Environmental Data: Climarctic seasons

Climarctic seasons dataset Envidat.xlsx

Samples description • sample number: sample list number (S1 to S126) • season: season during which the samples were collected • location: one of the two location where the samples were collected in the vicinity of Ny Alesund on Svalbard • slope site: sites where the samples were collected along the toposequence (upslope = top of the slope, midslope = middle of the slope, downslope = bottom of the slope) • soil layer: depth layer where the sample were collected (biocrust = 0-2 cm and mineral soil = 5-10 cm) • replicate: replicated sampled (3 replicates per site) Environmental variables • pH = pH value of the soil • sand = proportion of sand of the soil [%] • silt = proportion of silt of the soil [%] • clay = proportion of clay of the soil [%] • GWC = Gravimetric Water content in the soil [%] • OM = Organic Matter content in the soil [g] • N = Total Nitrogen content in soil [mg/g] • C = Total Carbon content in soil [mg/g] • C/N = ration of C content over N content [ratio] • NO3 = Nitrate content in soil [mg/kg] • NO2 = Nitrite content in soil [mg/kg] • NH4 = Ammonium content in soil [mg/kg] • Ptot = Total Phosphorus content in soil [mg/kg] • Pavail = Available Phosphorus content in soil [mg/kg] • PO4 = Phsphate content in soil [mg/kg] • CO2 = CO2 fluxes from soil [mmol CO2 m-2 d-1] • CH4 = CH4 fluxes from soil [umol CH4 m-2 d-1] • N2O = N2O fluxes from soil [umol CH4 m-2 d-1] • GPP = Gross Primary Production [mmol CO2 m-2 d-1] • ER = Ecosystem respiration [mmol CO2 m-2 d-1] • NEE = Net Ecosystem Exchange [mmol CO2 m-2 d-1] • glucoOM = glucosidase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1] • 23 xyloOM = xylosidase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1] • chitOM = N-acetyl-glucosaminidase (chitinase) enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1] • phosOM = phosphatase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1] • leuOM = leucine-aminopeptidase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1] • PPOM = Polyphenol Peroxidase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1] • POOM = Polyphenol Oxidase enzyme activity [mmol h-1 gOM-1] • 30. Bac16SOM = Bacterial 16S gene abundance [copies gOM-1] • 31. BacamoAOM = Bacterial amoA gene abundance [copies gOM-1] • 32. ArchamoAOM = Archaeal 16S gene abundance [copies gOM-1] • 33. nifHOM = nifH gene abundance [copies gOM-1] • 34. nirSOM = nirS gene abundance [copies gOM-1] • 35. nosZOM = nosZ gene abundance [copies gOM-1] • 36. nxrBOM = nxrB gene abundance [copies gOM-1] • 37. mcrAOM = mcrA gene abundance [copies gOM-1] • 38. pmoAOM = pmoA gene abundance [copies gOM-1]