Document of dataset 2725

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
PANGAEA - Data from Benthic biology and geochemistry of a North-Eastern Atlantic Abyssal locality (BENGAL)
Description in English
The project was a three-year multidisciplinary study of the abyssal benthic boundary layer in the northeast Atlantic. The aim of BENGAL was to determine how the seabed community and the geochemistry of the sediments change seasonally in response to a highly seasonal input of organic matter from the overlying water column. It did this by organising an intensive sampling programme on 14 research cruises over a two-year period and using a range of observational techniques including time-series sediment traps, marine snow cameras, benthic lander systems, long-term moorings and time-lapse photography. The study area was located in the middle of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain at a water depth of about 4850 m, 270 km southwest of Ireland (central location: 48°50′N 16°30′W). The BENGAL project involved 17 partners from 9 European countries
Abstract in English
Multidisciplinary data of the abyssal benthic boundary layer in the northeast Atlantic.
License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
Version
1

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1996-01-01
End date
1998-01-01

Geographical coverage

Spatial
ANE, Porcupine Abyssal Plain

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Benthos
Macrobenthos
Meiobenthos
mooring

Themes

theme
Biology > Benthos

Ownerships

contributor
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research
contributor
Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences

Dataset references

record
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
record
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Special collections

part of special collection
available through EurOBIS
EMODNET

Document metadata

date created
2010-12-07
date modified
2022-08-11