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Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2019

Robinson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-4867; Alison, Jamie; Andrews, Christopher; Brentegani, Michele; Chetiu, Nicolae-Florian; Dart, Susanna; Emmett, Bridget ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-4389; Fitos, Eleonora; Garbutt, Angus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9145-9786; Gray, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6785-0590; Henrys, Peter; Hunt, Alexander; Keenan, Patrick; Keith, Aidan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-1320; Koblizek, Emma; Robinson, Inma; Millani Lopes Mazzetto, Josiane; Pallett, Denise; Dos Santos Pereira, Gloria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3740-0019; Pinder, Adam; Rose, Rob; Rowe, Rebecca; Scarlett, Peter; Seaton, Fiona; Smart, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-7832; Towill, Jennifer; Wagner, Markus; Williams, Bronwen; Wood, Claire. Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 6 October 2020, https://doi.org/10.5285/aaada12b-0af0-44ba-8ffc-5e07f410f435 [Output (Electronic)]

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Abstract/Summary

This dataset consists of measures of topsoil (0-15cm) physico-chemical properties from soils sampled from the first 100 1km squares across Great Britain in 2019 as part of a rolling soil and vegetation monitoring program of 500 1km squares repeated every 5 years. The properties included are: soil organic matter (loss on ignition (LOI)), derived carbon concentration, total soil organic carbon (SOC), nitrogen, Olsen-phosphorous, pH, electrical conductivity, soil bulk density of fine earth and fine earth volumetric water content. The UKCEH Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and predecessors, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to soil data, vegetation species data are also gathered by the current phase of Countryside Survey.

Item Type: Output (Electronic)
Electronic Identifier / URL / DOI: https://doi.org/10.5285/aaada12b-0af0-44ba-8ffc-5e07f410f435
Date made live: 07 Oct 2020 09:11 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528651

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