Soil element content dataset of Dongting Lake beach (2012 – 2016)

The dataset consists of 5 tables, which are "Dongting Lake Beach Soil Element Content" table, "Plot Information" table, "Plot Management Record" table, "Analysis Method Record" table and "Standard Sample Determination Record" table. The table of "soil element content in Dongting Lake beach" recorded the monitoring data of soil elements in surface layer of three typical wetland plants (Carex. sp, Triarrhena lutarioriparia and Polygonum hydropiper) in Dongting Lake, contained 27 entries, which includes station code, year, month, day, plot code, sampling subplot description (micro-topography), soil type, parent material, vegetation/crop, sampling depth (cm), organic matter (g/kg), total nitrogen (N g/kg), total phosphorus (P g/kg), total potassium (K g/kg), available phosphorus (P mg/kg), available. potassium (unit: K mg/kg), total manganese (Mn mg/kg), total iron (Fe%), cadmium (Cd mg/kg), lead (Pb mg/kg), chromium (Cr mg/kg), nickel (Ni mg/kg), mercury (Hg mg/kg), arsenic (As mg/kg), and remarks, with the total being 26 fields.