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Measurements of respiration and microbial assimilation of carbon substrates and priming of soil organic matter mineralisation in tropical lowland and montane forest soils
This dataset includes measurements of microbial community composition by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis, soil respiration (Carbon dioxide (CO2)), soil physico-chemical properties and 13C enrichment in CO2 samples and microbial Phospholipid Fatty Acids (PLFAs). Data were produced for an investigation of the effects of carbon (C) substrate addition on soil carbon cycling processes in ten tropical soils from the Peruvian Andes. Soils were amended with 13C labelled substrates (xylose, glycine, vanillin and hemicellulose) and incubated under controlled conditions for seven days. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cc264d08-ba89-42f0-a7cf-9c9477e1e2bd
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- Date (Publication)
- 2014-11-26
- Citation identifier
- CEH:EIDC: / 1409915800452
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/cc264d08-ba89-42f0-a7cf-9c9477e1e2bd
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- doi: / 10.5285/cc264d08-ba89-42f0-a7cf-9c9477e1e2bd
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Whitaker, J., Ostle, N., McNamara, N., Nottingham, A.T., Stott, A.W., Bardgett, R.D., Salinas, N., Ccahuana, A.J.Q., Meir, P. (2014). Measurements of respiration and microbial assimilation of carbon substrates and priming of soil organic matter mineralisation in tropical lowland and montane forest soils. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/cc264d08-ba89-42f0-a7cf-9c9477e1e2bd
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Whitaker, J.
Author Lancaster University Ostle, N.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology McNamara, N. Author University of Edinburgh Nottingham, A.T.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Stott, A.W.
Author University of Manchester Bardgett, R.D.
Author Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Salinas, N.
Author Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad Ccahuana, A.J.Q.
Author University of Edinburgh Meir, P.
Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Whitaker, J.
Point of contact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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- Not planned
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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GeoNames
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- Soil
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Andes
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soil organic matter
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microbial community composition
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priming
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montane cloud forest
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ecosystem function
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bacterial
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fungal
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tropical lowland
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montane
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Whitaker, J., Ostle, N., McNamara, N., Nottingham, A.T., Stott, A.W., Bardgett, R.D., Salinas, N., Ccahuana, A.J.Q., Meir, P. (2014). Measurements of respiration and microbial assimilation of carbon substrates and priming of soil organic matter mineralisation in tropical lowland and montane forest soils. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/cc264d08-ba89-42f0-a7cf-9c9477e1e2bd
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- Text, table
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2012-01-01
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- 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/data/cc264d08-ba89-42f0-a7cf-9c9477e1e2bd Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/cc264d08-ba89-42f0-a7cf-9c9477e1e2bd.zip Supporting information
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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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Soils were sampled in January 2012 from ten sites along a tropical elevation gradient located on the east flank of the Peruvian Andes, with site elevations ranging from 210 to 3400 metres (m) above sea-level (asl). All sites have continuous forest cover ranging from lowland Amazonian rainforest to upper montane cloud forest; the tree-line is situated at approximately 3500 m asl. Annual temperature decreases with increasing elevation along this transect, from 26-8 degrees Centigrade (oC). Annual precipitation ranges from 1700 to 3200 millemetres per year (mm yr-1). Soil water content has been reported to have no clear relationship with elevation, partly due to limited evapotranspiration and fog deposition within the cloud immersion zone (1500-3400 m asl). At each site, the organic layer was sampled from 5 sub-plots within established 1 hectare (ha) plots with the organic layer removed from a 40 x 40 centimetre (cm) area in each sub-plot. Soils were sealed in plastic bags, immediately transported to the laboratory, and stored at 4 oC for 6 weeks until used for experimentation and analysis.
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- cc264d08-ba89-42f0-a7cf-9c9477e1e2bd XML
- Metadata language
- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:16:01
- 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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