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Soil carbon data in the Conwy catchment in North Wales 2014
The data consist of soil carbon in kilogrammes (kg) of carbon per metre squared. Soil cores were taken to a depth of 1 metre and divided into 15 cm depth increments. Soil carbon (kg carbon per metre squared) was determined for all soil depth increments. The soil samples were taken in the Conwy catchment in North West Wales. Samples were collected in the spring of 2014 across a land use intensification gradient ranging from semi-natural peatlands, acid grasslands to improved grasslands and arable fields. Soil parameters were tested across a land use intensification gradient to detect parameters that can predict aboveground biomass production across different land management types. Data were used to enhance the predictions of biomass production in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator model (JULES). Measurements informed the improvement of the nitrogen cycle component in the model. This dataset is part of a data series where plant and soil measurements were collected together to increase our understanding of coupled aboveground and belowground processes. Measurements were undertaken by trained members of staff from Bangor University, the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Exeter University. This data was collected for the NERC project 'The Multi-Scale Response of Water quality, Biodiversity and Carbon Sequestration to Coupled Macronutrient Cycling from Source to Sea' (NE/J011991/1). The project is also referred to as Turf2Surf. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3
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- Date (Publication)
- 2017-01-19
- Date (Creation)
- 2014-06-15
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3
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Glanville, H.C., Reinsch, S., Cosby, B.J., Emmett, B.A., Marshall, M.R., Smart, S.M., Winterbourn, J.B., Jones, D.L. (2017). Soil carbon data in the Conwy catchment in North Wales 2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reinsch, S.
Point of contact Bangor University Glanville, H.C.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reinsch, S. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Cosby, B.J. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Emmett, B.A. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Marshall, M.R. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Smart, S.M.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Winterbourn, J.B.
Author Bangor University Jones, D.L.
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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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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Soil
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- carbon
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Van Walt percussion (Cobra TT) core
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Elementar Vario Cube Select
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Conwy
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North Wales
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Turf2Surf
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T2S
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Macronutrients
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Soil
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- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Glanville, H.C., Reinsch, S., Cosby, B.J., Emmett, B.A., Marshall, M.R., Smart, S.M., Winterbourn, J.B., Jones, D.L. (2017). Soil carbon data in the Conwy catchment in North Wales 2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3
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- Text, table
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- 10 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- Geoscientific information
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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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/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3.zip Supporting information
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3 Download the data
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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
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- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Intact soil cores were collected in spring 2014 using a Van Walt percussion (Cobra TT) core. Soil cores were taken to a depth of 1 metre and divided into 15 centimetre (cm) depth increments. Total carbon (%) was analysed using thermal oxidation measured by an Elementar Vario Cube Select. Soil water content (SWC) and bulk density (BD) were measured using standard techniques. SWC and BD were used to calculate the soil carbon in kg per metre squared. All results were entered into Excel spreadsheets. Results from all the analyses were combined into one Excel spreadsheet. Data were then exported from this combined Excel spreadsheet as .csv files for ingestion into the EIDC.
Metadata
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- dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:23:44
- 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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