READ ME File For 'L4 benthic pelagic seasonal data set'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1337

ReadMe Author: Saskia Ruhl, University of Southampton [ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4650-6045]

This dataset supports the publication 
AUTHORS: Ruhl, S., Thompson, C., Queiros, A., Widdicombe, S.
TITLE: Intra-Annual Patterns in the Benthic-Pelagic Fluxes of Dissolved and Particulate Matter
JOURNAL: Frontiers in Marine Science 
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.567193


This dataset contains:

Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Water temperature
Wave height
Wave peak period
Wave duration
River flow
Phytoplankton abundance
Phytoplankton biomass
Fluorescence
Chlorophyll a concentration
Critical Shear Stress
Salinity
Cohesive Sediment fraction
Mean Sedimentary Grain Size
Tidal flow
Suspended Particulate Matter
Particulate Organic Carbon
Sedimentary Organic Carbon
Nitrite concentration
Nitrate/Nitrite Ratio
Ammonia concentration
Silicate concentration
Phosphate concentration
Oxygen
Macrofauna Abundance 
Macrofauna Biomass
Community Bioturbation index
Bioturbation Activity
Bioturbation Depth
Community Bioirrigation index



Date of data collection: August 2017 - June 2018

Information about geographic location of data collection: 

Western Channel Observatory: 50.25N/4.22W
Looe Wave buoy (NNRCMP): 50.20N/4.25E
Gunnislake Riverflow gauge (NRFA): 50.31N/4.13E
Devonport tidal flow gauge (PSMSL): 50.37N/4.18E


Licence: Attribution 4.0 International

Related projects:
Ruhl, S. (2020), Temporal variability in benthic-pelagic exchanges: Seasonal cycles, inter-and multiannual variability, and long-term climate driven trends, 
PhD Thesis, University of Southampton, Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, School of Ocean and Earth Science

Related grants:

This work was supported by the Natural and Environmental Research Council [NERC grant NE/L002531/1]

Date that the file was created: April, 2020