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Model estimates of topsoil microbes [Countryside Survey]
Topsoil microbe data - Bacteria. Data is representative of 0 - 15 cm soil depth and includes bacterial community structure as assessed by ordination scores, Shannon diversity index and Simpson diversity index. Over 1000 samples from 233 1km x 1km squares across Great Britain were sampled in 2007 and analysed. See Emmett et al. 2010 for further details of sampling and Griffiths et al. 2011 for further details of methods. Estimates of mean values within selected habitats and parent material characteristics across GB were made using Countryside Survey (CS) data from 2007 using a mixed model approach. The estimated means of habitat/parent material combinations using 2007 data are modelled on dominant habitat and parent material characteristics derived from the Land Cover Map 2007 and Parent Material Model 2009, respectively. The parent material characteristic used was that which minimised AIC in each model (see dataset documentation). Please see Scott, 2008 for further details of similar statistical analysis. Areas, such as urban and littoral rock, are not sampled by CS and therefore have no associated data. Also, in some circumstances sample sizes for particular habitat/parent material combinations were insufficient to estimate mean values. References: Emmett, B.A., Frogbrook, Z.L., Chamberlain P.M., Griffiths R., Pickup R., Poskitt, J., Reynolds B., Rowe E., Rowland P., Spurgeon D., Wilson J., Wood, C.M. (2008). Countryside Survey Technical Report No.03/07: Soils Manual. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5201/1/CS_UK_2007_TR3%5B1%5D.pdf Griffiths, R.I.; Thomson, B.C.; James, P.; Bell, T.; Bailey, M.; Whiteley, A.S. (2011). The bacterial biogeography of British soils. Environmental Microbiology, 13 (6). 1642-1654. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02480.x Scott, W.A. (2008). CS Technical Report No.4/07: Statistical Report. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5202/1/CS_UK_2007_TR4%5B1%5D.pdf Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/53210c27-87fc-46e4-a3d6-e731003dc541
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- Date (Publication)
- 2014-06-26
- Citation identifier
- CEH:EIDC: / 1395932335486
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/53210c27-87fc-46e4-a3d6-e731003dc541
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- doi: / 10.5285/53210c27-87fc-46e4-a3d6-e731003dc541
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Henrys, P.A., Keith, A.M., Robinson, D.A., Emmett, B.A. (2014). Model estimates of topsoil microbes [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/53210c27-87fc-46e4-a3d6-e731003dc541
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Keith, A.M.
Point of contact Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Henrys, P.A. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Keith, A.M. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Robinson, D.A. 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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Soil
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- Soil
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Broad Habitat
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Countryside Survey
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Parent Material Model
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Simpson diversity index
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Shannon diversity index
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Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling ordination (NMDS)
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- no limitations
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Contains British Geological Survey materials © NERC 2014. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2007.
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Henrys, P.A., Keith, A.M., Robinson, D.A., Emmett, B.A. (2014). Model estimates of topsoil microbes [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/53210c27-87fc-46e4-a3d6-e731003dc541
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Distance
- 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2007-01-01
- End date
- 2007-12-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile format
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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/data/53210c27-87fc-46e4-a3d6-e731003dc541 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/53210c27-87fc-46e4-a3d6-e731003dc541.zip Supporting documentation
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Protocol Linkage Name https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/maps/6372b558-ba64-4fbe-8766-019e01535b37?request=getCapabilities&service=wms Web map service (WMS)
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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Data used are taken from the Countryside Survey Soils Report (Emmett et al. 2010) which can be found at http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9354/1/CS_UK_2007_TR9.pdf
Metadata
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- 53210c27-87fc-46e4-a3d6-e731003dc541 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:15:32
- Metadata standard name
- 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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