Soil microbial stoichiometry and enzyme activities along an agricultural post-mining chronosequence

This dataset includes data on soil stoichiometry (total organic carbon and total nitrogen), soil microbial stoichiometry (microbial biomass carbon, -nitrogen and -phosphorus), microbial basal respiration, and soil enzyme activity along a 52 year space-for-time chronosequence of reclaimed agricultural land after brown coal mining. Samples were taken in March 2016 from the restored arable land adjacent to the open-cast brown coal mine Inden, NRW Germany (6◦15’0’E to 6◦21’0’E and 50◦50’5’N to 50◦53’0’N). 11 sites were sampled along the chronosequence, which included samples taken from the arable field and the arable margins (grass strips bordering the arable fields).

Research domain: Soil Sciences

Research question: Research question and results can be found in the publication: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-020-01532-2