Nitrification and CH4 Consumption in Fertilized Forest Soils in Lab — Nitrogen Deposition Study - LTER

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Methane consumption and nitrification in forest soils taken from different depths

This dataset contains data from Pongthep Suwanwaree’s dissertation entitled: Methane Oxidation in Terrestrial Ecosystem’s: Patterns and Effects of Disturbance, submitted to Michigan State University, Department of Crop and Soil Science, 2003.

Experiment:	Nitrogen Deposition Study - LTER
Dataset:	KBS046
Datatable ID:	KBS046-005.37
Core Areas	Organic Matter,Inorganic Nutrients,Disturbance
Repository link:	http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/39f0b78c33485fee4339ae81d9d75b56
Related Tables:	CH4, CO2 Fluxes via Static Chambers CH4, CO2 Fluxes in Forest Soils via Static Chambers - Tilled Microplots CH4, CO2 Fluxes in Forest Soils via Static Chambers - Fertilized Microplots CH4, CO2 Fluxes via Static Chambers Nitrification and CH4 Consumption via Lab Incubations
Personnel:	Phil Robertson, lead investigator Pongthep Suwanwaree, original investigator
Last Updated	2023-10-24

Variate	Description	Units
Plot	LTER plot code
Treatment	main experimental treatment
Replication	field and lab replication (3 field sites at 2 cores each)
Depth	soil depth interval	cm
CH4	measured CH4-C flux	µg/m^2/hr
no3	measured NO3-N in the soil	μg/g
nh4	measured NH4-N in the soil	μg/g
Nitrification	nitrification potential	µg/kg/hr
Moisture	soil moisture from the sample	%

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Data Excerpt

site	treatment	replicate	depth	ch4	no3	nh4	nitrification	moisture
CF	Control	1	0-5	0.06	2.61	5.25	0.19	12.73
CF	Control	2	0-5	0.06	11.84	6.38	0.25	10.86
CF	Control	3	0-5	0.18	5.14	4.82	0.15	11.9
CF	Control	4	0-5	0.25	35.97	3.67	0.28	4.94
CF	Control	5	0-5	0.21	4.29	5.2	0.08	14.6