9305b068-f417-4659-9966-d9456f22c331 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 2025-11-13T16:18:29 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Peat survey in England, Scotland and Wales carried out during 2014 [LTLS] 2016-03-24 publication 2014-05-08 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9305b068-f417-4659-9966-d9456f22c331 10.5285/9305b068-f417-4659-9966-d9456f22c331 doi: Toberman, H., Tipping, E., NERC RadioCarbon Facility, Somerville, C., Helliwell, R., Carter, H., Keenan, P., Pereira, M.G., Patel, M., Tanna, B., Thompson, N., Bryant, C., Elliott, F., Gulliver, P. (2016). Peat survey in England, Scotland and Wales carried out during 2014 [LTLS]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/9305b068-f417-4659-9966-d9456f22c331 Data comprise bulk density, loss on ignition, carbon content of peat, nitrogen content of peat, total phosphorus content of peat, soil 13 carbon content and soil 14 carbon content from samples collected during a peat survey in England, Scotland and Wales during 2014. The study was funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council under the Macronutrient Cycling Research Programme, as part of the Long-Term, Large-Scale (LTLS) project (Grant no. NE/J011533/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9305b068-f417-4659-9966-d9456f22c331 Toberman, H. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Tipping, E. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6618-6512 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC RadioCarbon Facility Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Somerville, C. Northeastern University enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Helliwell, R. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Carter, H. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5999-2732 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Keenan, P. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pereira, M.G. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Patel, M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Tanna, B. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Thompson, N. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Bryant, C. NERC RadioCarbon Facility enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Elliott, F. NERC RadioCarbon Facility enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Gulliver, P. SUERC AMS Facility 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 UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner notPlanned Soil Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication peat phosphorus nitrogen carbon GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Environmental survey Soil bulk density loss on ignition Macronutrient Cycling Research Programme otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Toberman, H., Tipping, E., NERC RadioCarbon Facility, Somerville, C., Helliwell, R., Carter, H., Keenan, P., Pereira, M.G., Patel, M., Tanna, B., Thompson, N., Bryant, C., Elliott, F., Gulliver, P. (2016). Peat survey in England, Scotland and Wales carried out during 2014 [LTLS]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9305b068-f417-4659-9966-d9456f22c331 textTable 1000 English utf8 environment 2014-05-08 2014-06-17 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/9305b068-f417-4659-9966-d9456f22c331 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/9305b068-f417-4659-9966-d9456f22c331.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 Triplicate adjacent cores were extracted in 2013 using both a box corer (to recover the surface vegetation and uppermost 1 m of peat) and a Russian-type corer (for peat deeper than 1 m). All cores extended down to the underlying mineral substrate, ranging in length from 95 cm (Glensaugh) to 417 cm (Forsinard). The cores were carefully extruded, sliced at 10 cm intervals, air-dried for one week, manually sieved to 2 mm to remove large particles and roots, oven-dried at 60°C to remove residual moisture and ball-milled to a fine, homogenous powder. Bulk densities of all samples were calculated prior to milling by dividing the dry matter mass by the original volume of wet material. Phosphorus content was measured colorimetrically using a Seal Analytical AQ2 discrete analyser after digestion in H2SO4/H2O2. After drying at 105°C, carbon and nitrogen were determined on an Elementar Vario-EL analyser using an ISO17025 accredited method. Loss-on-ignition (LOI) was determined by combustion in a muffle furnace at 550°C for two hours.