Dataset

BAC: Biodiversity and Climate - Experiment 249

Soil microbial functions and enzyme activity

Years Available: 2011 - 2012

Principle Investigators

Tilman, David
Powers, Jennifer
McFadden, Joe

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Environmental Data Initiative data package

EDI Package ID	DOI
knb-lter-cdr.591.8	doi:10.6073/pasta/119d926e639cca06b93b5f1ec6c040f1

ATTRIBUTES

Field	Name	Definition	Unit	Code
1	Plotcode	BAC plot number sampled
2	Year	Year sample was collected (YYYY)
3	Plant species richness	Number of species planted in plot	number
4	Temperature	Temperature treatment		ambient=ambient temperature, 1.5 degrees C=temperature increase of 1.5 degrees C using heating lamps, 3 degrees C=temperature increase of 3 degrees C using heating lamps
5	Legumes	presence/absence of legumes		0=absence; 1=presence
6	Forbs	presence/absence of forbs		0=absence; 1=presence
7	Woody species	presence/absence of woddy species		0=absence; 1=presence
8	C3-grasses	presence/absence of C3-grasses		0=absence; 1=presence
9	C4-grasses	presence/absence of C4-grasses		0=absence; 1=presence
10	Water content percent	soil water content	dimensionless
11	Cmic	microbial biomass (??g microbial biomass/gram soil dry weight)	microgramsPerGram
12	C	Microbial growth after addtion of glucose	dimensionless
13	CN	Microbial growth after addtion of glucose and ammoniumsulfate	dimensionless
14	CP	Microbial growth after addtion of glucose and monopotassium phosphate	dimensionless
15	CNP	Microbial growth after addtion of glucose, monopotassium phosphate and ammoniumsulfate	dimensionless
16	Beta-1,4-Glucosidase	substrate Beta-1,4-Glucosidase activity (nmol/gram dry soil/hour)	nmolPerGramPerHour
17	Cellobiohydrolase	substrate Cellobiohydrolase activity (nmol/gram dry soil/hour)	nmolPerGramPerHour
18	Beta-1,4-N-Acetylglucosaminidase	substrate Beta-1,4-N-Acetylglucosaminidase activity (nmol/gram dry soil/hour)	nmolPerGramPerHour
19	Acid phosphatase	substrate Acid phosphatase activity (nmol/gram dry soil/hour)	nmolPerGramPerHour
20	Phenol oxidase	substrate Phenol oxidase activity (nmol/gram dry soil/hour)	nmolPerGramPerHour
21	Peroxidase	substrate Peroxidase activity (nmol/gram dry soil/hour)	nmolPerGramPerHour
22	Urease	substrate Urease activity (nmol/gram dry soil/hour)	nmolPerGramPerHour
23	Beta-1,4-Glucosidase	Mass specific enzyme activity of Beta-1,4-Glucosidase (nmol/hour / ??g microbial biomass carbon)	nmolPerHourPerMicrogram
24	Cellobiohydrolase	Mass specific enzyme activity of Cellobiohydrolase (nmol/hour / ??g microbial biomass carbon)	nmolPerHourPerMicrogram
25	Beta1,4-N-Acetylglucosaminidase	Mass specific enzyme activity of Beta-1,4-N-Acetylglucosaminidase (nmol/hour /??g microbial biomass carbon)	nmolPerHourPerMicrogram
26	Acid phosphatase	Mass specific enzyme activity of Acid phosphatase (nmol/hour / ??g microbial biomass carbon)	nmolPerHourPerMicrogram
27	Phenol oxidase	Mass specific enzyme activity of Phenol oxidase (nmol/hour / ??g microbial biomass carbon)	nmolPerHourPerMicrogram
28	Peroxidase	Mass specific enzyme activity of Peroxidase (nmol/hour / ??g microbial biomass carbon)	nmolPerHourPerMicrogram
29	Urease	Mass specific enzyme activity of Urease (nmol/hour / ??g microbial biomass carbon)	nmolPerHourPerMicrogram

SAMPLE DATASET

Plotcode	Year	Plant species richness	Temperature	Legumes	Forbs	Woody species	C3-grasses	C4-grasses	Water content %	Cmic	C	CN	CP	CNP	Beta-1,4-Glucosidase	Cellobio-hydrolase	Beta-1,4-N-acetylgluco-saminidase	Acid phosphatase	Phenol oxidase	Peroxidase	Urease	Beta-1,4-Glucosidase	Cellobio-hydrolase	Beta-1,4-N-acetylgluco-saminidase	Acid phosphatase	Phenol oxidase	Peroxidase	Urease
137 B	2011	1	+ 1.5 degrees C	1	0	0	0	0	5.17	252.215	0.0671	0.0861	0.0506	0.1006	2530.21	40.49	304.03	19670.48	0.28	3.33	69.38	0.55	7.65	1.17	9.04	0.0006	0.0214	1.25
167 B	2011	1	+ 1.5 degrees C	0	1	0	0	0	4.5	136.458	0.0359	0.1264	0.0894	0.0416	3470.42	60.09	355.43	20904.01	0.32	3.04	114.82	0.30	14.73	1.66	110.07	0.0011	0.0028	0.47
237 B	2011	1	+ 1.5 degrees C	0	0	0	1	0	6.54	193.999	0.0354	0.0505	0.0364	0.0561	4847.33	212.55	476.5	37793.18	0.40	4.81	109.43	1.94	31.32	10.43	141.93	0.0030	0.0216	0.92
280 B	2011	1	+ 1.5 degrees C	0	0	0	0	1	3.77	96.812	0.0056	0.134	0.0809	0.085	2981.92	400.56	388.65	23190.77	0.29	1.86	69.1	0.53	34.82	5.75	257.68	0.0024	0.0437	0.82
290 B	2011	1	+ 1.5 degrees C	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	270.067	0.0454	0.119	0.075	0.0481	3107.43	98.98	533.54	27852.89	0.26	0.40	103.3	1.11	18.43	8.82	88.75	0.0005	0.0096	0.54
291 B	2011	1	+ 1.5 degrees C	1	0	0	0	0	2.19	138.364	0.045	0.1214	0.1111	0.1012	3287.7	104.71	372.11	25401.45	0.27	0.57	126.59	0.57	20.26	2.26	150.42	0.0018	0.0060	0.30
338 B	2011	1	+ 1.5 degrees C	0	1	0	0	0	3.69	205.559	0.0486	0.104	0.1036	0.0384	3901.49	841.8	2652.78	22360.85	0.46	2.71	167.64	1.15	16.51	3.57	25.37	0.0004	0.0245	2.27
137 B	2011	1	+ 3 degrees C	1	0	0	0	0	3.69	233.915	0.0346	0.1002	0.0473	0.148	3499.63	60.93	328.79	14930.4	0.25	3.26	109.65	0.95	8.82	3.28	22.00	0.0018	0.0182	5.72
167 B	2011	1	+ 3 degrees C	0	1	0	0	0	3.26	147.121	0.0311	0.1174	0.065	0.1306	1940.91	258.51	974.66	9937.29	0.33	2.04	1280.65	1.09	32.31	3.48	195.00	0.0023	0.0084	0.79
230 B	2011	1	+ 3 degrees C	0	0	0	0	1	4.53	181.02	0.0292	0.1072	0.0645	0.1119	1877.5	169.37	522.21	2913.14	0.26	3.14	1101.58	0.16	10.03	1.21	77.99	0.0011	0.0132	0.28
237 B	2011	1	+ 3 degrees C	0	0	0	1	0	3.54	101.282	0.0438	0.0556	0.0335	0.0249	2427.97	70.71	381.03	7348.51	0.27	0.54	69.35	0.44	25.43	2.60	153.19	0.0023	0.0223	0.84
280 B	2011	1	+ 3 degrees C	0	0	0	0	1	2.81	111.603	0.0394	0.1164	0.0577	0.1161	2712.57	118.8	242.8	15846.71	0.37	2.82	57.85	1.10	24.99	2.46	194.81	0.0021	0.0248	0.56

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