Downward mass fluxes of particulate organic carbon and nitrogen in the Adriatic and Ionian Sea during MATER Project
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Venezia) |
| Country | Italy  |
| Time period | From March 1997 to August 1999 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Southern Adriatic Sea, Otranto Strait, Ionian Sea |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column |
| Instruments | Sediment traps |
| Description | |
| Summary | Data were collected within the framework of multidisciplinary studies aimed at investigating the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the Adriatic/Ionian basin. To determine the vertical fluxes, sediment traps coupled with current meters were used. The sampling period was 15 days. The collecting bottles were filled with a preservative formaline solution. Aliquots of samples were filtered on fiber glass filters to determine the total mass (dry weight), total and organic carbon and total nitrogen. Particle size analyses were carried out by means of a Model TA II Coulter Counter adopting the two-tubes technique (50 and 280 nm) to cover a wider range. The observed size ranged from 1 to 100 nm. |
| Originators | CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Venezia) |
| Data web site | http://doga.ogs.trieste.it |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Venezia) |
| Availability | Moratorium |
| Contact | Rabitti Sandro |
| Address | CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Venezia) |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography |
| Local identifier | OGS-EDMED-224 |
| Global identifier | 3748 |
| Last revised | 2003-09-15 |
