Basic information of three beech forest sites in Lower Saxony (GER), part of the research unit SubSOM

This dataset includes general information about the sites used in our study. Our main investigations were done in the Grinderwald research forest by conducting a litter manipulation experiment with 13C-enriched beech litter combined with DOC and CO2 monitoring from February 2015 until November 2016, and soil core sampling. The monitoring was complemented by burial of 13C-coated minerals (goethite and vermiculite) with subsequent field incubation for two years (May 2016 – May 2018) and laboratory batch sorption and desorption experiments. The latter was additionally done with soil from two beech forest sites (Rüdershausen and Ebergötzen) with varying parent material, texture, and pedogenic oxides. This dataset further serves as a parent dataset, which is connected to more detailed research data of the mentioned experiments.

Research domain: Soil Sciences

Research question: This dataset and all connected research data aim at evaluating temperate forest subsoils as potential future C-sinks.