Data on euglyphid testate amoeba densities, corresponding protozoic silicon pools, and selected soil parameters of initial and forested biogeosystems

Daniel Puppe; Manfred Wanner; Michael Sommer

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.164

Data on euglyphid testate amoeba densities, corresponding protozoic silicon pools, and selected soil parameters of initial and forested biogeosystems

Data Brief. 2018 Nov 10:21:1697-1703. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.164. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Authors

Daniel Puppe¹, Manfred Wanner², Michael Sommer^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany.
² Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Department Ecology, 03013 Cottbus, Germany.
³ University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.

Abstract

The dataset in the present article provides information on protozoic silicon (Si) pools represented by euglyphid testate amoebae (TA) in soils of initial and forested biogeosystems. Protozoic Si pools were calculated from densities of euglyphid TA shells and corresponding Si contents. The article also includes data on potential annual biosilicification rates of euglyphid TA at the examined sites. Furthermore, data on selected soil parameters (e.g., readily-available Si, soil pH) and site characteristics (e.g., soil groups, climate data) can be found. The data might be interesting for researchers focusing on biological processes in Si cycling in general and euglyphid TA and corresponding protozoic Si pools in particular.

Keywords: Biogenic silica; Biosilicification; Euglyphida; Silicon cycling; Terrestrial biogeosystems.