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Measurements for a 92 day climate manipulation experiment on replicate macrofaunal mesocosms collected on the cruise JR18006 in the Western Barents Sea and at Rothera research station in 2019
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01749

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Abstract:
Measurements were collected during the 92 day lab-based experiment carried out on replicate macrofaunal mesocosms of Astarte crenata, Ctenodiscus crispatus, Cistenides hyperborea from the Western Barents Sea and Aequiyoldia eightsi and Laternula elliptica from Rothera Point, Antarctic Peninsula. Macrofauna were collected on cruise JR18006 in the Western Barents Sea and by hand during scuba dives in the cove adjacent to Rothera research station. Experimental measurements include carbonate chemistry indices measured in water samples; carbon dioxide concentration levels; benthic invertebrate response rate, burial rate, sediment particle reworking, bioirrigation, and associated nutrient concentrations; benthic invertebrate body size and individual biomass; sediment organic material content, and sediment particle size.

Supported by the INSPIRE Doctoral Training Partnership programme (grant NE/S007210/1) and 'The Changing Arctic Ocean Seafloor (ChAOS) - how changing sea ice conditions impact biological communities, biogeochemical processes and ecosystems' project (NE/N015894/1 and NE/P006426/1, 2017/2021), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in the UK.

Keywords:
Antarctic, Arctic, bioirrigation, bioturbation, climate change, ecosystem function, experiment, mesocosm experiment

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Williams, T.J., Reed, A.J., Peck, L.S., Godbold, J.A., & Solan, M. (2023). Measurements for a 92 day climate manipulation experiment on replicate macrofaunal mesocosms collected on the cruise JR18006 in the Western Barents Sea and at Rothera research station in 2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/7adc7b14-abae-4ab9-b60b-b9b6e0e9f320

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