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Metadata: DImethyl Sulphide biogeochemistry within a COccolithophore bloom (DISCO) Cruise Data Set collected in northern North Sea in June 1999
Abstract:
The dataset comprises physical, biogeochemical and biological measurements of water column properties. Hydrographic profiles of water temperature, salinity, fluorescence, turbidity, attenuance, dissolved oxygen and photosynthetically active radiation were collected, and were supplemented by measurements of surface ocean (temperature, salinity, fluorescence, attenuance) and meteorological (air pressure, air temperature, humidity, wind, irradiance) properties, as well as bathymetry. A comprehensive water sampling program provided biogeochemical data including measurements of dimethyl sulphide (DMS), dimethylsulphionopropionate (DMSP), nutrients, halocarbons, methylamines, pigments, radiogeochemistry and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Biological data were also collected, including samples of viruses, bacteria, phytoplankton, micro- and mesozooplankton. Currents throughout the water column were measured both at fixed locations and across the study area, while Lagrangian experiments provided further current data. The datqa were collected in the northern North Sea between 5th June 1999 and 1st July 1999 during RRS Discovery cruise D241. Hydrographic profiles were collected using a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) package with attached auxiliary sensors, an undulating oceanographic recorder (UOR), a vessel-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), moored ADCP and temperature sensors, and a suite of standard underway hydrographic and meteorological sensors. Water samples for biogeochemical and biological analyses were collected from both the underway system and CTD bottles, while nets were deployed to collect zooplankton samples. Plankton samples were supplemented by respiration experiments conducted during the cruise. The Lagrangian current data were gathered from four drifters and a tracer experiment where the distribution of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) released from the ship was monitored via water samples collected from the CTD and the underway system. A survey of the region was carried out in order to locate an Emiliania huxleyi bloom suitable for the study and the chosen bloom was labelled with the SF6 tracer. The biogeochemical process study followed the patch as it drifted in a SE direction and was eventually subducted under Norweigian coastal water on 26 June. The study aimed to investigate DMS biogeochemistry within a coccolithophore bloom. The research was organised by NERC's Plymouth Marine Laboratory and involved the University of East Anglia, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Defence Research Agency, and Southampton Oceanography Centre. Data management support for the project is provided by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC). The dataset is available on CD-ROM and can be requested from BODC.
Data holder:
British Oceanographic Data Centre
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 8382 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | DImethyl Sulphide biogeochemistry within a COccolithophore bloom (DISCO) Cruise Data Set collected in northern North Sea in June 1999 |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048087 |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | e03c98cb1d53577292787386e03a8ec7 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | EDMED202 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1999 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1999 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The dataset comprises physical, biogeochemical and biological measurements of water column properties. Hydrographic profiles of water temperature, salinity, fluorescence, turbidity, attenuance, dissolved oxygen and photosynthetically active radiation were collected, and were supplemented by measurements of surface ocean (temperature, salinity, fluorescence, attenuance) and meteorological (air pressure, air temperature, humidity, wind, irradiance) properties, as well as bathymetry. A comprehensive water sampling program provided biogeochemical data including measurements of dimethyl sulphide (DMS), dimethylsulphionopropionate (DMSP), nutrients, halocarbons, methylamines, pigments, radiogeochemistry and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Biological data were also collected, including samples of viruses, bacteria, phytoplankton, micro- and mesozooplankton. Currents throughout the water column were measured both at fixed locations and across the study area, while Lagrangian experiments provided further current data. The datqa were collected in the northern North Sea between 5th June 1999 and 1st July 1999 during RRS Discovery cruise D241. Hydrographic profiles were collected using a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) package with attached auxiliary sensors, an undulating oceanographic recorder (UOR), a vessel-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), moored ADCP and temperature sensors, and a suite of standard underway hydrographic and meteorological sensors. Water samples for biogeochemical and biological analyses were collected from both the underway system and CTD bottles, while nets were deployed to collect zooplankton samples. Plankton samples were supplemented by respiration experiments conducted during the cruise. The Lagrangian current data were gathered from four drifters and a tracer experiment where the distribution of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) released from the ship was monitored via water samples collected from the CTD and the underway system. A survey of the region was carried out in order to locate an Emiliania huxleyi bloom suitable for the study and the chosen bloom was labelled with the SF6 tracer. The biogeochemical process study followed the patch as it drifted in a SE direction and was eventually subducted under Norweigian coastal water on 26 June. The study aimed to investigate DMS biogeochemistry within a coccolithophore bloom. The research was organised by NERC's Plymouth Marine Laboratory and involved the University of East Anglia, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Defence Research Agency, and Southampton Oceanography Centre. Data management support for the project is provided by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC). The dataset is available on CD-ROM and can be requested from BODC. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Instrument(s) used to collect data: anemometers; meteorological packages; fluorometers; radiometers; optical backscatter sensors; bathythermographs; thermosalinographs; single-beam echosounders; nutrient analysers; plankton nets; discrete water samplers; continuous water samplers; sediment traps; gas chromatographs; autoanalysers; electron microscopes; high performance liquid chromatographs; titrators; gas chromatograph mass spectrometers; liquid scintillation counters; bench particle sizers; Global Navigation Satellite System receivers; Differential Global Positioning System receivers; acoustic backscatter sensors; CTD undulators; transmissometers; CTD; water body temperature sensor; current profilers; dissolved gas sensors; shipboard incubators. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Publication year: 2002-03-13 Publication title: Dimethyl Sulphide Biogeochemistry within a Coccolithophore Bloom : An Overview (Deep-Sea Research II) Publication authors: DISCO researchers Publication editors: P.H. Burkill, S.D. Archer, C. Robinson |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentration in the water column |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Optical backscatter | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phycobolin pigment concentrations in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sulphur species concentrations in the atmosphere | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Primary production in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Radioactivity in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry and Elevation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phytoplankton taxonomic biomass in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Microzooplankton grazing | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Salinity of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Wind strength and direction | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bacteria taxonomic abundance in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Atmospheric humidity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Temperature of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Vertical velocity of the water column (currents) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Air pressure | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Microzooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phytoplankton growth | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Other halocarbon concentrations in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Lagrangian currents and transport rates in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Silicate concentration parameters in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Acoustic backscatter in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Raw fluorometer output | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Zooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Organosulphur and organoselenium species concentration parameters in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Oxygen production and respiration in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Air temperature | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Microzooplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Virus abundance in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of alkanamines (amines) in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hydrography | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Meteorological geographical features | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Elevation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Oceanographic geographical features | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Atmospheric conditions | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | unknown | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 61 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 4 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
| Individual name | Polly HadÅžiabdic | |
| Position name | Head of the BODC Requests Team | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
| Position name | Director | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | British Oceanographic Data Centre | |
| Position name | Director | |
| Delivery point | Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street | |
| Postal code | L3 5DA | |
| City | Liverpool | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | ||
| URL | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Plymouth Marine Laboratory | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1752 633 100 | |
| Delivery point | Prospect Place, The Hoe | |
| Postal code | PL1 3DH | |
| City | Plymouth | |
| Administrative area | England | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| forinfo@pml.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.pml.ac.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Plymouth Marine Laboratory | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1752 633 100 | |
| Delivery point | Prospect Place, The Hoe | |
| Postal code | PL1 3DH | |
| City | Plymouth | |
| Administrative area | England | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| forinfo@pml.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.pml.ac.uk | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Defence Evaluation Research Agency | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | Winfrith Technology Centre | |
| Postal code | DT2 8XJ | |
| City | Winfrith | |
| Administrative area | Dorchester | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| inapplicable | ||
| URL | http://www.dera.gov.uk/newsite/home_2.htm | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Defence Evaluation Research Agency | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | Winfrith Technology Centre | |
| Postal code | DT2 8XJ | |
| City | Winfrith | |
| Administrative area | Dorchester | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| inapplicable | ||
| URL | http://www.dera.gov.uk/newsite/home_2.htm | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Phone | +44 (0)151 653 8633 | |
| Delivery point | Bidston Observatory, Bidston Hill | |
| Postal code | CH43 7RA | |
| City | Prenton | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| inapplicable | ||
| URL | http://www.pol.ac.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Phone | +44 (0)151 653 8633 | |
| Delivery point | Bidston Observatory, Bidston Hill | |
| Postal code | CH43 7RA | |
| City | Prenton | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| inapplicable | ||
| URL | http://www.pol.ac.uk | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Scottish Association for Marine Science | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Postal code | PA37 1QA | |
| City | Argyll | |
| Administrative area | Oban | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| laurence.mee@sams.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.sams.ac.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Scottish Association for Marine Science | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Postal code | PA37 1QA | |
| City | Argyll | |
| Administrative area | Oban | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| laurence.mee@sams.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.sams.ac.uk | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | University Plain | |
| Postal code | NR4 7TJ | |
| City | Norwich | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| env.enquiries@uea.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/ | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences | |
| Individual name | Unknown | |
| Position name | Unknown | |
| Delivery point | University Plain | |
| Postal code | NR4 7TJ | |
| City | Norwich | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| env.enquiries@uea.ac.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/ | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/products/data/bodc_products/disco/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | BODC data product |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | order |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/bodc_database/nodb/data_collection/202/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | BODC online data delivery service |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | order |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | No limitations apply | |
| This states any limitations on access to the data. Multiple occurences are allowed here. One entry shall be from the INSPIRE Metadata registry and the other free text should be part of the resource `Have specific limitations`. | Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Delimited |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Network Common Data Form | |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Ocean Data View | |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Text or Plaintext | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2018-05-18 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2017-02-01 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2010-09-29 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-12-20 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.1 |