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Description
Bulk elemental (carbon and nitrogen) and stable isotope (delta 13C and delta 15N) data produced from 491 samples collected between 2016-2021 from terrestrial (soil, peat, living biomass, dead biomass), intertidal (saltmarsh vegetation, saltmarsh roots, seagrass biomass, mudflat, faecal matter) and marine (macroalgae, microalgae zooplankton, finfish aquaculture waste) environments across the UK.
These samples alongside analytical standard derived from natural materials (lignin, humic acid, cellulose, glucose, protein) were analysed to determine their bulk elemental (organic carbon and nitrogen) and stable isotope (delta 13C org and delta 15N) composition. These values are envisioned to be used to constrain organic carbon sources (terrestrial vs marine) in the natural environment when used alongside isotope mixing models.
The work was carried out under the NERC programme - Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), NERC grant reference NE/R010846/1.
These samples alongside analytical standard derived from natural materials (lignin, humic acid, cellulose, glucose, protein) were analysed to determine their bulk elemental (organic carbon and nitrogen) and stable isotope (delta 13C org and delta 15N) composition. These values are envisioned to be used to constrain organic carbon sources (terrestrial vs marine) in the natural environment when used alongside isotope mixing models.
The work was carried out under the NERC programme - Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), NERC grant reference NE/R010846/1.
Date made available | 14 Apr 2022 |
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Publisher | NERC Environmental Information Data Centre |
Temporal coverage | 1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2021 |
Geographical coverage | United Kingdom |
Keywords
- carbon
- Isotopes
- elemental
- nitrogen
- terrestrial
- marine
- algae
- fecal matter
- standards
- saltmarsh
- roots
- kelp
- C:N
- vegetation
- source
- peat
- soil
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Carbon storage in Intertidal Env: Carbon storage in intertidal environments (C-SIDE)
Austin, W. (PI)
1/06/18 → 31/05/23
Project: Standard
Research output
- 2 Article
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Carbon burial in the mid-latitude fjords of Scotland
Smeaton, C., Yang, H. & Austin, W., Nov 2021, In: Marine Geology. 441, 106618.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Sources, sinks and subsidies: terrestrial carbon storage in mid-latitude fjords
Smeaton, C. & Austin, W. E. N., 14 Dec 2017, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. 122, 11, p. 2754-2768Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile