QICS Data: Effect of a controlled sub-seabed release of CO2 on the meiofauna community of shallow marine sediments (2012 - 2013)

The potential for leakage of CO2 from a storage reservoir into the overlying marine sediments and into the water column and the impacts on benthic ecosystems are major challenges associated with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in subseafloor reservoirs. A field-scale controlled CO2 release experiment was conducted in shallow, unconsolidated marine sediments. Changes were monitored of the chemical composition of the sediments and overlying water column before, during and up to 1 year after the 37-day long CO2 release from May 2012 to May 2013 in Ardmucknish Bay. Meiofaunal samples were collected and meiofauna higher taxa and the nematodes species (where possible) were identified by Plymouth Marine Laboratory. This dataset was collected under the program QICS (Quantifying and monitoring environmental impacts of geological carbon storage) which was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), with support from the Scottish Government. The results are contained in an Excel file. QICS project website: www.bgs.ac.uk/qics/home.html. This data is currently under embargo until publication of the dataset in research article (estimated end of 2015).

Date (Creation): 2012-05-10

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606454

Point of contact

Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Jeroen Ingels

United Kingdom

Principal investigator

Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Jeroen Ingels

United Kingdom

Point of contact

Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Sarah Dashfield

United Kingdom

Principal investigator

Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Sarah Dashfield

United Kingdom

Point of contact

Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Stephen Widdicombe

United Kingdom

Principal investigator

Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Stephen Widdicombe

United Kingdom

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Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Carbon
Storage
UKCCS
Environmental impact
NGDC Deposited Data

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NERC_DDC

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Other constraints: Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

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Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

Ardmucknish Bay [id=1214829]

Date (Revision): 2002

Begin date: 2012-05-10

End date: 2013-05-11

Supplemental Information: QICS project website: www.bgs.ac.uk/qics/home.html

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)

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.xls ()

OnLine resource: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/ukccs/accessions/index.html#item38462

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Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass: No

Statement: Sediment cores were collected from the 4 zones that had different distance to the CO2 injection point. Samples were taken pre-injection, during the gas injection, and during 4 sampling campaigns conducted up to 1 year post-injection. Samples of sediment were taken in 4 zones: Zone 1: Directly above the CO2 injection point Zone 2: 25 m away from the injection point Zone 3: 75 m away from the injection point Zone 4: 450 m away from the injection point Collection of meiofauna samples. Push cores made of Plexiglass, 24 cm long and 5.9 cm internal diameter were used by divers to collect meiofauna samples. Five replicates were taken approximately 1 m apart at each sampling point and station, four of which were used to produce the data. The exact same area sampled at a previous time point was avoided. The samples were preserved in 10% formalin. Extraction and identification of meiofauna. The sample was gently washed with freshwater onto a 63 μm sieve to remove the formalin before it was tipped into a large lidded jar (25cm high, 17 cm diameter). Water was added to within a 4 cm of the top of the jar and the jar was inverted approximately 6 times so the sediment was not sticking to the bottom. The mixture was allowed to settle for 8 seconds before the supernatant was poured through a 63 μm sieve. This was repeated five times and the material on the sieve was tipped into a 500 ml beaker using Ludox TM. To check the efficiency of the elutriation the residues of the first 5 samples residue were collected and checked for nematodes using a dissecting microscope. Ludox TM, a colloidal silica solution with a specific gravity of 1.15 was added to the beaker and the mixture was thoroughly stirred. After being left for one hour the neutrally buoyant meiofauna remained in suspension and the supernatant was poured through a sieve to collect the animals which were then washed with alcohol into a glass vial. Ludox was added to the sample and the process was repeated five times. The residues of the first 5 samples were checked for nematodes. Due to the large number of animals in the samples a proportion of 15% was extracted by washing the sample into a container with freshwater and adding water corresponding to a volume of 20 x 50 ml ladles. The mixture was throughly agitated before 3 ladles of the mixture were removed and collected on a 63 μm sieve. The subsample was then washed into a cavity block using a mixture of 5% glycerol and 20% ethanol plus water. The mixture was allowed to evaporate overnight on a warm hotplate to pure glycerol and then mounted on slides. Nematodes were identified and enumerated, with a compound microscope, to the lowest possible taxonomic level using pictorial keys (Warwick et al. 1998). Warwick RM, Platt HM, Somerfield PJ (1998) Freeliving marine nematodes. Part III. Monhysterids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 53. Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury, UK.