BGS Hosted Metadata
FRUELA project - Cruises database
The dataset comprises physical, biogeochemical and biological measurements from the Southern Ocean. The data were collected in the Bransfield and Gerlache Straits and Bellingshausen Sea between 1995 and 1996. Hydrographic casts provided profiles of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, transmittance, chlorophyll and photosynthetically active radiation, while water samples were analysed for bacteria, zooplankton and a biogeochemical parameters such as nutrient concentrations. Sediment cores were also analysed for nutrients, while drifting traps provided sedimentation flux measurements and shipboard experiments yielded production data. The majority of measurements were collected during two consecutive cruises of the BIO Hesperides between early December 1995 and early February 1996. The hydrographic profiles were collected using a CTD and the data were stored as approximately 300 individual ASCII files per cruise, with data stored at 1dbar resolution. Several hundred discrete measurements (water samples and sediment cores) were collected in total. An array of moorings deployed for one year in the Western Bransfield Strait Basin provided sediment trap samples for biological and biogeochemical analysis. The FRUELA project was part of the Spanish contribution to the study of biogeochemical carbon fluxes in the Southern Ocean. Three major zones, with contrasting physico-chemical and biological characteristics were considered: Bellingshausen, including the Northwest Bellingshausen Sea and comprising the southern boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (SbyACC); Bransfield, including the Western Bransfield Strait and the northeastern part of the Gerlache Strait; and Gerlache, including the rest of the Gerlache Strait. The research involved a number of Spanish institutions and was coordinated by the University of Oviedo and the Institute of Marine Sciences (CSIC). The data are held by the British Oceanographic Data Centre.
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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048096
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-10-03
- Date (Creation)
- 2010-09-27
- Date (Revision)
- 2010-09-27
- Citation identifier
- http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED211
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Oviedo, Biology of Organisms and Systems departament
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Originator ICM-CSIC/ Institute of Marine Sciences
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Originator British Oceanographic Data Centre
Custodian
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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SeaDataNet PDV
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- Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column
- Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
- Zooplankton feeding
- Microzooplankton grazing
- Zooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
- New production in water bodies
- Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
- Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
- Primary production in the water column
- Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
- Sedimentation flux of carbon, nitrogen or organic matter in the water column
- Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
- Salinity of the water column
- Bacteria non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
- Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
- Zooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as nitrogen per unit volume of the water column
- Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column
- Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
- Regenerated production in water bodies
- Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column
- Microzooplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
- Microzooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
- Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
- Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
- Temperature of the water column
- Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
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MEDIN metadata record availability
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INSPIRE themes
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Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
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- Other restrictions
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Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Oceans
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- Geographic identifier
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Laptev Sea
SeaVoX water bodies 2015-02-19 revision
- Begin date
- 1995
- End date
- 1996
- Reference system identifier
- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Oceanographic Data Centre
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- Dataset
- Statement
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Instrument(s) used to collect data: fluorometers; current meters; radiometers; nutrient analysers; discrete water samplers; sediment traps; dissolved gas sensors; unconsolidated sediment corers; shipboard incubators; titrators; spectrophotometers; liquid scintillation counters; transmissometers; CTD.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 5edc3de0483f5668b49b24e9120faf94 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2018-02-06T15:16:38
- Metadata standard name
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MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
- Metadata standard version
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Version 2.3.8
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Oceanographic Data Centre
Polly Hadžiabdic
Point of contact
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