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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_938673</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>All data derived from water samples in 12 stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Fettweis, Michael; Desmit, Xavier; Parmentier, Koen</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>All data derived from water samples in 12 stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2026-01-27</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.938673</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Fettweis</Last_Name>
<Email>mfettweis@naturalsciences.be</Email>
</Personnel>
<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Event label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DATE/TIME</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Station label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Depth comment</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Suspended particulate matter</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Suspended particulate matter, error, relative</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Carbon, organic, particulate</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Carbon, organic, particulate, error, relative</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitrogen, organic, particulate</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitrogen, organic, particulate, error, relative</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chlorophyll a</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chlorophyll a, error, relative</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chlorophyll b</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chlorophyll b, error, relative</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pheophytin a</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pheophytin a, error, relative</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pheophytin b</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pheophytin b, error, relative</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Transparent exopolymer particles as Gum Xanthan equivalents per volume</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Salinity</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Carbon, organic, dissolved</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Phosphorus, inorganic, dissolved</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitrogen, inorganic, dissolved</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitrogen oxide</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitrogen dioxide</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ammonium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Phosphate</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Silicon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>Bligbank</Keyword>
<Keyword>BWS1</Keyword>
<Keyword>Gootebank</Keyword>
<Keyword>Hinderbank</Keyword>
<Keyword>Kwintebank</Keyword>
<Keyword>MOW0</Keyword>
<Keyword>MOW1</Keyword>
<Keyword>Nieuwpoort</Keyword>
<Keyword>Ostend</Keyword>
<Keyword>W05</Keyword>
<Keyword>W08</Keyword>
<Keyword>Zeebrugge</Keyword>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2004-03-04</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2020-02-19</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>51.16316667</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>51.68866667</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>2.352</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>3.6205</Easternmost_Longitude>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
</Contact_Address>
</Personnel>
</Data_Center>
<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>25967 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
</Distribution>
<Reference>Fettweis, Michael; Schartau, Markus; Desmit, Xavier; Lee, Byung Joon; Terseleer, Nathan; Van der Zande, Dimitry; Parmentier, Koen; Riethmüller, Rolf (2022): Organic Matter Composition of Biomineral Flocs and Its Influence on Suspended Particulate Matter Dynamics Along a Nearshore to Offshore Transect. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(1), e2021JG006332, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006332</Reference>
<Summary>For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.938673"! ** This dataset has been carefully reviewed and curated in accordance with PANGAEA's exceptionally high quality standards. However, due to discontinued communication from the authors' side, it did not receive the usual formal approval by the authors and therefore lacks final scientific validation.</Summary>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>DATE/TIME</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006332</URL>
<Description>Organic Matter Composition of Biomineral Flocs and Its Influence on Suspended Particulate Matter Dynamics Along a Nearshore to Offshore Transect</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.32187.d001</URL>
<Description>Chlorophyll a</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.32188.d001</URL>
<Description>Chlorophyll b</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.32224.d001</URL>
<Description>Pheophytin a</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.32225.d001</URL>
<Description>Pheophytin b</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Parent_DIF>PANGAEA_938674</Parent_DIF>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2026-01-27</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-04-30</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
</DIF>
