Data Package Metadata View Summary

Microbial biomass and soil properties data, global scale,1970s-2010s

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

edi.1363.1

Title:

Microbial biomass and soil properties data, global scale,1970s-2010s

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

The data for Microbial Data System. We will collect data for soil and microbial characteristics in terrestrial ecosystems and update regularly.

The date of publications used spans from the late 1970s to 2012. The data were aggregated into 11 major biome types. These data points were collected exclusively

for surface soils, primarily 0–15 cm depth with some 0–30 cm. We obtained 3259 data

points with geographical information.

Publication Date:

2023-02-28

For more information:
Visit:	DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period

Begin:

1970

End:

2012

People and Organizations
Contact:	Zhu(SDSU) [ email ]
Creator:	Zhu(SDSU)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	Microbial Data System (Xu, 2013)
Description:	Microbial biomass and soil data for 1970s-2010s at global scale

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/1363/1/2d8a01f3df2c1e12d48c63f8c197c530
Name:	Microbial Data System (Xu, 2013)
Description:	Microbial biomass and soil data for 1970s-2010s at global scale
Number of Records:	3422
Number of Columns:	23

Table Structure

Object Name:

Soil_Microbial_Biomass_C_N_P_spatial.csv

Size:

575628 byte

Authentication:

3bd66ea5ff94342432756a2b062eb446 Calculated By MD5

Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Record Delimiter:

\r\n

Orientation:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:	,
Quote Character:	"

Table Column Descriptions

Country

Biome

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation

Vegetation

MAT

MAP

Soil_microbial_biomass_carbon

Soil_microbial_biomass_nitrogen

Soil_microbial_biomass_phosphorus

Soil_organic_carbon

Total_nitrogen

Total_organic_phosphorus

Date

Upper_depth

Lower_depth

Depth

Note

Method

Geographical_coordinate

Reference_number

Column Name:

Country

Biome

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation

Vegetation

MAT

MAP

Soil_microbial_biomass_carbon

Soil_microbial_biomass_nitrogen

Soil_microbial_biomass_phosphorus

Soil_organic_carbon

Total_nitrogen

Total_organic_phosphorus

Date

Upper_depth

Lower_depth

Depth

Note

Method

Geographical_coordinate

Reference_number

Definition:

Country

The types of biome

Latitude of study site

Longitude of study site

Elevation of study site

Vegetation

MAT

MAP

Soil microbial biomass carbon

Soil microbial biomass nirtrogen

Soil microbial biomass phosphorus

Soil organic carbon

Total nitrogen concentration

Total organic phosphorus concentration

Published date

Upper depth

Lower depth

Soil depth

Note

Measurement method

Geographical coordinate

Reference number

Storage Type:

string

float

string

float

string

float

string

Measurement Type:

nominal

ratio

nominal

ratio

nominal

ratio

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Definition

Country

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	Bare soil
Definition	1
Source

Code Definition

Code	Boreal Forest
Definition	2
Source

Code Definition

Code	Cropland
Definition	3
Source

Code Definition

Code	Desert
Definition	4
Source

Code Definition

Code	Glacier
Definition	5
Source

Code Definition

Code	Grassland
Definition	6
Source

Code Definition

Code	Natural Wetland
Definition	7
Source

Code Definition

Code	Not mentioned
Definition	0
Source

Code Definition

Code	Pasture
Definition	8
Source

Code Definition

Code	Savanna
Definition	9
Source

Code Definition

Code	Shrub
Definition	10
Source

Code Definition

Code	Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Definition	11
Source

Code Definition

Code	Temperate Coniferous Forest
Definition	12
Source

Code Definition

Code	Tropical/Subtropical Forest
Definition	13
Source

Code Definition

Code	Tundra
Definition	14
Source

Unit	degree
Type	real

Unit	degree
Type	real

Definition

Elevation of study site

Definition

Vegetation

Unit	degree
Type	real

Definition

MAP

Unit	milligramPerKilogram
Type	real

Unit	milligramPerKilogram
Type	real

Unit	milligramPerKilogram
Type	real

Unit	milligramPerKilogram
Type	real

Unit	milligramPerKilogram
Type	real

Unit	milligramPerKilogram
Type	real

Definition

Published date

Definition

Upper depth

Definition

Lower depth

Definition

Soil depth

Definition

Note

Definition

Measurement method

Definition

Geographical coordinate

Definition

Reference number

Missing Value Code:

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Package Usage Rights

This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
(No thesaurus)	Terrestrial ecosystem, Global, Microbial biomass
Microbial	Microbial Data System

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

We collected publications by searching for ‘soil microbial biomass’ in Google Scholar. A few criteria were used to screen the data for this study. The criteria were: (1) the soil microbial biomass (at least one of soil microbial biomass C, N or P) must be reported; (2) the reported soil microbial biomass C, N and P must be less than organic C, total N and total P, respectively, in soils. Based on the second criterion, a few publications used in

previous similar studies.

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@edirepository.org

Web Address:

https://edirepository.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Individual:

Zhu

Organization:

SDSU

Email Address:

xinhaozhu00@gmail.com

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6817-7804

Contacts:

Individual:

Zhu

Organization:

SDSU

Email Address:

xinhaozhu00@gmail.com

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6817-7804

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

1970

End:

2012

Geographic Region:

Description:

The data is collected in global scale.

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	90.0	Southern:	-90.0
Western:	-180.0	Eastern:	180.0

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Microbial and Soil Data in Microbial Data System

Personnel:

Individual:

Xiaofeng Xu

Organization:

San Diego State University

Email Address:

xxu@sdsu.edu

Role:

Administrator

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	We collect and submit data regularly.
Frequency:	weekly

Other Metadata

Additional Metadata

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Data Package Metadata View Summary

Microbial biomass and soil properties data, global scale,1970s-2010s

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