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Soil biological activity in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017 following a severe wildfire in July 2016
Data comprise site location, soil chemistry information (pH, soil moisture, Loss on Ignition (LOI)), an estimate of ground burn extent and soil biological activity (derived from application of bait lamina sticks) at 23 sites in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), Ukraine in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017; there were three replicate plots at each site. The estimated ambient dose rate at each plot is also provided. The primary purpose of these data was to enable an evaluation of the potential impact of wildfire on soil organisms. The work was carried out by UKCEH, Chornobyl Centre for Nuclear Safety and the University of Salford. Funding for this work was via the NERC REDFIRE project (NE/P015212/). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b
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- Date (Publication)
- 2025-04-08
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b
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Barnett, C.L., Gashchak, S., Wells, C., Wood, M.D., Beresford, N.A. (2025). Soil biological activity in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017 following a severe wildfire in July 2016. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Catherine Barnett
Point of contact UKCEH
Barnett, C.L. Author Chornobyl Center for Nuclear Safety
Gashchak, S. Author UKCEH
Wells, C.
Author University of Salford
Wood, M.D. Author UKCEH
Beresford, N.A. Author UKCEH
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Owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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- Keywords
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- Biodiversity
- Radioecology
- Environmental risk
- Pollution
- Soil
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Annelid
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Chornobyl
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Chernobyl
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Detritivore
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Barnett, C.L., Gashchak, S., Wells, C., Wood, M.D., Beresford, N.A. (2025). Soil biological activity in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017 following a severe wildfire in July 2016. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Environment
- Begin date
- 2016-09-01
- End date
- 2017-09-30
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- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
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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/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b.zip Supporting information
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b Download the data
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dataset
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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
- Statement
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Bait lamina sticks were inserted into the soil at each of the replicate plots and left in place for 18 days in September 2016, 41-44 days in March 2017 and 55-58 days in September 2017. Following removal the sticks were gently wiped clean and assessed for evidence of soil invertebrate feeding; the observations were recorded into MSExcel files by two members of UKCEH staff (reader 1 and reader 2). Soil was sampled at each plot on multiple occasions and the pH was determined in September 2016 and September 2017, soil dry matter (DM) was determined in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017 and soil Loss on Ignition (LOI) was determined in September 2016 and September 2017; all soil chemistry data were directly input to MSExcel files. The estimated ambient dose rate (µSv per hour) at each plot was measured in September 2016 and March 2017 and the site and plot field notes were recorded in September 2016. All field data were and transposed to MSExcel files by Chornobyl Center staff and supplied to UKCEH. All data were supplied to EIDC as csv files.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:18:47
- 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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