Biogeochemistry in the Deep Ocean Benthic Boundary (BENBO) programme data set

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.

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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048095
Date (Publication)
2017-10-03
Date (Creation)
2010-09-29
Date (Revision)
2010-11-22
Citation identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED587
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Lancaster University, Department of Environmental Science

Unknown

p.mckenna@lancaster.ac.uk

Originator

University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment

Unknown

enquiries@see.leeds.ac.uk

Originator

Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences

Unknown

oss011@bangor.ac.uk

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University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences

Unknown

info@geos.ed.ac.uk

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University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences

Unknown

jaj2@cam.ac.uk

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Unknown

forinfo@pml.ac.uk

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Scottish Universities Research Reactor Centre

Unknown

inapplicable

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Southampton Oceanography Centre

Unknown

inapplicable

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Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory

Unknown

inapplicable

 		Originator

Scottish Association for Marine Science

Unknown

laurence.mee@sams.ac.uk

Originator

British Oceanographic Data Centre

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

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As needed

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Language
English
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
1997
End date
1999
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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    British Oceanographic Data Centre

    enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

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    Statement

    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/information_technology/data_processing_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.

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    f2b2d44cd2fb59fab8eee0c5142b0d8b XML
    Metadata language
    English
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    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2018-02-06T15:16:39
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    MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
    Metadata standard version

    Version 2.3.8
    Metadata author
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Oceanographic Data Centre

    Polly Hadžiabdic

    enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

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