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Citation:	Mielck, Finn; Armonies, Werner (2021): Hydroacoustic and Sediment data collected during AL-519/1 in January 2019 in the German Bight [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932492
Abstract:	During the research cruise AL-519-1 with RV Alkor the effects of dredging measures in an extraction site west off Sylt (German Bight) were investigated. Here, sandy material was extracted since 1984 for beach nourishment on the Island of Sylt. The extraction site lies approx. 7 km west of Sylt and has an extend of 5.5 km*3 km with water depths between 13 and 32 m. The investigations took place in January 2019 and lasted about five days.
	In order to assess the morphology of the study site, a gapless bathymetry was measured using a multibeam echosounder (ELAC Seabeam 1000, 180 kHz). For the determination of further seafloor characteristics and backscatter responses of the seafloor, a sidescan sonar were used (Imagenex YellowFin 872, 330 kHz). In addition, 55 sediment samples were taken in different domains of the study site (e.g. old dredging pits, new dredging pits, unaffected seafloor). The sediment samples were examined with regard to their grain sizes as well as their macrozoobenthos community composition.
Keyword(s):	Multibeam Echosounder; sediment analysis; Sidescan Sonar
Supplement to:	Mielck, Finn; Michaelis, Rune; Hass, H Christian; Hertel, Sarah; Ganal, Caroline; Armonies, Werner (accepted): Persistent effects of sand extraction on habitats and associated benthic communities in the German Bight. Biogeosciences, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2020-17
Project(s):	Strategies and Tools for Environment-friendly Shore Nourishment as Climate Change Impact Low-Regret Measures (STENCIL)
Funding:	Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (URI: https://www.bmbf.de/), grant/award no. 03F0761C: Strategies and Tools for Environment-friendly Shore Nourishment as Climate Change Impact Low-Regret Measures (URI: https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=03F0761C)
Coverage:	MEDIAN LATITUDE: 54.836314 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 8.161302 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 54.263795 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 7.930945 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 54.941007 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 8.265057
	DATE/TIME START: 2019-01-25T14:09:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2019-02-04T07:59:00
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Size:	4 datasets
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/* TABULAR SUMMARY OF DATASETS LISTED IN THIS COLLECTION: */
Filename	Citation of child dataset
AL519-1_granulometry.tab	Mielck, Finn; Armonies, Werner (2021): Granulometry in surface sediments of R/V Alkor cruise AL519/1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932491
AL519-1_macrobenthos.tab	Mielck, Finn; Armonies, Werner (2021): Macrozoobenthos abundances in surface sediments of R/V Alkor cruise AL519/1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932486
AL519-1_macrobenthos_biomass.tab	Mielck, Finn; Armonies, Werner (2021): Macrozoobenthos biomass in surface sediments of R/V Alkor cruise AL519/1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932489
AL519-1_mutibeam.tab	Mielck, Finn; Armonies, Werner (2021): Hydroacoustic data collected during AL-519/1 in January 2019 in the German Bight. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932479
