Soil Microbial Biomass and Biovolume via Microscopy — Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)

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Soil biovolume and carbon as determined by epifluorescence microscopy.

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This datatable is part of the Microbial Biomass Dynamics dataset.

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.

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Experiment: Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
Data available from: April 1990 to May 1996
Dataset: KBS011
Datatable ID: KBS011-002.29
Core Areas Populations,Organic Matter,Disturbance
Repository link: http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/ab7e1f425eca2a50e84341ce18389b1c
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Last Updated 2023-10-24
Variate Description Units
date date of sampling
trt cropping system treatment
rep replicate block
stn replicate station within block
bac num total bacteria
bac vol bacterial biovolume
bac c bacterial biomass C μg/g
hyp len total length fungal hyphae
hyp diam mean fungal hyphal diameter
hyp vol fungal hyphal biovolume
hyp c fungal hyphal biomass C μg/g
dmc c total microscopic biomass C μg/g
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 1760000000.0 344000000.0 68.9 39.5 2.5 194000000.0 29.1 98.0 1990.0
1990-04-24 T1 R2 C 2100000000.0 411000000.0 82.2 68.1 2.5 334000000.0 50.1 132.4 1990.0
1990-04-24 T1 R3 C 1880000000.0 369000000.0 73.9 64.6 2.5 317000000.0 47.6 121.4 1990.0
1990-04-24 T1 R4 C 1660000000.0 326000000.0 65.1 147.4 2.5 724000000.0 108.5 173.7 1990.0
1990-04-24 T1 R5 C 2040000000.0 400000000.0 79.9 143.5 2.5 704000000.0 105.7 185.6 1990.0
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