Dataset file information for:	"Kranabetter, Philpott and Dunn. 2021. Manganese limitations and the enhanced soil carbon sequestration of temperate rainforests. Biogeochemistry. doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00840-5"					
						
	General Information					
	JM Kranabetter	"British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Victoria BC. Marty.kranabetter@gov.bc.ca"				
	TJ Philpott	"British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Williams Lake, BC. Tim.philpott@gov.bc.ca"				
	D Dunn	"Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre. Victoria BC. Dave.dunn@canada.ca"				
	Data collected 2018-2020					
	"Geographic location: southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada"					
	Funding provided by BC Ministry of Forests					
						
Dataset file:	Field soil peroxidase enzyme assay					
	Soil type	"= the contrasting soil type (Brunisol, Podzol) from the edaphic gradient"				
	Site	= geographic name given to each location of a soil type replicate				
	Substrate	"= the two substrates used in the study, forest floor and upper mineral soil (0-20 cm)"				
	Replicate	= 5 replicates per soil type				
	Subsample	= 3 subsamples per replicate				
	Mn-peroxidase	= the concentration of the Mn-dependent peroxidase enzyme (?mol h-1 g-1 dry soil)				
	Non Mn-dependent peroxidase	= the concentration of the remaining peroxidase enzyme (?mol h-1 g-1 dry soil)				
						
Dataset file:	Incubated soil peroxidase enzyme assay					
	Soil type	"= the contrasting soil type (Brunisol, Podzol) from the edaphic gradient"				
	Site	= geographic name given to each location of a soil type replicate				
	Substrate	"= the two substrates used in the study, forest floor and upper mineral soil (0-20 cm)"				
	Replicate	= 5 replicates per soil type				
	Treatments	= two factorial study design				
	Mn amendment	= an amendment with or without MnSO4; 'no Mn' = no Mn amendment; 'plusMn' = Mn added				
	Inoculum	= an added soil slurry to transfer live or sterile fungal inoculum; 'noinoc' = autoclaved slurry inoculum added; 'plusinoc' = slurry inoculum added				
	Mn-peroxidase	= the concentration of the Mn-dependent peroxidase enzyme at the end of the incubation study (?mol h-1 g-1 dry soil)				
	Ergosterol	= the concentration of ergosterol at the end of the incubation study as a measure of fungal biomass (mg kg-1 dry soil)				
	Exchangeable Mn	= the concentration of exchangeable Mn at the end of the incubation study (cmol+ kg-1 dry soil)				
						
						
Dataset file:	"Bulk soil chemistry, podzolization gradient"					
	Soil type	"= the contrasting soil type (Brunisol, Podzol) from the edaphic gradient"				
	Site	= geographic name given to each location of a soil type replicate				
	Rep	= 5 replicates per soil type				
	Substrate	"= the two substrates used in the study, forest floor and upper mineral soil (0-20 cm)"				
	Subsample	= 3 subsamples per replicate				
	Exch Al	= exchangeable aluminum concentration (cmol+ kg-1 soil)				
	Exch Ca	= exchangeable calcium concentration (cmol+ kg-1 soil)				
	Exch Fe	= exchangeable iron concentration (cmol+ kg-1 soil)				
	Exch K	= exchangeable potassium concentration (cmol+ kg-1 soil)				
	Exch Mg	= exchangeable magnesium concentration (cmol+ kg-1 soil)				
	Exch Mn	= exchangeable manganese concentration (cmol+ kg-1 soil)				
	CEC (Ba)	= cation exchange capacity (cmol+ kg-1 soil)				
	N	= total nitrogen (%)				
	C	= total carbon (%)				
	S	= total sulphur (%)				
	1:1 H2O	= pH in water				
	Inorganic P	= inorganic phosphorus concentration (mg kg-1 soil)				
	Organic P	= organic phosphorus concentration (mg kg-1 soil)