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Hydrocarbon and microbial community data from contaminated beaches in Salamina and the Athens Riviera following the Agia Zoni II Oil Spill (2017-2018)
These data were collected from surface sediments (0-5 cm) at sites located along the Athens Riviera and Salamina coastline, Greece. The sediments came from both oil-contaminated (via Agia Zoni II oil-spill) and uncontaminated sites and were first collected between September 2017 and April 2018. For sediments taken at each site, data includes hydrocarbon concentrations (alkanes and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)), absolute microbial abundance (by Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)) of Bacteria, Archaea, and Fungi, and 16S rRNA amplicon libraries of Bacteria and Archaea. Additionally, nutrient concentrations (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, silicate, and phosphate) were measured from seawater samples taken at the same sites. This study was conducted by the University of Essex, in partnerships with Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation and Cranfield University, and funded by the National Environmental Research Council and EnvEast DTP. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53
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- Date (Publication)
- 2019-09-10
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-07-11
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53
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- doi: / 10.5285/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53
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Thomas, G.E., Campo, P., Clark, D.R., Coulon, F., Gregson, B.H., Miliou, A., Cameron, T.C., Hepburn, L.J., Whitby, C., McGenity, T.J., McKew, B.A. (2019). Hydrocarbon and microbial community data from contaminated beaches in Salamina and the Athens Riviera following the Agia Zoni II Oil Spill (2017-2018). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Essex McKew, B.
Point of contact University of Essex Thomas, G.E. Author Cranfield University Campo, P. Author University of Essex Clark, D.R. Author Cranfield University Coulon, F. Author University of Essex Gregson, B.H. Author Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation
Miliou, A.
Author University of Essex Cameron, T.C. Author University of Essex Hepburn, L.J. Author University of Essex Whitby, C. Author University of Essex McGenity, T.J. Author University of Essex McKew, B.A. Author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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- Environmental risk
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- Hydrology
- Pollution
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oil spill
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oil pollution
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hydrocarbons
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environmental biology
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remediation
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sediments
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16S rRNA
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coastal
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© University of Essex
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© Natural Environment Research Council
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Thomas, G.E., Campo, P., Clark, D.R., Coulon, F., Gregson, B.H., Miliou, A., Cameron, T.C., Hepburn, L.J., Whitby, C., McGenity, T.J., McKew, B.A. (2019). Hydrocarbon and microbial community data from contaminated beaches in Salamina and the Athens Riviera following the Agia Zoni II Oil Spill (2017-2018). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53
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- Text, table
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- 50 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2017-09-01
- End date
- 2018-04-30
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- WGS 84
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53.zip Supporting information
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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
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- 2010-12-08
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Samples were collected, in triplicate, in sterile 100 ml containers from the coastal surface (0 - 5 cm) sediments. To attain a comprehensive sample of the oil spill, samples were taken from control (non-oil contaminated) and contaminated (oil contaminated) sites along the Athens Riviera and Salamina Island coast, Greece. Samples were initially collected from the Athens Riviera immediately (September 2017) after the oil spill occurred. Subsequently, samples were collected from both Athens and Salamina in the following months, although there are some missing data points. The sampling schedule concluded in April 2018.
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- acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
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- 2025-11-13T16:15:02
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- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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