1e9cd575-66a0-4d7e-920c-4ce462efe5ce 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 2025-11-13T16:19:59 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Atmospheric gas and vegetation survey data from Winklebury Hill, UK, in 2014 2017-01-10 publication 2014-12-31 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/1e9cd575-66a0-4d7e-920c-4ce462efe5ce 10.5285/1e9cd575-66a0-4d7e-920c-4ce462efe5ce doi: 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 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 Fry, E. University of Manchester ellen.fry@manchester.ac.uk pointOfContact Fry, E.L. University of Manchester ellen.fry@manchester.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7513-2006 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 Hall, A.L. University of Manchester Amy.hall@manchester.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2912-6339 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 Savage, J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5280-5148 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 Bardgett, R.D. University of Manchester richard.bardgett@manchester.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5131-0127 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 Ostle, N. Lancaster University n.ostle@lancaster.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3263-3702 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 Pywell, R.F. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-9959 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 Bullock, J.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-4020 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 Oakley, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5757-7420 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 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 theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication soil moisture carbon dioxide photosynthesis methane ammonium nitrate GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Wessex BESS PAR soil temperature ecosystem respiration net ecosystem CO2 exchange nitrous oxide otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © University of Manchester, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster University otherRestrictions 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 textTable English utf8 biota environment climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 2014-06-01 2014-09-30 -2.08 -2.063 50.986 50.998 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/1e9cd575-66a0-4d7e-920c-4ce462efe5ce Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/1e9cd575-66a0-4d7e-920c-4ce462efe5ce.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information 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 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.