dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3 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 2025-11-13T16:23:44 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Soil carbon data in the Conwy catchment in North Wales 2014 2017-01-19 publication 2014-06-15 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3 10.5285/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3 doi: 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 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 Reinsch, S. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Glanville, H.C. Bangor University h.c.glanville@bangor.ac.uk author Reinsch, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-0677 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 Cosby, B.J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-3373 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 Emmett, B.A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-4389 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 Marshall, M.R. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2869-0616 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 Smart, S.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Winterbourn, J.B. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Jones, D.L. Bangor University d.jones@bangor.ac.uk author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities Soil theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication carbon Van Walt percussion (Cobra TT) core Elementar Vario Cube Select Conwy North Wales Turf2Surf T2S Macronutrients Soil otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions 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 textTable 10 English utf8 geoscientificInformation -4.031 -3.592 52.944 53.31 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/dd6835bf-9c7e-4ad6-95f2-d15f24162fb3 Download the data Download a copy of this data download 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 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.