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Carbon and nitrogen content in soils and vegetation from calcareous grassland, heathland and woodland sites in Dorset, 2017-2018
This dataset contains carbon and nitrogen data from soils and vegetation from 13 calcareous grassland, 13 heathland and 12 woodland sites within Dorset, UK. The sites were selected to represent a range of habitat types across a condition gradient as measured by levels of degradation from the original habitat. The original habitats were identified as being calcareous grassland, heathland or woodland from a survey conducted in the 1930s. Within each site, 15cm deep soil cores were taken and analysed for total nitrogen, total carbon and bulk density. Within the same area for each site, vegetation samples were taken from five 50cm quadrats and separated into herbacous or shrub layers before analysis for total carbon, total nitrogen and dry weight. Heathland and calcareous grassland sites were visited in summer 2017 and woodland sites were visited in summer 2018. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ea43c2d1-88f5-4692-a09d-0ef4d96e0f35
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- Date (Publication)
- 2021-02-24
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ea43c2d1-88f5-4692-a09d-0ef4d96e0f35
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/ea43c2d1-88f5-4692-a09d-0ef4d96e0f35
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McCracken, M.E., Bullock, J.M., Ridding, L.E., Hulmes, L., Hulmes, S., Newton, A.C., Watson, S.C.L., Pereira, G.M., Hunt, A., Keenan, P. (2021). Carbon and nitrogen content in soils and vegetation from calcareous grassland, heathland and woodland sites in Dorset, 2017-2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ea43c2d1-88f5-4692-a09d-0ef4d96e0f35
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology McCracken, M.
Point of contact NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology McCracken, M.E.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Bullock, J.M.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Ridding, L.E.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Hulmes, L.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Hulmes, S.
Author University of Bournemouth
Newton, A.C.
Author University of Portsmouth
Watson, S.C.L.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Pereira, G.M.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Hunt, A.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Keenan, P.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
- Keywords
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- Soil
- Environmental survey
- bulk density
- dry weight
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woodland
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calcareous grassland
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- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: McCracken, M.E., Bullock, J.M., Ridding, L.E., Hulmes, L., Hulmes, S., Newton, A.C., Watson, S.C.L., Pereira, G.M., Hunt, A., Keenan, P. (2021). Carbon and nitrogen content in soils and vegetation from calcareous grassland, heathland and woodland sites in Dorset, 2017-2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ea43c2d1-88f5-4692-a09d-0ef4d96e0f35
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- Text, table
- Distance
- 1 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
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- UTF8
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2017-05-01
- End date
- 2018-06-30
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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/data/ea43c2d1-88f5-4692-a09d-0ef4d96e0f35 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/ea43c2d1-88f5-4692-a09d-0ef4d96e0f35.zip Supporting information
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dataset
Conformance result
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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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Sample squares (50m x 50m plots) were randomly assigned within the original Good survey site prior to visit, using ArcGIS. Within each sample square, four 15cm deep soil cores were taken. Two were air dried and sieved through a 2mm soil sieve, amalgamated and analysed by Lancaster Laboratories, UKCEH for total carbon and total nitrogen. Bulk density was assessed in the additional two soil samples and averaged for the site. Vegetation samples were collected from five 50cm quadrats across the sample square. All layers of vegetation were sampled where they were present. All samples were dried and weighed. Dried vegetation was sent to the Centralised Lancaster Laboratories, UKCEH for analysis. Data were collected by experienced field ecologists, the same ecologists carried out all surveys. Data are consistent and reliable. Data were recorded into the spreadsheet as recorded in the field. Data were checked for any anomalies.
Metadata
- File identifier
- ea43c2d1-88f5-4692-a09d-0ef4d96e0f35 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:24:59
- 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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