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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_965591</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Environmental variables at stations REF, IF20-12, IF20-10, IF20-18, IF20-01 and IF20-04 (sediment surface)</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>O'Brien, Phoebe Alexandra Joy; Barrenechea Angeles, Ines; Cermakova, Kristina; Jarrossay, Renaud; Polovodova Asteman, Irina</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Environmental variables at stations REF, IF20-12, IF20-10, IF20-18, IF20-01 and IF20-04 (sediment surface)</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2025-02-13</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.965591</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Phoebe Alexandra Joy</First_Name>
<Last_Name>O'Brien</Last_Name>
<Email>phoebe.obrien@gu.se</Email>
</Personnel>
<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Event label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Date/Time of event</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Latitude of event</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Longitude of event</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Elevation of event</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DEPTH, sediment/rock</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Arsenic</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cadmium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cobalt</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chromium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Copper</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Mercury</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nickel</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Lead</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Vanadium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Zinc</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ15N/14N ratio</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ13C/12C ratio</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Nitrogen, total</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Carbon, organic, total</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Carbon/Nitrogen ratio</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>eDNA metabarcoding</Keyword>
<Keyword>Foraminiferal assemblages</Keyword>
<Keyword>Gemini Corer</Keyword>
<Keyword>heavy metals</Keyword>
<Keyword>IF20-01</Keyword>
<Keyword>IF20-04</Keyword>
<Keyword>IF20-10</Keyword>
<Keyword>IF20-12</Keyword>
<Keyword>IF20-18</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pollutants</Keyword>
<Keyword>REF</Keyword>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Gemini Corer</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), ALS Scandinavia AB</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), Sercon</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2020-11-10</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2020-11-11</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>59.051</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>59.113666</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>11.2121667</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>11.4061667</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>0.0 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>0.0 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)</Maximum_Depth>
</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>90 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
</Distribution>
<Reference>O'Brien, Phoebe Alexandra Joy; Barrenechea Angeles, Ines; Cermakova, Kristina; Pawlowski, Jan; Alve, Elisabeth; Nordberg, Kjell; Polovodova Asteman, Irina (2024): Assessing Environmental Quality in a Historically Polluted Fjord: A Comparison of Benthic Foraminiferal eDNA and Morphospecies Approaches. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(12), e2023JG007781, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007781</Reference>
<Summary>Heavy metals (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, V and Zn) were analysed at ALS Scandinavia AB using a mass spectrometer and the organic chemistry (δ¹⁵N, δ¹³C, TN, TOC and C/N) analysis was conducted at the University of Gothenburg using a SerCon isotope ratio mass spectrometer, both from freeze-dried sediment samples. The environmental variable units are as follows: metals are all (mg/kg), TN (ppm), TOC (mg/L). C/N, δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C have no units as they are isotope ratios. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.965591"!</Summary>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007781</URL>
<Description>Assessing Environmental Quality in a Historically Polluted Fjord: A Comparison of Benthic Foraminiferal eDNA and Morphospecies Approaches</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Parent_DIF>PANGAEA_965583</Parent_DIF>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2025-02-13</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-08-31</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
</DIF>
