., Cosby, B.J., Glanville, H.C., Jones, D.L., Marshall, M.R., Emmett, B.A. (2017). Plant aboveground and belowground standing biomass measurements in the Conwy catchment in North Wales (2013 and 2014). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/46bb0117-ed5d-4167-a375-d84d1237cf21
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- Text, table
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- 1 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2013-06-15
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- 2014-06-15
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/46bb0117-ed5d-4167-a375-d84d1237cf21.zip Supporting information
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/46bb0117-ed5d-4167-a375-d84d1237cf21 Download the data
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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
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- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Measurements were made in plots ranging in size from 200 metres square to 0.5 metres square located using a stratified random sampling design. Standing aboveground plant biomass and root biomass were assessed independently at the sites. Standing aboveground plant biomass (grams of dry mass per square metre) was measured at 7 sites (blanket bog, bog (Calluna), soligenous mire and flush, acid grassland, broadleaved woodland (n=3), coniferous woodland, improved grassland, semi-improved grassland), with between 3 and 9 replicates per habitat. For the grassy/bog habitats, all herbaceous biomass was cut to 1cm height in 1 x 1 m quadrats, for 4 plots per habitat. The vegetation was dried then weighed in the lab. For woodland habitats, 2 x 200 metre plots were chosen at random for each site and tree cores collected for each tree and shrub >1.3m in height. Then the following formula was used to calculate above-ground biomass (where DBH = Diameter at Breast Height): Total root biomass (grams of dry mass per metre square) was measured at 8 sites (blanket bog, soligenous mire and flush, acid grassland, broadleaved woodland, improved grassland and semi-improved grassland). Topsoil (0-15 cm) soil cores were taken in three locations at each site. Aboveground vegetation was removed. Samples separated into 5 cm intervals and then washed with water to remove any soil or stones. Roots were collected in sieves and placed into an 80 degree oven to remove any water content and enable a calculation of the dry weight of the roots. Total root biomass was calculated as the sum of roots from the three soil intervals. The full details are available in the supporting documentation accompanying this dataset (Turf2Surf_WP2_Supporting_documentation.rtf). All results were entered into Excel spreadsheets. Data were then exported from this combined Excel spreadsheet as .csv files for ingestion into the EIDC.
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
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- 2025-11-13T16:24:33
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- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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