7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b 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 2025-11-13T16:18:47 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Soil biological activity in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017 following a severe wildfire in July 2016 2025-04-08 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b 10.5285/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b doi: Barnett, C.L., Gashchak, S., Wells, C., Wood, M.D., Beresford, N.A. (2025). Soil biological activity in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017 following a severe wildfire in July 2016. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b Data comprise site location, soil chemistry information (pH, soil moisture, Loss on Ignition (LOI)), an estimate of ground burn extent and soil biological activity (derived from application of bait lamina sticks) at 23 sites in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), Ukraine in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017; there were three replicate plots at each site. The estimated ambient dose rate at each plot is also provided. The primary purpose of these data was to enable an evaluation of the potential impact of wildfire on soil organisms. The work was carried out by UKCEH, Chornobyl Centre for Nuclear Safety and the University of Salford. Funding for this work was via the NERC REDFIRE project (NE/P015212/). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b Catherine Barnett UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Barnett, C.L. UKCEH enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9723-7247 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 Gashchak, S. Chornobyl Center for Nuclear Safety sgaschak@chornobyl.net https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7582-6742 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 Wells, C. UKCEH enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Wood, M.D. University of Salford m.d.wood@salford.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0635-2387 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 Beresford, N.A. UKCEH enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8722-0238 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 UKCEH EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Biodiversity Radioecology Environmental risk Pollution Soil Annelid Chornobyl Chernobyl Detritivore otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Barnett, C.L., Gashchak, S., Wells, C., Wood, M.D., Beresford, N.A. (2025). Soil biological activity in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017 following a severe wildfire in July 2016. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b textTable English utf8 biota environment 2016-09-01 2017-09-30 29.152 30.679 51.024 51.951 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/7833bdf5-3e85-44d3-8e7d-c9bf0632e38b 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 Bait lamina sticks were inserted into the soil at each of the replicate plots and left in place for 18 days in September 2016, 41-44 days in March 2017 and 55-58 days in September 2017. Following removal the sticks were gently wiped clean and assessed for evidence of soil invertebrate feeding; the observations were recorded into MSExcel files by two members of UKCEH staff (reader 1 and reader 2). Soil was sampled at each plot on multiple occasions and the pH was determined in September 2016 and September 2017, soil dry matter (DM) was determined in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017 and soil Loss on Ignition (LOI) was determined in September 2016 and September 2017; all soil chemistry data were directly input to MSExcel files. The estimated ambient dose rate (µSv per hour) at each plot was measured in September 2016 and March 2017 and the site and plot field notes were recorded in September 2016. All field data were and transposed to MSExcel files by Chornobyl Center staff and supplied to UKCEH. All data were supplied to EIDC as csv files.