Benthic oxygen and nutrient exchange at sediment-water interface in the Curonian lagoon / 2009

1.) General description of the data set:

Benthic oxygen and nutrient exchange at sediment-water interface in the Curonian lagoon during 2009

2.) Created:

December 2010

3.) Last update:

December 2010

4.) Keywords:

Total oxygen uptake, nutrient flux, denitrification, sediments, pore water, Curonian lagoon

5.) Area:

Curonian lagoon

6.) Spatial extension:

Pore waters from 0-10 cm sediment depth

7.) Spatial resolution:

Several stations along depth gradient and different total organic matter content

8.) Time window:

2009

9.) Temporal resolution:

Seasonally

10.) Data:

Intact core incubation in the laboratory at the ambient conditions, rates umol / m2/h

Pore water inorganic nutrient analysis, concentration umol / L

11.) Reference to other data sets:

12.) Data quality (degree of validation):

13.) Where to find the data?

not yet published

14.) Contact person:

Ph. sutdent. Mindaugas Zilius

Coastal Reaserch and Planning Institute

Klaipeda University

H. Manto 84, LT 92294

e-mail mindaugas@corpi.ku.lt