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Ostmann, Alexandra; Schnurr, Sarah; Martínez Arbizu, Pedro (2014): Sediment organic matter, grain size, and results of prediction models from northern North Atlantic and Arctic Seas [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831943, Supplement to: Ostmann, A et al. (2014): Marine Environment Around Iceland: Hydrography, Sediments and First Predictive Models of Icelandic Deep-sea Sediment Characteristics. Polar Research Special Issue, Polish Polar Research, 35(2), https://doi.org/10.2478/popore-2014-0021

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Abstract:
Sediment samples and hydrographic conditions were studied at 28 stations around Iceland. At these sites, Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) casts were coducted to collect hydrographic data and multicorer casts were conducted to collect data on sediment characteristics including grain size distribution, carbon and nitrogen concentration, and chloroplastic pigment concentration. A total of 14 environmental predictors were used to model sediment characteristics around Iceland on regional scale. Two approaches were used: Multivariate Adaptation Regression Splines (MARS) and randomForest regression models. RandomForest outperformed MARS in predicting grain size distribution. MARS models had a greater tendency to over-and underpredict sediment values in areas outside the environmental envelope defined by the training dataset. We provide first GIS layers on sediment characteristics around Iceland, that can be used as predictors in future models. Although models performed well, more samples, especially from the shelf areas, will be needed to improve the models in future.
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Median Latitude: 64.529032 * Median Longitude: -19.042745 * South-bound Latitude: 60.045500 * West-bound Longitude: -31.368500 * North-bound Latitude: 69.093500 * East-bound Longitude: -6.958000
Date/Time Start: 2011-08-28T15:52:00 * Date/Time End: 2013-08-02T06:49:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Ostmann, A; Schnurr, S; Martínez Arbizu, P (2014): Prediction models based on 28 point samples, link to model output in text format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831942
  2. Ostmann, A; Schnurr, S; Martínez Arbizu, P (2014): Organic matter and grain size analysis on surface sediments from 28 stations located north and south of the Greenland-Iceland-Scotland ridge. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831941
  3. Ostmann, A; Schnurr, S; Martínez Arbizu, P (2014): Prediction models based on 28 point samples, links to model results in GRD format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831969
  4. Ostmann, A; Schnurr, S; Martínez Arbizu, P (2014): Prediction models based on 28 point samples, links to model results in PNG format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831946