Soil microbial community resilience data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

This set of data describes resilience in microbial communities in samples taken at the Sourhope experimental site in 2001 by the Scottish Crop Research Institute, the University of Aberdeen and Cranfield University. Data were collected during a project funded under the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme. The NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme 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: NT8545019630). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7af2f732-f8a5-4a87-bcc0-dae54323efd0

Date (Publication): 2018-01-19

Date (Creation): 2001-01-01

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/7af2f732-f8a5-4a87-bcc0-dae54323efd0

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/7af2f732-f8a5-4a87-bcc0-dae54323efd0

Other citation details: Kuan, H.L., Fenwick, C., Glover, L.A., Griffiths, B.S., Ritz, K. (2018). Soil microbial community resilience data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/7af2f732-f8a5-4a87-bcc0-dae54323efd0

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Sier, A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Point of contact
Scottish Crop Research Institute	Kuan, H.L.	info@hutton.ac.uk	Author
University of Aberdeen	Fenwick, C.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
University of Aberdeen	Glover, L.A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Scottish Crop Research Institute	Griffiths, B.S.	info@hutton.ac.uk	Author
Cranfield University	Ritz, K.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher

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Keywords

Biodiversity
Soil
Sourhope
Scottish borders
Soil properties
Respiration
Copper toxicity
Microbial community structure
Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
DGGE

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Other constraints: © 2018 The James Hutton Institute

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Other constraints: © 2018 University of Aberdeen

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Other constraints: © 2018 Cranfield University

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Kuan, H.L., Fenwick, C., Glover, L.A., Griffiths, B.S., Ritz, K. (2018). Soil microbial community resilience data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/7af2f732-f8a5-4a87-bcc0-dae54323efd0

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Begin date: 2001-01-01

End date: 2001-12-31

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Distributor

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Title: 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: 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). Soil samples were collected by students and staff at the experimental site before being processed according to standard protocols, with the data then being transferred to the programme data manager at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

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Date stamp: 2025-11-13T16:15:13

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact

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