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Clumped carbon and oxygen stable isotope data of carbonate biominerals from UK waters, 2017-2019
This dataset comprises both raw and reprocessed clumped oxygen and carbon stable isotope values of the shell layers of the brachiopods Novocrania anomala and Terebratulina retusa, the bivalve molluscs Crassostrea gigas and Mytilus edulis, and thallus of the coralline algae Lithothamnion glaciale. Data also include calibration and other parameters associated with data acquisition. Shells and thalli samples were collected from five localities around the UK, (Loch Etive, the Sound of Kerrera, Loch Fyne, Lyme Bay, and Loch Sween). All shells and thalli were sampled manually and kept cold during transportation, before preparation at the University of Stirling. Samples were cleaned and air-dried. Micro-sampling of individual bimineral layers was performed manually with carbide drill bits and/or engraving tools. Powdered samples were treated with hydrogen peroxide to remove organics and air-dried for isotope analyses. Clumped isotope measurements were performed at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC) during 2018. Samples were digested with 103% phosphoric acid and the resulting carbon dioxide purified and analysed with a Thermo Scientific 253 Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS) configured to measure clumped isotopes. Temperatures were calculated from raw delta47 by re-projecting these in the carbon dioxide equilibrium scale (delta47CDES) using the carbonate standards ETH-1, ETH-2, ETH3 and ETH-4 (Bernasconi et al., 2018) and applying the empirical calibration of Bonifacie et al., (2017). The formula to calculate temperatures from delta47 measurements is included in the data file. This work was carried out by Maggie Cusack and Javier Medina-Sánchez – University of Stirling; Matthieu Clog – Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre; Huabing Yin and Nicholas Kamenos – University of Glasgow. It was funded by the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Discovery Science project entitled “When isotopes don’t clump” (grant reference NE/P011063/1) active from 1st May 2017 – 1st July 2020.
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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048_NE-P011063-1
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-03-02
- Date (Creation)
- 2020-04-01
- Date (Revision)
- 2026-03-18
- Citation identifier
- http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED7010
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Stirling, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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Owner University of Stirling, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
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Originator British Oceanographic Data Centre
Custodian British Oceanographic Data Centre
Distributor
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
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MEDIN metadata record availability
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SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations apply
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Data are only available on the basis of case-by-case negotiation for usage
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Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Biota
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- Geographic identifier
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Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision
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English Channel
SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision
- Begin date
- 2017-05-01
- End date
- 2026-03-18 After
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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OGP
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Name Version Delimited
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/contact_us/contact_details/ Enquiries contact details
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- Dataset
Conformance result
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.
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- Statement
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This dataset was created by scientists for the NERC Discovery Science project titled "When isotopes don’t clump....." (grant reference NE_P011063_1) following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for long-term archive and data publication in the BODC Published Data Library. 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: isotope ratio mass spectrometers.
Metadata
- File identifier
- ce06fa8994b65bcdbb06b0cb04d442cf XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-03-18T08:22:22
- Metadata standard name
- MEDIN
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3.1.2
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Oceanographic Data Centre
Polly Hadžiabdić
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