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