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Metadata: Biogeochemistry in the Deep Ocean Benthic Boundary (BENBO) programme data set
Abstract:
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.
Data holder:
British Oceanographic Data Centre
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Use constraints:
Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1714 |
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. | Biogeochemistry in the Deep Ocean Benthic Boundary (BENBO) programme data set |
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 1048095 |
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. | f2b2d44cd2fb59fab8eee0c5142b0d8b |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED587 |
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 | 1997 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1999 |
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. | 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. |
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/informationtechnology/dataprocessing_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. |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | 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 | Geological sample radioactivity | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hydrolytic activity in sediment | |
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 | Dissolved trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies | |
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 | Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Metal concentrations in biota | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Vertical velocity of the water column (currents) | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Ocean colour and earth-leaving visible waveband spectral radiation | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sedimentation flux quantification in the water column | |
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 | Acoustic backscatter in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Stable isotopes in biota | |
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 | Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bacterial growth | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sound velocity and travel time in the water column | |
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 | Carbon concentrations 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 | Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters | |
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 water column | |
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 | Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Trace metalloid concentrations in sediment pore water | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks | |
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 | Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres | |
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 | Geology | |
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 | Human health and safety | |
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 | Oceanographic geographical features | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Orthoimagery | |
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 | Elevation | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -12 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 52 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -17 |
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 | http://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 | http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Lancaster University, Department of Environmental Science | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0)1524 510 301 | |
Delivery point | Lancaster Environment Centre | |
Postal code | LA1 4YQ | |
City | Lancaster | |
Administrative area | Lancashire | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.lec.lancs.ac.uk | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 113 343 6461 | |
Fax | +44 113 343 6716 | |
Delivery point | Environment Building, School of Earth and Environment, The University of Leeds | |
Postal code | LS2 9JT | |
City | Leeds | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | School of Ocean Sciences,, Bangor University,, Menai Bridge,, Anglesey, | |
Postal code | LL59 5AB | |
City | Menai Bridge | |
Administrative area | Gwynedd | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.sos.bangor.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 | http://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 Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Downing Street | |
Postal code | CB2 3EQ | |
City | Cambridge | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Plymouth Marine Laboratory | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Phone | +44 (0)1752 633 100 | |
Fax | +44 (0)1752 633101 | |
Delivery point | Prospect Place, The Hoe | |
Postal code | PL1 3DH | |
City | Plymouth | |
Administrative area | England | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
URL | http://www.pml.ac.uk | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Scottish Universities Research Reactor Centre | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Postal code | G75 OQF | |
City | East Kilbride | |
Administrative area | South Lanarkshire | |
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 originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory | |
Individual name | Unknown | |
Position name | Unknown | |
Delivery point | Dunbeg | |
Postal code | PA37 1QA | |
City | Oban | |
Administrative area | Argyll | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
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 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 | http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
Dataset constraints | ||
20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence |
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | 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. | 2010-11-22 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2010-09-29 |
Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2024-04-21 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2018-02-06 |
Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard |
Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.8 |