Role of Soil Fauna in Nitrogen Cycling and Plant Succession: Soil and Plan measurements

Lab-based element of Patricia Gilarte's PhD project. Further details about the contents of the attached data can be found upon unzipping. Brief descriotions are included here:Soil measurementsMeasurements taken in the soil.moist:%: moisture in soil (loss by ignition, 104�, 24h, %water content)nematode refers to nematode inoculation: control (no nematodes); bacterial (bacterial feeding nematodes added); plant (root feeding nematodes added)Plant refers to plant mixture: acacia (acacia only); banksia (banksia alone) and both (acacia and banksia)stage refers to successional stage: early and latemineral nitrogen in soil (ammonium and nitrate) was obtained through mild extracts (2N KCl) analyzed in a Discrete Multi-Chemistry Analyzer AQ2 (by Seal Analytical, Inc. Mequon, WI., analyzed at HIE, NSW, Australia).nematode refers to nematode inoculation: control (no nematodes); bacterial (bacterial feeding nematodes added); plant (root feeding nematodes added)Plant refers to plant mixture: acacia (acacia only); banksia (banksia alone) and both (acacia and banksia)stage refers to successional stage: early and latenh4:NH4: ammonium content in soil (mg/L)no3:NO3: nitrate content in soil (mg/L)nemas:number of nematodes in soil were extracted in modified wet funnels from soil subsamples (50 g wet soil; Viglierchio and Schmitt, 1983). The total number of nematodes extracted per pot was then counted under dissecting microscope (Olympus, SZX10).nematode refers to nematode inoculation: control (no nematodes); bacterial (bacterial feeding nematodes added); plant (root feeding nematodes added)Plant refers to plant mixture: acacia (acacia only); banksia (banksia alone) and both (acacia and banksia)stage refers to successional stage: early and latenemg: number of nematodes per gram of soil