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Data collected in Mid-Atlantic Ridge waters for the RidgeMix project (2016)

This dataset comprises physical, chemical and biological oceanographic measurements collected from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as part of the UK 'RidgeMix' project between 2015 and 2016. Physical measurements include water column profiles of temperature, conductivity, current speed/direction and turbulence. These are supplemented by i) chemical samples targeting inorganic nutrients, oxygen and isotopes of radium/nitrate, ii) biological samples to understand plankton distribution and to determine chlorophyll and enzyme concentrations. Samples were collected from the water column above the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, between latitudes of approximately 23 and 39 degrees North. Sampling commenced in September 2015 with the deployment of moored sensors (thermistors, MicroCATs and ADCPs). This was followed up with a dedicated research cruise (JR15007) between May and July 2016. During this cruise standard observational measurements were undertaken (including CTD, LADCP, SADCP and discrete water sampling), together with more specialised data collection activities (including deployment of turbulence profilers, standalone pumps, zooplankton nets, ocean gliders and a drifting wirewalker mooring). The cruise was also used to recover the moored instruments deployed the previous year. RidgeMix aims to investigate the mixing from internal tides over ridges and seamounts and the biogeochemical implications of this. The project is funded by a Responsive Mode grant from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and ran from 2014 until 2019. RidgeMix was led by Professor Jonathan Sharples from the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with Principal Investigators from the National Oceanography Centre (Dr Matthew Palmer) and University of Southampton (Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato). This dataset collection brings together the observational component of RidgeMix. Users are advised to contact Principal Investigators for access to associated ocean modelling output from the project. Assembly of the observational dataset is still ongoing with BODC currently holding CTD and discrete sample data (chlorophyll and dissolved inorganic nutrients).

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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048_RidgeMix_project_data
Date (Publication)
2019-02-13
Date (Creation)
2023-12-06
Date (Revision)
2023-12-08
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6866
Owner
  University of Liverpool, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
4 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L69 3GP , United Kingdom
+44 (0)151 794 5146
http://www.liv.ac.uk/earth/
Originator
  University of Liverpool, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
4 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L69 3GP , United Kingdom
+44 (0)151 794 5146
http://www.liv.ac.uk/earth/
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
  • Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
  • Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
  • Turbulence in the water column
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters
  • Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column
  • Water body lipid concentrations
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
  • Flow cytometry parameters in water bodies
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
  • Species distribution
  • Oceanographic geographical features
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
  • unknown
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations apply
Other constraints
Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Biota
  • Geoscientific information
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Geographic identifier
Atlantic Ocean

Date (Revision)
2024-12-11

Begin date
2016-05-25
End date
2016-07-10
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace
OGP
Distribution format
  • Delimited ()

  • Network Common Data Form ()

  • Ocean Data View ()

  • Text or Plaintext ()

OnLine resource
Published dataset - doi:10.5285/b9bd0df2-f8de-21fe-e053-6c86abc0cb35

Tuerena R., Mahaffey C. (2021). Macromolar nutrient measurements from CTD niskin collected depth profiles in the Atlantic Ocean on cruise JR15007, June - July 2016. British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi: 10/fsj2

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dataset Dataset

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.
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Yes
Statement
This dataset was created by scientists for ‘A nutrient and carbon pump over mid-ocean ridges (RidgeMix)’ project, which ran from 2014 to 2019, following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for ingestion into one of the schemas of the National Oceanographic Database (NODB). During ingestion BODC undertake quality control, documentation and metadata enhancement procedures appropriate to the type of data. For an overview please see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/information_technology/data_processing_steps/. BODC supply full information about data collection, data processing and data quality with all data requests to enable users to assess data suitability themselves.Instrument(s) used to collect data: CTD.
File identifier
113490aa298150d8b5ec608349d932e7 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-06-06T14:18:03
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version
3.1.1
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadžiabdić ( Head of the BODC Requests Team )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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