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Atmospheric gas and vegetation survey data from Winklebury Hill, UK, in 2014
This dataset contains greenhouse gas flux data and vegetation survey data from an experiment based at Winklebury Hill, UK. The vegetation survey comprises total species percentage cover and species richness data from four 50 cm by 50 cm quadrats. The greenhouse gas flux data comprises net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange, photosynthesis and respiration data measured with an Infra-red Gas Analyser (IRGA); methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide data measured using gas chromatography; and nitrate and ammonium from soil samples extracted with potassium chloride. The experiment used seeds and plug plants to create different plant communities on the bare chalk on Winklebury Hill and tested the resulting carbon and nutrient cycling rates and compared these to the characteristics of different plant functional groups. The experiment ran from 2013 to 2016 and this dataset contains data from 2014 only. This experiment was part of the Wessex BESS project, a six-year (2011-2017) project aimed at understanding how biodiversity underpins the ecosystem functions and services that landscapes provide. Full details about this dataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/1e9cd575-66a0-4d7e-920c-4ce462efe5ce
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- Date (Publication)
- 2017-01-10
- Date (Creation)
- 2014-12-31
- Identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/1e9cd575-66a0-4d7e-920c-4ce462efe5ce
- Other citation details
- Fry, E.L., Hall, A.L., Savage, J., Bardgett, R.D., Ostle, N., Pywell, R.F., Bullock, J.M., Oakley, S. (2017). Atmospheric gas and vegetation survey data from Winklebury Hill, UK, in 2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/1e9cd575-66a0-4d7e-920c-4ce462efe5ce
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- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
- GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
- Keywords
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- Wessex BESS
- PAR
- soil temperature
- ecosystem respiration
- net ecosystem CO2 exchange
- nitrous oxide
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- Use constraints
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- Other constraints
- © University of Manchester, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster University
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Fry, E.L., Hall, A.L., Savage, J., Bardgett, R.D., Ostle, N., Pywell, R.F., Bullock, J.M., Oakley, S. (2017). Atmospheric gas and vegetation survey data from Winklebury Hill, UK, in 2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/1e9cd575-66a0-4d7e-920c-4ce462efe5ce
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- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
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- utf8 UTF8
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- Biota
- Environment
- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 2014-06-01
- End date
- 2014-09-30
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- For greenhouse gas exchange flux, a time series correlation was calculated and low correlations removed (<70%). Outliers were also removed at the beginning and end of sample where appropriate. Calibrations at two levels were done for methane gas flux (at 14, and 33 ppm), carbon dioxide gas flux (at 500 and 1000 ppm) and nitrous oxide gas flux (at 200 and 370 ppm). For soil extractable nitrate and potassium chloride, the analysis used 5% analytical replicates, recalibration (at 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 ppm) and blanks every 20 samples. Standardised protocols were followed in all cases, details of which can be found in the supporting documentation.
- File identifier
- 1e9cd575-66a0-4d7e-920c-4ce462efe5ce XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:19:59
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
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