ce06fa8994b65bcdbb06b0cb04d442cf English dataset Polly Hadžiabdić British Oceanographic Data Centre Head of the BODC Requests Team Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ pointOfContact 2026-03-18T08:22:22 MEDIN 3.1.2 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP Clumped carbon and oxygen stable isotope data of carbonate biominerals from UK waters, 2017-2019 British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048_NE-P011063-1 2022-03-02 publication 2020-04-01 creation 2026-03-18 revision EDMED7010 http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ 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. Unknown University of Stirling, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences Unknown +44 (0)1786 467840 University of Stirling Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA United Kingdom sbes1@stir.ac.uk http://www.sbes.stir.ac.uk owner Unknown University of Stirling, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences Unknown +44 (0)1786 467840 University of Stirling Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA United Kingdom sbes1@stir.ac.uk http://www.sbes.stir.ac.uk originator British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ custodian British Oceanographic Data Centre Director Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 5DA United Kingdom enquiries@bodc.ac.uk https://www.bodc.ac.uk/ distributor asNeeded Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision unknown SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 revision Stable isotopes in biota SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision otherRestrictions No limitations apply Data are only available on the basis of case-by-case negotiation for usage otherRestrictions Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence English biota -5.5967 -3.1833 50.6442 56.458 SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland SeaVoX water bodies 2025-08-07 revision English Channel 2017-05-01 2026-03-18 Delimited https://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/contact_us/contact_details/ Enquiries contact details BODC's address, telephone and fax numbers for general enquiries offlineAccess dataset 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 2010-12-08 publication 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). 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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. true 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.