Identification

Title

2007 - 2008 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) 2007-2008 North Sea Nutrient Analysis

Alternative title(s)

Pore-water nurtrients

Abstract

This data gives the concentration of nutrients in sea water samples from the water column and from sediments (pore-water) from three sites in the North Sea (North Dogger Bank, Oyster Ground, Sean Gasfield). Includes measurements for Total Oxidised Nitrogen (TOxN) Nitrite (NO2) Phophate (P04) Silicon (Si) and Ammonia (NH4)

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.cefas.co.uk/#/View/911/

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFAS128c23ed-c973-42b4-a784-8078ccae6563

codeSpace

http://www.cefas.co.uk/

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

OGP

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011-03-25

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

2

East bounding longitude

5

North bounding latitude

55.75

South bounding latitude

53

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-05-18

code identifying the extent

Extent group

authority code

title

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-05-18

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2007-01-01

End position

2008-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-07-14

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Samples from the water column were collected by Niskin bottles deployed on a 'CTD rosette'. Pore-water is the sea water held in the pore-spaces of marine sediments and was sampled using by a sipper system from 11 depth horizons in undisturbed sediment cores collected by a NIOZ box corer. Resulting water samples were filtered and analysed using a Skalar nutrient analyser.This data is used to determine where and how organic matter is decaying, as well as analysing sediment linkage to macronutrient cycles (N, P, Si) via nutrient fluxes or uptake across the sediment-water interface. Samples were collected from three sites (North Dogger Bank, Oyster Ground, Sean Gasfield) in the North Sea during various cruises throughout 2007 and 2008. Records include data from Defra funded project ME3205 entitled "Marine Ecosystem Connections: carbon and nitrogen fluxes through the benthic and pelagic domains" which sampled three fixed stations in the North Sea. Semi-autonomous in situ systems were deployed at each study site to follow temporal changes in environmental conditions such as temperature, light, nutrients, and chlorophyll fluorescence. Detailed studies of pelagic and benthic food webs were carried out during 8 research cruises spaced to capture seasonal changes (February , April, May, September, and October/November 2007; January, April and September 2008). Cruise sampling was focussed on identifying ecosystem structure, in terms of seabed types, physics, chemistry, and the abundance (as numbers and/or biomass) and diversity of planktonic and benthic communities (from micro- to macro- organisms). Experimental work was carried out to obtain estimates of the rates of key processes such as primary production, zooplankton secondary production, carbon cycling, and nutrient fluxes across the sediment-seawater interface (see Painting et al. 2010) Further details of the project can be found at: `http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=0&ProjectID=13011`_ .. _`http://randd.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?menu=menu&module=more&location=none&completed=0&projectid=13011`: http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=0&ProjectID=13011

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

telephone number

+44 (0)1502 562244

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

telephone number

+44 (0)1502 562244

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

telephone number

+44 (0)1502 562244

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2016-07-14T12:28:23

Metadata language

eng