Biocrust and sediment characteristics of biological soil crusts in coastal sand dunes in northern Germany

• Main Authors: Kammann, Sandra, Karsten, Ulf, Glaser, Karin, Schiefelbein, Ulf, Hassenrück, Christiane, Mikhailyuk, Tatiana, Demchenko, Eduardo, Dolnik, Christian, Leinweber, Peter
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2022
• Subjects: 16S rRNA; algae; Calculated; Carbon; per dry mass; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; Chlorophyll total; areal concentration; Crusts; Darßer Ort; Mecklenburg Western Pomerania; Germany; DOBD; DOeGD; DOlGD; DOWD; dune; Event label; Field experiment; Green algae-dominated biocrust; cover; ICP-OES; Perkin-Elmer; Optima 8300; LATITUDE; lichens; Litter; Location; LONGITUDE; Moss-dominated biocrust; Nitrogen; Nutrient analyzer; Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH; vario EL cube; Organic matter; pH; pH meter; Mettler Toledo; S47-SevenMulti; Phosphorus; total; POBD; POGD; Point Intercept Method (Levy and Madden; 1933); POWD; POWW; Arctic; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.947837; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.947837

This dataset comprises environmental parameters for biological soil crusts in coastal sand dunes in northern Germany. Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are autonomous ecosystems consisting of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms growing on the topsoil. They colonize global climatic zones, incl...