Soil functional measurements (enzymatic activities) across geo linked sampling locations, on grassland, UK (2016)

Data are presented of enzymatic activity of soil collected from paired intensive and extensive grassland systems including low and high pH parent soils, from 32 sites across the United Kingdom. The samples were collected during winter and spring 2015-2016 by project staff experienced in soil core collection. Dry soil samples were analysed for a suit of extracellular hydrolytic enzyme activities. Fluorescently labeled substrates were used to enable the activity of the following enzymes to be measured. All analysis was carried out at CEH Wallingford. The data were collected to help understand soil functional change in a variety of management and climatic scenarios as part of NERC U-GRASS (Understanding and enhancing soil ecosystem services and resilience in UK grass and croplands) award (NERC Reference NE/M017125/1) part of the NERC Soil Security Programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/15026591-f803-4b18-a359-cd69ea0e6069

本数据集收录了来自英国32个地点的配对高强度和低强度草地系统，包括低pH和高pH母质土壤的土壤酶活性数据。这些样本于2015-2016年冬季和春季由具有土壤芯采集经验的课题组成员收集。干燥的土壤样本被用于分析一系列胞外水解酶活性。采用荧光标记的底物以测量以下酶的活性。所有分析均在CEH Wallingford进行。数据收集旨在帮助理解在不同管理和气候情景下土壤功能的变化，作为NERC U-GRASS（理解并增强英国草地和耕作地的土壤生态系统服务与韧性）项目（NERC参考号NE/M017125/1）的一部分，该项目属于NERC土壤安全计划。关于本数据集的详细信息可查阅https://doi.org/10.5285/15026591-f803-4b18-a359-cd69ea0e6069。