A marine and salt marsh sediment organic carbon database for European regional seas (EURO-CARBON)
Graversen, A.E.L.; Lønborg, C.; Addamo, A.M.; Pedersen, S.G.; Chemello, S.; Alejo, I.; Apostolaki, E.T.; Asplund, M.E.; Austin, W.E.N.; Berov, D.; Berto, D.; Björk, M.; Black, K.; Bobchev, N.; Bonaglia, S.; Borgersen, G.; Bouma, T.; Costello, M.J.; Dahl, M.; Diaz-Almela, E.; Dimitriou, P.D.; Duarte, C.M.; Dueñas, C.L.; Efthymiadis, P.T.; Elosegui, I.M.; Espinosa, M.R.; Filipsson, H.L.; Fontela, M.; Fredriksen, S.; Frigstad, H.; Gagnon, K.; Garcia-Escudero, C.A.; Giani, M.; Grouhel-Pellouin, A.; Guerra, R.; Gullström, M.; Gundersen, H.; Hancke, K.; Majtényi-Hill, C.; Hunt, C.; Inostroza, K.; Karakassis, I.; Karamfilov, V.; Klayn, S.; Koziorowska, K.; Kuliński, K.; Lavery, P.; Lenstra, W.K.; Lillebø, A.I.; Logemann, E.; Magni, P.; Marbà, N.; Marco-Mendez, C.; Martins, M.; Mateo, M.A.; Monnier, B.; Mueller, P.; Neto, J.M.; Papageorgiou, N.; de Rezende, C.E.; Pardo, J.C.F.; Peña, J.A.J. De La; Pergent, G.; Piñeiro-Juncal, N.; Preston, J.; Rampazzo, F.; Reithmaier, G.; Reusch, T.B.H.; Reynolds, S.; Ricart, A.M.; Santos, R.; de los Santos, C.B.; Santos, I.R.; Serrano, E.; Serrano, O.; Slomp, C.P.; Smeaton, C.; Soler, M.; Sousa, A.I.; Spiegel, T.; Stevenson, A.; Thormar, J.; Trannum, H.C.; van Helmond, N.A.G.M.; Paradis, S.; Vizzini, S.; Ward, E.A.; Yau, Y.Y.Y.; Zakhama-Sraieb, R.; Zribi, I.; Zygadlowska, O.M.; Jensen, D.K. (2025). A marine and salt marsh sediment organic carbon database for European regional seas (EURO-CARBON). Data in Brief 60: 111595. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111595
In: Data in Brief. Elsevier: Netherlands. ISSN 2352-3409; e-ISSN 2352-3409, more
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| Abstract |
Marine and salt marsh sediments contain large amounts of organic carbon (OC) and are therefore important in the global carbon cycle. Here, we collated previously published and unpublished measurements of sediment OC in marine and salt marsh sediments in European regional seas (EURO-CARBON; available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14905489). To the extent possible the OC data were complemented by variables such as sediment porosity and dry bulk density. The EURO-CARBON dataset holds 61306 individual data entries of sediment OC content from different regions of European regional seas. Around three quarters (76%) were collected in coastal and deep sea bare sediments, 18% from salt marshes, 7% from seagrass habitats, and 0.03% from macroalgal habitats. For all habitats and sediment depth layers the OC content varied between <0.1 and 41.56 % (avg.: 2.47 ± 3.37 %; median: 1.39 %), with the content generally decreasing in the following sequence: salt marsh (5.01 ± 5.96 %; 3.03 %) > seagrass (2.37 ± 5.96 %; 3.03 %) > bare sediment (1.88 ± 2.03 %; 1.20 %). The EURO-CARBON dataset will serve as a basis for future work, and it will be an important resource for researchers, managers, and policymakers working towards protecting sediment OC pools. |
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