Dataset: Water column nutrients, benthic chlorophyll, porewater nutrients, sediment percent organic content and C:N ratio collected at Smith Island, Virginia from April of 2014 to November of 2015 (Oyster Reef N2O Emission project)

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedVersion (2018-03-19)Dataset Type:Unknown

Principal Investigator, Contact: Bongkeun Song (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Co-Principal Investigator: Mark J. Brush (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Co-Principal Investigator: Michael F. Piehler (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Co-Principal Investigator: Craig Tobias (University of Connecticut)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Microbial Regulation of Greenhouse Gas N2O Emission from Intertidal Oyster Reefs (Oyster Reef N2O Emission)

Cite Dataset

This dataset contains water column nutrients, benthic chlorophyll, porewater nutrients, sediment percent organic content and C:N ratio.  Temperature, salinity, and inflow dissolved oxygen are also included.

These data were utilized in the following publication:
Smyth, A., A. Murphy, I. Anderson, and B. Song (2017) Differential effects of bivalves on sediment nitrogen cycling in a shallow coastal bay. Estuaries and Coasts, DOI: 10.1007/s12237-017-0344-9

See related Smith Island Datasets:
* Smith Island N cycle: 2013 Seasonal Field Data
* Smith Island N cycle: 2013 Seasonal Fluxes 
* Smith Island N cycle: 2014 Seasonal Fluxes

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Methods, Results
Smyth, A. R., Murphy, A. E., Anderson, I. C., & Song, B. (2017). Differential Effects of Bivalves on Sediment Nitrogen Cycling in a Shallow Coastal Bay. Estuaries and Coasts, 41(4), 1147–1163. doi:10.1007/s12237-017-0344-9

Song, B., Tobias, C., Piehler, M. F., Brush, M. J. (2018) Water column nutrients, benthic chlorophyll, porewater nutrients, sediment percent organic content and C:N ratio collected at Smith Island, Virginia from April of 2014 to November of 2015 (Oyster Reef N2O Emission project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version ) Version Date 2018-03-19 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/721973 [access date]

Terms of Use

This dataset is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.


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