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Fungi and invertebrate environmental DNA detections in soil samples from 21 sites across England, 2023

This dataset contains percentages, counts and metrics of fungi, invertebrates, and soil invertebrates from 656 soil samples collected from 21 Forestry England and partner sites across England throughout 2023. The sites included an ancient woodland National Nature Reserve, sitka spruce monocultures, heather moorland and breck heath. Important sites for nature recovery were also sampled: New Forest, Forest of Dean, and Wild Ennerdale. The soil samples were collected as part of the Forestry England 2023 eDNA Survey. The primary aim of the survey was to establish a baseline in order to detect future change alongside reference sites. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/07c32201-c374-4432-a00b-832dedee571e

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Date (Publication)
2024-04-16
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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/07c32201-c374-4432-a00b-832dedee571e
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/07c32201-c374-4432-a00b-832dedee571e
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Stringer, A., Swan, D. (2024). Fungi and invertebrate environmental DNA detections in soil samples from 21 sites across England, 2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/07c32201-c374-4432-a00b-832dedee571e
Author
  Forestry England - Stringer, A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6192-275X
Author
  NatureMetrics - Swan, D.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8978-8129
Point of contact
  Forestry England - Stringer, A.
Owner
  Forestry England
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Stringer, A., Swan, D. (2024). Fungi and invertebrate environmental DNA detections in soil samples from 21 sites across England, 2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/07c32201-c374-4432-a00b-832dedee571e
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
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Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota
Begin date
2023-01-01
End date
2023-12-31
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
The soil samples were collected by project officers, district ecologists, and contractors using standard soil sampling approaches and kits provided by NatureMetrics. Nine subsamples were mixed to create a sample. Five samples were taken within a 5ha plot. Between three and ten plots were used per site. Environmental DNA metabarcoding was completed on samples using three primers, ITS2, 18S, and COI by NatureMetrics. NatureMetrics analysed all samples, including their standard quality assurance procedure, and provided the data to Forestry England. Forestry England checked the data and prepared it (e.g., conversion to CSV) for EIDC submission. Please note that several GPS coordinates in the metadata are thought to be inaccurate and are highlighted as such.
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Date stamp
2024-04-18T08:39:10
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 , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
 
 

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