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author Pieck, Daniela
Weyel, Niklas
Schwalfenberg, Kai
Hillebrand, Helmut
Kleyer, Michael
Lõhmus, Kertu
Wollschläger, Jochen
Zielinski, Oliver
Badewien, Thomas Henry
author_facet Pieck, Daniela
Weyel, Niklas
Schwalfenberg, Kai
Hillebrand, Helmut
Kleyer, Michael
Lõhmus, Kertu
Wollschläger, Jochen
Zielinski, Oliver
Badewien, Thomas Henry
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Data presented here were collected between September 2018 to September 2023 within the research unit DynaCom (Spatial community ecology in highly dynamic landscapes: From island biogeography to metaecosystems) involving the Universities of Oldenburg, Göttingen, and Münster, the iDiv Leipzig and the Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer. Experimental islands and saltmarsh enclosed plots were established in the back-barrier tidal flat and in the saltmarsh zone of the island of Spiekeroog (Germany). To measure local turbidity, a turbidity recorder equipped with a Seapoint® turbidity meter (RBRsolo Tu, RBR Ltd., Ontario/Canada) was installed in the back-barrier tidal flat near the experimental islands in a shallow tidal creek (0.9 m NHN). Another one was installed at the saltmarsh edge (1.2 m NHN). Both loggers were bottom mounted through a steel girder (buried 0.3 m deep in the sediment) and were positioned 15 cm above sediment surface, as was determined by using a portable differential GPS. This resulted in the sensor falling dry during low tide. The turbidity recorders were pre-calibrated by the manufacturer (Seapoint Sensors, Inc., NH/USA). Recorded data were internally logged and exported using Ruskin software V2.24.3.x (RBR Ltd., Ontario/Canada). Subsequent data processing was done using MATLAB (R2024b). Post-processing and quality control included the removal of (a) low tide data (sensors exposed to air), (b) data covering maintenance activities, (c) data affected by biofouling, and (d) implausible values, i.e. negative values and values exceeding the linear response range of the sensor (1250 NTU). According to manufacturer specifications, the linear measurement range extends up to 1250 NTU, while 750 NTU represent a more conservative estimate of linearity. Therefore, 1250 NTU was adopted as the upper threshold for valid measurements in this dataset.
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spellingShingle Continuous turbidity observations near DynaCom experimental in the back-barrier tidal flat, Spiekeroog, Germany, 2018-09 to 2023-09
Pieck, Daniela
Weyel, Niklas
Schwalfenberg, Kai
Hillebrand, Helmut
Kleyer, Michael
Lõhmus, Kertu
Wollschläger, Jochen
Zielinski, Oliver
Badewien, Thomas Henry
ALTITUDE; BEFmate; BEFmate_SaltMarshEdge1; BEFmate_seafloor; biodiversity - ecosystem functioning; DATE/TIME; DynaCom; Event label; experimental islands; Field experiment; FOR 2716: Spatial community ecology in highly dynamic landscapes: from island biogeography to metaecosystems; groundwater; Height above sea floor/altitude; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Metacommunity; MULT; Multiple investigations; off Spiekeroog, German Bight, North Sea; salt marsh; SCO; Spiekeroog; Spiekeroog Coastal Observatory; turbidity; Turbidity (Nephelometric turbidity unit); Turbidity meter, Seapoint Sensors inc., STM
Data presented here were collected between September 2018 to September 2023 within the research unit DynaCom (Spatial community ecology in highly dynamic landscapes: From island biogeography to metaecosystems) involving the Universities of Oldenburg, Göttingen, and Münster, the iDiv Leipzig and the Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer. Experimental islands and saltmarsh enclosed plots were established in the back-barrier tidal flat and in the saltmarsh zone of the island of Spiekeroog (Germany). To measure local turbidity, a turbidity recorder equipped with a Seapoint® turbidity meter (RBRsolo Tu, RBR Ltd., Ontario/Canada) was installed in the back-barrier tidal flat near the experimental islands in a shallow tidal creek (0.9 m NHN). Another one was installed at the saltmarsh edge (1.2 m NHN). Both loggers were bottom mounted through a steel girder (buried 0.3 m deep in the sediment) and were positioned 15 cm above sediment surface, as was determined by using a portable differential GPS. This resulted in the sensor falling dry during low tide. The turbidity recorders were pre-calibrated by the manufacturer (Seapoint Sensors, Inc., NH/USA). Recorded data were internally logged and exported using Ruskin software V2.24.3.x (RBR Ltd., Ontario/Canada). Subsequent data processing was done using MATLAB (R2024b). Post-processing and quality control included the removal of (a) low tide data (sensors exposed to air), (b) data covering maintenance activities, (c) data affected by biofouling, and (d) implausible values, i.e. negative values and values exceeding the linear response range of the sensor (1250 NTU). According to manufacturer specifications, the linear measurement range extends up to 1250 NTU, while 750 NTU represent a more conservative estimate of linearity. Therefore, 1250 NTU was adopted as the upper threshold for valid measurements in this dataset.
title Continuous turbidity observations near DynaCom experimental in the back-barrier tidal flat, Spiekeroog, Germany, 2018-09 to 2023-09
topic ALTITUDE; BEFmate; BEFmate_SaltMarshEdge1; BEFmate_seafloor; biodiversity - ecosystem functioning; DATE/TIME; DynaCom; Event label; experimental islands; Field experiment; FOR 2716: Spatial community ecology in highly dynamic landscapes: from island biogeography to metaecosystems; groundwater; Height above sea floor/altitude; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Metacommunity; MULT; Multiple investigations; off Spiekeroog, German Bight, North Sea; salt marsh; SCO; Spiekeroog; Spiekeroog Coastal Observatory; turbidity; Turbidity (Nephelometric turbidity unit); Turbidity meter, Seapoint Sensors inc., STM
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.993181