Substrate utilisation profiles and moisture content data from soil sampled in an upland grassland experiment at Sourhope, Scotland [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]
These data comprise substrate utilisation profiles (using the BIOLOG gram-negative method) and moisture content data from soil sampled in an upland grassland experiment at Sourhope, Scotland. BIOLOG-GN (gram-negative) substrate utilisation analyses were used to give an indication of the ability of a subset of the bacterial community to utilise various carbon sources. These data include both temporal and spatial diversity in different depths of semi-natural grassland soil cores collected at different sample dates. Samples were collected in July 1999, October 1999, April 2000 and August 2000. Data were collected as part of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme, established in 1999 and centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute)'s farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). During this time, the site was monitored to assess changes in aboveground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity). Full details about this dataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/c42b0e3b-69e4-4941-addf-20c2e0612c58
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- Date (Publication)
- 2018-01-25
- Date (Creation)
- 2000-08-31
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- doi: / 10.5285/c42b0e3b-69e4-4941-addf-20c2e0612c58
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- Griffiths, R.I., Whiteley, A.S., O'Donnell, A.G., Bailey, M.J., Buckland, S.M. (2018). Substrate utilisation profiles and moisture content data from soil sampled in an upland grassland experiment at Sourhope, Scotland [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/c42b0e3b-69e4-4941-addf-20c2e0612c58
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- © 2018 University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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- Copyright © 2018 The James Hutton Institute
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Griffiths, R.I., Whiteley, A.S., O'Donnell, A.G., Bailey, M.J., Buckland, S.M. (2018). Substrate utilisation profiles and moisture content data from soil sampled in an upland grassland experiment at Sourhope, Scotland [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c42b0e3b-69e4-4941-addf-20c2e0612c58
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- Environment
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- Begin date
- 1999-07-08
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- 2000-08-31
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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- 2010-12-08
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- Data were collected as part of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme, which was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) (now the James Hutton Institute)'s farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT8545019630). Data were collected by scientists employed by Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and MLURI, and were managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
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- 2025-11-13T16:19:54
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- UK GEMINI
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- 2.3
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