Matzander, Anna-Lena; Windirsch, Torben (2025): Total mercury content of terrestrial Arctic soils exposed to different degrees of large ungulate activity [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.982675 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2025-05-27
Abstract:
This dataset contains total mercury (THg) values for terrestrial Arctic and subarctic sites exposed to different degrees of grazing, indicated by numbers in the site names where 1 expresses an exclosure site. Samples collected from Siberia (CH19) include active layer and permafrost samples, while the remaining samples, taken from Finland, were collected from sites without permafrost influence but soil winter freezing from the surface.
Total mercury was measured at Alfred Wegener Institute's Permafrost Research section in Potsdam, Germany, using a Direct Mercury Analyzer (Milestone Slr DMA-80) on freeze-dried and homogenized sample material. Measurements were conducted as double measurements, using 50 mg of sample for each run, and results were compared to measurements of various standardized material. If the detection limit was not reached, double measurement was repeated with 200 mg of sample mass for each run.
Further data on these samples are published in separate datasets:
Finland (reindeer summer ranges and reference sites): https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.941930
Finland (reindeer winter ranges): https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.952470
Related to:
Windirsch, Torben; Forbes, Bruce C; Grosse, Guido; Wolter, Juliane; Treat, Claire C; Ulrich, Mathias; Stark, Sari; Fuchs, Matthias; Olofsson, Johan; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Kumpula, Timo; Strauss, Jens (2022): Peat and sediment characteristics from different Reindeer grazing intensities in Northern Finland [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.941930
Windirsch, Torben; Forbes, Bruce C; Grosse, Guido; Wolter, Juliane; Treat, Claire C; Ulrich, Mathias; Stark, Sari; Fuchs, Matthias; Olofsson, Johan; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Kumpula, Timo; Strauss, Jens (2022): Peat and sediment characteristics from Reindeer winter ranges in Northern Finland [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.952470
Windirsch, Torben; Grosse, Guido; Ulrich, Mathias; Forbes, Bruce C; Göckede, Mathias; Zimov, Nikita S; Macias-Fauria, Marc; Olofsson, Johan; Wolter, Juliane; Strauss, Jens (2021): Large herbivores affecting terrestrial permafrost in northeastern Siberia: biogeochemical and sediment characteristics under different grazing intensities [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933446
Project(s):
Funding:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03F0806A: WTZ Großbritannien: CACOON - Veränderung des arktischen Kohlenstoffkreislaufs im küstennahen Ozean
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), grant/award no. NE/R012806/1: Changing Arctic Carbon cycle in the cOastal Ocean Near-shore
University of Potsdam (UP), grant/award no. PeCHEc: Permafrost Carbon Stabilization by Recreating a Herbivore-Driven Ecosystem (Potsdam Graduate School)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 68.989663 * Median Longitude: 59.916825 * South-bound Latitude: 68.504469 * West-bound Longitude: 26.795800 * North-bound Latitude: 69.229700 * East-bound Longitude: 161.514611
Date/Time Start: 2019-03-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-06-15T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, soil: 0.0000 m * Maximum DEPTH, soil: 1.7300 m
Event(s):
CH19-B1 (B1) * Latitude: 68.512167 * Longitude: 161.496278 * Date/Time: 2019-07-13T10:22:00 * Elevation: 9.2 m * Recovery: 127 cm * Location: Cherskiy, Russia * Campaign: RU-Land_2019_Cherskiy (Cherskiy 2019) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Sampling permafrost (PERM) * Comment: fixed volume cylinder 250 cm³ (active layer); SIPRE 3.5" (permafrost); 127 cm (top 80 unfrozen); 17 samples;
CH19-B2 (B2) * Latitude: 68.511111 * Longitude: 161.508528 * Date/Time: 2019-07-10T07:38:00 * Elevation: 8.5 m * Recovery: 108 cm * Location: Cherskiy, Russia * Campaign: RU-Land_2019_Cherskiy (Cherskiy 2019) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Sampling permafrost (PERM) * Comment: fixed volume cylinder 250 cm³ (active layer); SIPRE 3.5" (permafrost); 108 cm (top 51 unfrozen); 15 samples
CH19-B3 (B3) * Latitude: 68.512694 * Longitude: 161.508750 * Date/Time: 2019-07-07T14:11:00 * Elevation: 7.3 m * Recovery: 110 cm * Location: Cherskiy, Russia * Campaign: RU-Land_2019_Cherskiy (Cherskiy 2019) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Sampling permafrost (PERM) * Comment: fixed volume cylinder 250 cm³ (active layer); SIPRE 3.5" (permafrost); 110 cm (top 38 unfrozen); 18 samples
Comment:
The data were created with an additional funding from Geo.X Research Network (Add-on Funding, SO_087_GeoX).
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Windirsch, Torben | |||
| 2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Windirsch, Torben | Geocode | ||
| 3 | Comment | Comment | Windirsch, Torben | |||
| 4 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Windirsch, Torben | Geocode | ||
| 5 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Windirsch, Torben | Geocode | ||
| 6 | Sample ID | Sample ID | Windirsch, Torben | |||
| 7 | DEPTH, soil | Depth soil | m | Windirsch, Torben | Geocode – mean | |
| 8 | Depth, soil, minimum | Depth soil min | m | Windirsch, Torben | ||
| 9 | Depth, soil, maximum | Depth soil max | m | Windirsch, Torben | ||
| 10 | Mercury, total | Hg tot | ng/g | Matzander, Anna-Lena | Direct Mercury Analyzer, Milestone, MA-80 |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
1687 data points