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Underwood, G.J.C.; Cotton A.; McGenity, T.J.; Dumbrell A. J.

Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) nutrient exchange fluxes between sediment cores and overlying site water

https://doi.org/10.5285/740348c5-796b-4a28-bc7f-b0eaf1ee3452 Cite this dataset
Nutrient exchange fluxes in the dark and light, calculated in moles per hour per square metre, between sediment cores and overlying site water in salt marsh and intertidal mudflat locations in Essex and Morecombe Bay, Lancashire in January and August 2013. Net fluxes of nitrate, nitrate, ammonium, oxygen and dissolved organic carbon were measured in temperature controlled water baths over three hour periods.

This data was collected as part of Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS): NE/J015644/1. The project was funded with support from the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) programme. BESS is a six-year programme (2011-2017) funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) as part of the UK's Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) programme.
Publication date: 2016-05-16

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2013-01-01    to    2013-08-31

Provenance & quality

One sediment core was taken from each of the twelve quadrats using 8cm diameter plastic cores at six sites, three in Essex: Abbotts Hall, Fingringhoe Wick, Tillingham Marshes; three in Morecambe Bay: Cartmel Sands, Warton Sands, West Plain. Sampling took place in January and August 2013. Sediment cores and three water control cores (pipes containing site water for each location but no sediment) were submerged in tanks of locally collected sea water under daylight simulating bulbs. Light levels and temperatures differed between summer and winter to take into account seasonal variation. Cores were incubated in both the light and the dark to measure fluxes under both conditions. Changes in water column concentrations over 2 to 4 hour periods were taken to calculate fluxes of Oxygen, Non purgable organic carbon (NPOC), Nitrate, NOx, Ammonia, Nitrate, Phosphate and Silicate measured by submerging sediment cores in seawater and measuring concentrations of the chemicals in the overlying water.

Correspondence/contact details

Professor Graham Underwood
University of Essex
School of Biological Sciences, Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
CO4 3SQ
 gjcu@essex.ac.uk

Authors

Underwood, G.J.C.
University of Essex
Cotton A.
University of Essex
McGenity, T.J.
University of Essex
Dumbrell A. J.
University of Essex

Other contacts

Rights holder
University of Essex
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
oceans
INSPIRE theme
Habitats and Biotopes
Keywords
BESS , CBESS , Essex , Morecambe Bay , nutrient fluxes
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/J015644/1
Last updated
27 February 2024 16:27

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CITE AS: Underwood, G.J.C.; Cotton A.; McGenity, T.J.; Dumbrell A. J. (2016). Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) nutrient exchange fluxes between sediment cores and overlying site water. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/740348c5-796b-4a28-bc7f-b0eaf1ee3452

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