This site works best on a screen of at least 620 pixels wide

Dataset - Sources, Pathways and Sinks of Organic Matter in Antarctic Terrestrial Ecosystems (MATE)

Huiskes, Ad (2007). Sources, Pathways and Sinks of Organic Matter in Antarctic Terrestrial Ecosystems (MATE). (v1) The Netherlands. https://npdc.nl/dataset/5c85f74c-f79f-54ac-91bc-c54b739d10cb
Please use the citation above when using this dataset. Download as: BibTex or RIS

Summary

Terrestrial, limnetic and coastal ecosystems in Antarctica are connected by transport (predominantly by melt water) of organic matter and minerals. Temperature increase (either directly or indirectly via changes in melt water fluxes and precipitation patterns) influences the fluxes of organic matter and minerals within and between these ecosystems.

In order to study the fluxes of organic matter and minerals in the system, it is necessary to know the source, the pathways and the sink of it. In this
proposal a pilot experiment is described to identify sources of organic matter and minerals.

Stable isotope ratios of C, N, S, and O in organic compounds and the chemical structure of organic molecules in organic matter of known origin, will be
identified for future reference in flux studies on the ecosystem level. As the input of minerals from marine origin is regarded to be an important mineral source for the terrestrial ecosystem, a second pilot experiment on the composition of sea spray, blown inland by wind will be performed.

Purpose

-To study the isotope ratio's of C, N, S, and O in organic matter of known origin by sampling various components of the terrestrial ecosystem and to establish a database on the chemical structure of organic compounds of constituents of the terrestrial, limnetic and coastal marine ecosystems, which
may be used as biomarkers for the origin, diagenesis and transport pathways of organic matter future studies.

-To perform a pilot experiment on the importance of sea spray for the mineral requirement of terrestrial vegetation.

Temporal coverage

Period

1 January 2000 to 1 March 2002


PlatformIn Situ Land-based Platforms > Field Surveys (field Surveys)
InstrumentIn Situ/laboratory Instruments > Spectrometers/radiometers > Mass Spectrometers (mass Spectrometers)

Data resolution

Horizontal resolution range

< 1 Meter

Vertical resolution range

1 Meter - < 10 Meters

Temporal resolution range

Daily - < Weekly


Originating center

Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-CEME)

Participants

NameOrganizationRole

No files

Dataset progress

complete

Data quality

Access constraints

Use constraints


Projects

No projects linked to this dataset yet

Publications

Huiskes, A.H.L., Boschker, H.T.S., et al., 2006. Stable isotope ratios as a tool for assessing changes in carbon and nutrient sources in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems. Plants and Climate Change , 79-88

Huiskes, A.H.L., Boschker, H.T.S., et al., 2004. Stable isotope ratios as a tool for assessing the marine influence on Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems. Terra Antarctica Reports (11), 33-36

Links

No links

Dif id: MATE.NL | UUID: 5c85f74c-f79f-54ac-91bc-c54b739d10cb | Version:1 | Added on: 17 February 2007 13:41