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Biogeochemistry in the Deep Ocean Benthic Boundary (BENBO) programme data set

This dataset includes physical, biological and biogeochemical measurements of both the water column and seabed sediments. Hydrographic data include temperature, salinity, attenuance, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), sound velocity and current velocities, while biogeochemical analyses of water samples provided measurements of nutrients and biological sampling provided measurements of zooplankton abundance. A large number of benthic parameters were measured, including concentrations of substances such as nutrients, metals and carbon in both sediments and sediment pore waters. Benthic fauna were also studied, while rates of sedimentation flux were quantified. These oceanographic and benthic data were supplemented by satellite ocean colour imagery. The data were collected in the North Atlantic Ocean at the Mouth of Rockall Trough, Hatton-Rockall Basin and the Flank of Feni Drift between August 1997 and June 1999 over four cruises, comprising a preliminary site assessment (CD 107 August, 1997) followed by two process cruises (CD 111, April-May 1998, and CD 113, June-July 1998). A further cruise (CH 143) was part-funded by BENBO to retrieve moorings. The data were collected using a variety of instrumentation, including shipboard deployment of conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profilers with attached auxiliary sensors, benthic samplers, landers, cameras and incubation chambers, water samplers and continuous underway sensors. These were supplemented by moored sensor and satellite data. The BENBO programme was led by the Scottish Association for Marine Science/Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory involved researchers from Southampton Oceanography Centre, Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Lancaster University, Leeds University, Edinburgh University, Cambridge University and the University of Wales, Bangor.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048095
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2010-09-29
Date (Revision)
2010-11-22
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED587
Originator
  Lancaster University, Department of Environmental Science - Unknown ( Unknown )
Lancaster Environment Centre , Lancaster , Lancashire , LA1 4YQ , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1524 510 301
http://www.lec.lancs.ac.uk
Originator
  University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment - Unknown ( Unknown )
Environment Building , School of Earth and Environment , The University of Leeds , Leeds , LS2 9JT , United Kingdom
+44 113 343 6461
+44 113 343 6716
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk
Originator
  Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
School of Ocean Sciences, , Bangor University, , Menai Bridge, , Anglesey, , Menai Bridge , Gwynedd , LL59 5AB , United Kingdom
http://www.sos.bangor.ac.uk/
Originator
  University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
The King's Buildings, West Mains Road , Edinburgh , Midlothian , EH9 3JW , United Kingdom
+44 (0)131 650 4842
http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/
Originator
  University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences - Unknown ( Unknown )
Downing Street , Cambridge , CB2 3EQ , United Kingdom
http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk
Originator
  Plymouth Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Prospect Place , The Hoe , Plymouth , England , PL1 3DH , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1752 633 100
+44 (0)1752 633101
http://www.pml.ac.uk
Originator
  Scottish Universities Research Reactor Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
East Kilbride , South Lanarkshire , G75 OQF , United Kingdom
Originator
  Southampton Oceanography Centre - Unknown ( Unknown )
University of Southampton , Waterfront Campus , European Way , Southampton , Hampshire , SO14 3ZH , United Kingdom
Originator
  Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory - Unknown ( Unknown )
Dunbeg , Oban , Argyll , PA37 1QA , United Kingdom
Originator
  Scottish Association for Marine Science - Unknown ( Unknown )
Argyll , Oban , PA37 1QA , United Kingdom
http://www.sams.ac.uk
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Bathymetry and Elevation
  • Geological sample radioactivity
  • Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters
  • Hydrolytic activity in sediment
  • Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
  • Dissolved trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies
  • Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in sediment pore waters
  • Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
  • Metal concentrations in biota
  • Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Ocean colour and earth-leaving visible waveband spectral radiation
  • Sedimentation flux quantification in the water column
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Acoustic backscatter in the water column
  • Stable isotopes in biota
  • Amino acids in sediment
  • Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column
  • Bacterial growth
  • Sound velocity and travel time in the water column
  • Variable fluorescence parameters
  • Carbon concentrations in sediment
  • Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
  • Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters
  • Stable isotopes in sediment pore waters
  • Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts
  • Trace metalloid concentrations in sediment pore water
  • Sediment grain size parameters
  • Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
  • Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks
Vertical Coverages
  • unknown
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
  • Hydrography
  • Human health and safety
  • Species distribution
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Orthoimagery
  • Soil
  • Elevation
Use limitation
Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
1997
End date
1999
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
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dataset Dataset
Statement

This dataset was created by the organisations with the "originator" role in this metadata record 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: current meters; radiometers; optical backscatter sensors; thermosalinographs; single-beam echosounders; multi-beam echosounders; underwater cameras; sound velocity sensors; benthos samplers; ocean colour radiometers; sediment traps; unconsolidated sediment corers; electron microscopes; mass spectrometers; acoustic backscatter sensors; transmissometers; CTD; benthic incubation chambers.

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f2b2d44cd2fb59fab8eee0c5142b0d8b XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2018-02-06T15:16:39
Metadata standard name
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Metadata standard version
Version 2.3.8
Point of contact
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Polly Hadžiabdic ( Head of the BODC Requests Team )
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
 
 

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