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The dataset comprises physical, biogeochemical and biological oceanographic, surface meteorological and benthic measurements. Hydrographic profiles including temperature, salinity, fluorescence, transmissance and suspended sediment concentration were collected at numerous stations, while surface hydrographic (fluorescence, transmissance, sea surface temperature, salinity) and meteorological (irradiance, air temperature, humidity, wind speed/direction) data were collected across the survey areas. Sediment, pore water and water column samples were also collected for biogeochemical analysis, as were biological samples for the purposes of species classification and abundance analyses. The data were collected across the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Pakistan margin areas between March and October 2003. Data collection was undertaken by the RRS Charles Darwin during four cruises: CD145 (12 March 2003 to 9 April 2003), CD146 (12 April 2003 to 30 May 2003), CD150 (22 August 2003 to 15 September 2003) and CD151 (17 September 2003 to 20 October 2003). Conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profilers with auxiliary sensors, benthic samplers and nets were deployed from the ship, while underway sensors provided continuous surface ocean, meteorological and bathymetric data. The study was designed to investigate an oxygen-minimum zone (OMZ) in the northern Arabian Sea. Chief Investigators include Gregory L Cowie (University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences) and Brian J Bett (Southampton Oceanography Centre), while other institutions including the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, University of Liverpool and Netherlands Institute of Ecology were also involved in the research. Data management is being undertaken by BODC. Some of the data are still undergoing processing at BODC and further data are expected from originators in the future.
British Oceanographic Data Centre
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8332 |
Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Benthic Processes in the Arabian Sea Programme Data Set (2003) |
Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048099 |
File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 4530e4c0cfa651e185e4b29dc9b3164b |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED214 |
Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2003 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2003 |
Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | asNeeded |
Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The dataset comprises physical, biogeochemical and biological oceanographic, surface meteorological and benthic measurements. Hydrographic profiles including temperature, salinity, fluorescence, transmissance and suspended sediment concentration were collected at numerous stations, while surface hydrographic (fluorescence, transmissance, sea surface temperature, salinity) and meteorological (irradiance, air temperature, humidity, wind speed/direction) data were collected across the survey areas. Sediment, pore water and water column samples were also collected for biogeochemical analysis, as were biological samples for the purposes of species classification and abundance analyses. The data were collected across the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Pakistan margin areas between March and October 2003. Data collection was undertaken by the RRS Charles Darwin during four cruises: CD145 (12 March 2003 to 9 April 2003), CD146 (12 April 2003 to 30 May 2003), CD150 (22 August 2003 to 15 September 2003) and CD151 (17 September 2003 to 20 October 2003). Conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profilers with auxiliary sensors, benthic samplers and nets were deployed from the ship, while underway sensors provided continuous surface ocean, meteorological and bathymetric data. The study was designed to investigate an oxygen-minimum zone (OMZ) in the northern Arabian Sea. Chief Investigators include Gregory L Cowie (University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences) and Brian J Bett (Southampton Oceanography Centre), while other institutions including the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, University of Liverpool and Netherlands Institute of Ecology were also involved in the research. Data management is being undertaken by BODC. Some of the data are still undergoing processing at BODC and further data are expected from originators in the future. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | 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: anemometers; meteorological packages; fluorometers; radiometers; optical backscatter sensors; thermosalinographs; single-beam echosounders; pelagic trawl nets; benthos samplers; transmissometers; CTD; dissolved gas sensors. |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Atmospheric conditions |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Meteorological geographical features | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Elevation | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hydrography | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Soil | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Oceanographic geographical features | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geographical grid systems | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Wind strength and direction | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in sediment | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Salinity of the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in sediment pore water | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment water content, porosity and surface area | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Air temperature | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Temperature of the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry and Elevation | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Nitrogen concentrations in sediment | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Optical backscatter | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Variable fluorescence parameters | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Stable isotopes in sediment | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Atmospheric humidity | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment lipid concentrations | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish abundance in water bodies | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Stable isotopes in sediment pore waters | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Amino acids in sediment | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zoobenthos non taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in sediment pore waters | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | unknown | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 25 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 67 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55 |
Regional sea | Indian Ocean | |
Responsible organisations | ||
Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
Individual name | Polly HadÅžiabdic | |
Position name | Head of the BODC Requests Team | |
Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
Postal code | L3 5DA | |
City | Liverpool | |
Administrative area | Merseyside | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
Position name | Director | |
Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
Postal code | L3 5DA | |
City | Liverpool | |
Administrative area | Merseyside | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
Position name | Director | |
Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
Postal code | L3 5DA | |
City | Liverpool | |
Administrative area | Merseyside | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Netherlands Institute for Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +31 113 577300 | |
Delivery point | Korringaweg 7 | |
Postal code | 4401 NT | |
City | Yerseke | |
Country | Netherlands | |
URL | http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/node/69 | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Netherlands Institute for Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +31 113 577300 | |
Delivery point | Korringaweg 7 | |
Postal code | 4401 NT | |
City | Yerseke | |
Country | Netherlands | |
URL | http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/node/69 | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | University of Liverpool, Department of Oceanography | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Brownlow Hill | |
City | Liverpool | |
Administrative area | Merseyside | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | University of Liverpool, Department of Oceanography | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Brownlow Hill | |
City | Liverpool | |
Administrative area | Merseyside | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | University of Liverpool, Department of Earth Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Brownlow Hill | |
City | Liverpool | |
Administrative area | Merseyside | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | University of Liverpool, Department of Earth Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Brownlow Hill | |
City | Liverpool | |
Administrative area | Merseyside | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Southampton Oceanography Centre | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way | |
Postal code | SO14 3ZH | |
City | Southampton | |
Administrative area | Hampshire | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Southampton Oceanography Centre | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way | |
Postal code | SO14 3ZH | |
City | Southampton | |
Administrative area | Hampshire | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Scottish Association for Marine Science | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Postal code | PA37 1QA | |
City | Argyll | |
Administrative area | Oban | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.sams.ac.uk | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Scottish Association for Marine Science | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Postal code | PA37 1QA | |
City | Argyll | |
Administrative area | Oban | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.sams.ac.uk | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0)131 650 4842 | |
Delivery point | The King's Buildings, West Mains Road | |
Postal code | EH9 3JW | |
City | Edinburgh | |
Administrative area | Midlothian | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | https://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0)131 650 4842 | |
Delivery point | The King's Buildings, West Mains Road | |
Postal code | EH9 3JW | |
City | Edinburgh | |
Administrative area | Midlothian | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | https://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/bodc_database/nodb/data_collection/214/ |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | BODC online data delivery service |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | order |
Dataset constraints | ||
20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | otherRestrictions |
20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/NoLimitations | |
Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence | ||
21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | otherRestrictions |
21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence | |
Version info | ||
Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2017-10-03 |
Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2021-04-21 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2010-09-23 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-12-20 |
Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.1 |
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