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Organic matter quality in North Sea sediments [Kwaliteit van organisch materiaal in de sedimenten van de Noordzee]
Citation
Dauwe B., Herman P. 1996: Organic matter quality in North Sea sediments. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1192. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/1192

Archived data
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Description
In the frame of a PhD thesis data were collected on the degradation state and bioavailability of sedimentary organic matter in combination with the local macrobenthic community at several sub- and intertidal sites in the eastern North Sea. more

In order to establish a direct link between organic matter inputs to marine coastal areas and the macrobenthic community structure, essential data on the degradation state and bioavailability of sedimentary organic matter in combination with the local macrobenthic community were gathered. Various geochemical and biological approaches were used to describe the changes of organic matter quality along the general transport route of marine organic matter in the eastern North Sea. The major objectives of this research were: 1) to relate the structure and bioturbation potential of the benthic fauna to the distribution and quality of the arriving organic matter; 2) to investigate the degradation state of organic matter based on the molecular composition of its proteinaceous material; 3) to identify the potential nutritional quality based on its susceptibility to enzymatic decay and its microbial degradability along vertical sediment profiles; 4) to relate kinetics-based degradation state indicators to a composition-based degradation index.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Benthos, Biology > Organic (& bio-) chemistry, Geology - Geophysics - Sedimentation, Geology - Geophysics - Sedimentation > Sediments - rocks - pore waters
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bioturbation, Degradation, Macrobenthos, Organic matter, Sediments, ANE, Germany, German Bight, ANE, Netherlands, Oosterschelde, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Molenplaat, ANE, North Sea, ANE, Skagerrak

Geographical coverage
ANE, Germany, German Bight [Marine Regions]
ANE, Netherlands, Oosterschelde Stations [Marine Regions]
Zandkreek
Coordinates: Long: 3,9; Lat: 51,55 [WGS84]
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Molenplaat Stations [Marine Regions]
Station 2
Coordinates: Long: 3,9506; Lat: 51,4342 [WGS84]
Station 3
Coordinates: Long: 3,9358; Lat: 51,4403 [WGS84]
ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]
ANE, Skagerrak [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
August 1994 - June 1996
Unknown

Parameters
% Total nitrogen (N)
Amino acid composition
Bacterial biomass
Biotic isotopic signature 13C (delta)
Macrobenthos biomass
Macrobenthos density
Mineralization rate Methodology
Total organic carbon (TOC)
Mineralization rate: CO2 production
(1) Sampling protocol: Reineck boxcorer; 3 deployments; from each deployment 1 core 3.6 cm; vertically sliced per cm untill depth of 10 cm; Storage at minus 20° (2) Lab protocol: Nieuwenhuize & Maas 1993

Contributor
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke, moredata owner

Related datasets
Child datasets:
Community structure and bioturbation potential of macrofauna at four North Sea stations with contrasting food supply, more
Effect of oxygen on the degradability of organic matter in subtidal and intertidal sediments of the North Sea area, more
Enzymatically hydrolyzable amino acids in North Sea sediments and their possible implication for sediment nutritional values, more
Linking diagenetic alteration of amino acids and bulk organic matter reactivity, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Dauwe, B. (1999). Organic matter quality in North Sea sediments. PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: Groningen. ISBN 90-367-1039-1. 151 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research
Metadatarecord created: 2007-04-05
Information last updated: 2009-10-08
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