Measurements of microarthropod community structure and diversity from an upland grassland experimental site [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

Data comprises patterns of diversity in a below-ground community of microarthropods (mites and collembola), measured during a nutrient (calcium and nitrogen) manipulation experiment, located at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Soil Biodiversity Site in Sourhope, Scotland, UK. Data collected include abundance of microarthropods, and also microbial biomass carbon, soil respiration, wet pH using de-ionised water, soil loss on ignition, dry root biomass, total carbon and nitrogen content of soil and roots and soil moisture content. The data were collected as a component of the NERC Soil Biodiversity 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. 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/fe2ba292-08b0-428c-8e27-8c851a4a8bbc

本数据集涵盖在苏格兰斯奥霍普国家环境研究委员会（NERC）土壤生物多样性站点的地下微节肢动物（螨类和弹尾目动物）多样性模式，该模式是在一次营养元素（钙和氮）操控实验中测定的。数据收集内容包括微节肢动物的丰度、微生物生物量碳、土壤呼吸、使用去离子水测量的土壤湿润pH值、土壤在灼烧后的损失、干燥根生物量、土壤和根中的总碳氮含量以及土壤水分含量。这些数据是作为国家环境研究委员会土壤生物多样性项目的一部分进行收集的，该项目始于1999年，以位于苏格兰边界麦凯莱土地利用研究所（现为詹姆斯·哈顿研究所）农场斯奥霍普的大型田间实验的深入研究为中心。在此期间，该站点被监测以评估地上生物量生产（生产力）、物种组成及相对丰度（多样性）的变化。关于此数据集的详细信息，请参阅https://doi.org/10.5285/fe2ba292-08b0-428c-8e27-8c851a4a8bbc。