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Soil Microbial Biomass & Biovolume via Epifluorescence Microscopy

Soil biovolume and carbon as determined by epifluorescence microscopy.

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Context:

The purpose of these studies is to determine patterns of microbial biomass dynamics in crop, successional and forest communities.

This project consists of two studies involving microbial biomass determination in soil samples taken from the Main Cropping System Experiment (KBS004): Chloroform Fumigation-Incubation; Soil Microbial Biomass C and N, and Epifluorescence Microscopy and Image Analysis; Soil Microbial Biovolume and C. The data for both studies are generated from subsets of the same soil samples, collected from treatments 1 – 8, CF, DF, and SF. See the descriptor (KBS004) for treatment descriptions. Samples are collected approximately monthly (during ice-free conditions) or annually (varies by year) from 5 sampling stations in each of 6 replicate plots per treatment; exceptions are treatment 8 (four reps), and treatments CF, DF, and SF (three reps each). For experiment descriptions, protocols, and data, see individual datasets.

Samples were collected by K. Klingensmith in 1989 and by S. Halstead in other years. D. Harris performed lab analysis, data entry, data analysis, and data submission. Original data files not available; contact the LTER data manager with questions. The data currently available was derived from web-based files which were last reviewed by D. Harris on 10-01-1997 and may be available from archives.

Experiment: Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
Temporal Coverage: 1990-04-24 to 1996-05-07
Dataset: KBS011
Datatable ID: KBS011-002.21
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Last Updated 2010-03-23
Metadata
Variate Description Units
date date of sampling
trt cropping system treatment
rep replicate block
stn replicate station within block
bac num total bacteria number/gram
bac vol bacterial biovolume cubicmicrometers/gram
bac c bacterial biomass C micrograms/gram
hyp len total length fungal hyphae meters/gram
hyp diam mean fungal hyphal diameter micrometer
hyp vol fungal hyphal biovolume cubicmicrometers/gram
hyp c fungal hyphal biomass C micrograms/gram
dmc c total microscopic biomass C micrograms/gram
Year year in which date occurs

Data Excerpt

Date Trt Rep Stn Bac Num Bac Vol Bac C Hyp Len Hyp Diam Hyp Vol Hyp C Dmc C Year
1990-04-24 T1 R1 C 1.76e+09 3.44e+08 68.9 39.5 2.5 1.94e+08 29.1 98 1990
1990-04-24 T1 R2 C 2.1e+09 4.11e+08 82.2 68.1 2.5 3.34e+08 50.1 132.4 1990
1990-04-24 T1 R3 C 1.88e+09 3.69e+08 73.9 64.6 2.5 3.17e+08 47.6 121.4 1990
1990-04-24 T1 R4 C 1.66e+09 3.26e+08 65.1 147.4 2.5 7.24e+08 108.5 173.7 1990
1990-04-24 T1 R5 C 2.04e+09 4e+08 79.9 143.5 2.5 7.04e+08 105.7 185.6 1990
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