The data was from a study about resource limitation for soil microbial growth in climate change simulation treatments in the subarctic. The data include soil properties, microbial respiration, and microbial growth. Soil properties including soil water content, soil organic matter, and electrical conductivity, were measured to detect if our field treatments (i.e., nitrogen fertilisation and plant litter addition in a tundra ecosystem in Abisko, Sweden) had any effect on soil physicochemistry. Microbial biomass was estimated by phospholipid-derived fatty acids, to detect the effects of field treatments on soil microbial biomass. Soil microbial growth rates were measured by Bacterial growth was estimated by 3H-leucine incorporation into proteins and 3H thymidine incorporation into DNA. Fungal growth was estimated using the 14C-acetate incorporation into ergosterol method. Soil respiration rate (as CO2 produced by microbes during a certain time) was determined using a gas chromatograph. For more details about the experiment design and the calculation, please see the file “Field and laboratory”.

Data contains personal data

Language

English

Method and outcome

Time period(s) investigated

2019-06 – 2019-06

2020-08 – 2020-08

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Text

Data collection

Mode of collection: Field/Intervention experiment
Time period(s) for data collection: 2019 – 2020

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Geographic description:
Abisko, Sweden (68°19'N, 18°50'E) Where the soils were sampled
Lund, Sweden (55°42'N, 13°11'E) Where the laboratory work was carried out

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Biology

Contributor(s)

Meng Na - Lund University, Department of Biology

Funding 1

Funding agency: The Swedish Research Council
Funding agency's reference number: 2020-03858

Funding 2

Funding agency: The Swedish Research Council
Funding agency's reference number: 2020-04083

Funding 3

Funding agency: The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Funding agency's reference number: KAW 2022.0175

Topic and keywords

Research area

Environmental sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Natural sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Microbiology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Ecology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Microbial ecology

Publications

Published: 2023-11-09