a445a7a8-528d-4e0b-9094-28cbcd449367 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:22:32 UK GEMINI 2.3 GB place names Bulk elemental and stable isotope composition of organic matter from terrestrial, intertidal, and marine environments, UK, 2016-2021 2022-04-05 publication 2022-03-31 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a445a7a8-528d-4e0b-9094-28cbcd449367 10.5285/a445a7a8-528d-4e0b-9094-28cbcd449367 doi: Smeaton, C., Miller, L.C., Ladd, C.J.T., O'Dell, A., Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Bulk elemental and stable isotope composition of organic matter from terrestrial, intertidal, and marine environments, UK, 2016-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/a445a7a8-528d-4e0b-9094-28cbcd449367 Bulk elemental (carbon and nitrogen) and stable isotope (delta 13C and delta 15N) data produced from 491 samples collected between 2016-2021 from terrestrial (soil, peat, living biomass, dead biomass), intertidal (saltmarsh vegetation, saltmarsh roots, seagrass biomass, mudflat, faecal matter) and marine (macroalgae, microalgae zooplankton, finfish aquaculture waste) environments across the UK. These samples alongside analytical standard derived from natural materials (lignin, humic acid, cellulose, glucose, protein) were analysed to determine their bulk elemental (organic carbon and nitrogen) and stable isotope (delta 13C org and delta 15N) composition. These values are envisioned to be used to constrain organic carbon sources (terrestrial vs marine) in the natural environment when used alongside isotope mixing models. The work was carried out under the NERC programme - Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), NERC grant reference NE/R010846/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a445a7a8-528d-4e0b-9094-28cbcd449367 Smeaton, C. University of St Andrews cs244@st-andrews.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4535-2555 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Miller, L.C. University of St Andrews lm283@st-andrews.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2876-4312 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Ladd, C.J.T. University of Glasgow Cai.Ladd@glasgow.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5437-6474 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author O'Dell, A. Scottish Association For Marine Science Alasdair.O'Dell@sams.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4266-250X ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Austin, W.E.N. University of St Andrews wena@st-andrews.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6544-3468 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher The University Court of the University of St Andrews court@st-andrews.ac.uk owner Smeaton, C. University of St Andrews cs244@st-andrews.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4535-2555 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact Habitats and Biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication alga salt marsh soil blue carbon organic carbon sediment coastal area intertidal zone root wetland GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation carbon nitrogen United Kingdom Scotland fjord macroalgae isotopes bulk elemental C/N otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Smeaton, C., Miller, L.C., Ladd, C.J.T., O'Dell, A., Austin, W.E.N. (2022). Bulk elemental and stable isotope composition of organic matter from terrestrial, intertidal, and marine environments, UK, 2016-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/a445a7a8-528d-4e0b-9094-28cbcd449367 textTable English utf8 biota 2016-01-01 2021-12-31 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/a445a7a8-528d-4e0b-9094-28cbcd449367 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/a445a7a8-528d-4e0b-9094-28cbcd449367.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Samples were collected from coastal catchments around the United Kingdom, the material was described in the field using expert knowledge. The samples were stored at -20°C prior to analysis. The samples were oven dried at (40°C for 72 hours) prior to being milled to a fine powder. Bulk elemental (OC and N) and stable isotope (delta 13C org and delta 15N) composition was determined following the standard methodology detailed in the supporting documentation. All laboratory equipment were calibrated in accordance with the laboratory practises at the University of St Andrews. Results were recorded on to lab sheets and transferred into an Excel file. Results were exported as comma separated value (.csv) files for ingestion into the EIDC.