Soil function data measured in LUCAS 2018 sites across the EU

In the LUCAS 2018 survey, soil functions have been measured in the 881 sampling sites selected for the soil biodiversity assessment across Europe. These soil functions include * soil aggregates (i.e., mean width diameter and water-stable aggregates), * enzyme activities, * microbial respiration and biomass, and * measurement of ester-linked fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs).
Resource Type: 
Datasets
Soil Functions Data
Registration is requested: 
Yes
Year: 
2025
Themes: 
Soil Biodiversity

Description

Soil functions data for 885 samples (881 sites) from LUCAS 2018 are available as a CSV file that comes together with a metadata PDF file. You may preview the metadata file to find a description of these data.

Title: Soil functions data for 885 samples
Description: mean width diameter, water-stable aggregates, water holding capacity, activity of 5 enzymes (i.e. Xylosidase, Cellulase, N-Acetyl-Glucosaminidase, Beta-Glucosidase, Acid-Phosphatase), basal microbial respiration, microbial biomass, respiratory quotient measurement of ester-linked fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) for Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and total bacteria, fungi, actinobacteria, total, saturated and monosaturated FAMEs.
The dataset includes additional measurements used to calculate some of the properties listed above. Physico-chemical soil properties have been published separately (see Related Datasets). These data are accompanying the topsoil data and the corresponding report describing the LUCAS 2018 Soil Module.

Spatial coverage: European Union plus UK.
Format: CSV (LUCAS_2018_soil_functions) + PDF file (LUCAS_2018_soil_functions_METADATA)
Temporal coverage:  2018.
 

Related Datasets:

Reference:Zeiss, R., Eisenhauer, N., Orgiazzi, A., Rillig, M., Buscot, F., Jones, A.,  Lehmann, A., Reitz, T., Guerra, C. A. (2022). Challenges of and opportunities for protecting European soil biodiversity. Conservation Biology, 36(5), e13930.

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  • The data provided has been prepared for use by internal research activities in the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Ispra in collaboration with German Centre for Integrative BiodiversityResearch (iDiv) and other institutes. The research activities support the LUCAS soil campaign. The LUCAS Soil sample collection is supported by the Directorate‐General Environment (DG‐ENV), Directorate‐General Agriculture and Rural Development (DG‐AGRI) and Directorate‐General Climate Action (DG‐CLIMA) of the European Commission. 
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Reference of source (Citations) :

Zeiss, R., Eisenhauer, N., Orgiazzi, A., Rillig, M., Buscot, F., Jones, A.,  Lehmann, A., Reitz, T., Guerra, C. A. (2022). Challenges of and opportunities for protecting European soil biodiversity. Conservation Biology, 36(5), e13930.

When making reference to the ESDAC

  • Panagos, P., Van Liedekerke, M., Borrelli, P., Köninger, J., Ballabio, C., Orgiazzi, A., Lugato, E., Liakos, L., Hervas, J., Jones, A.  Montanarella, L. 2022. European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), e13315. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13315
  • Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L., “European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements”; (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
  • European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu, European Commission, Joint Research Centre