MTP II - MATER





ADRIATIC/IONIAN BASIN

Particulate Matter in Water Column

*DATASET-NAME : Biogenic suspended matter characterisation in the water column, in Southern Adriatic, Otranto Strait Sea and Ionian Sea.

*TIME-PERIOD : 1997 to present

*GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE : Southern Adriatic Sea, Northern Ionian Sea

*PROJECT : MASTIII/MTPII/MATER, MAss Transfer and Ecosystem Response

*PARAMETERS : Total Suspended Matter (TSM), Particulate Organic Carbon (POC), Particulate Total Nitrogen (PTN) in water column at standard or selected depths. Pigments (Chlorophyll a and Phaeopigments) concentration at standard or selected depths in the photic layer of the water column.

*INSTRUMENTS : POC and PN were determined by a Perkin-Elmer CHN 2400 Elemental Analyser. Chlorophyll a and phaeopigment samples were analysed with a Perkin-Elmer LS-5B luminescence spectrometer.

*SUMMARY : Data were collected within the framework of multidisciplinary studies aimed at investigating the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the Adriatic/Ionian basin.

In chosen stations, samples from the water column were collected from Niskin bottles at standard or selected depth; samples for TSM, POC, PTN and Pigments were filtered with glass fiber filters and stored at -20 C.

*REFERENCE :

• Hedges J.I. and J.H. Stern, 1984: Carbon and nitrogen determination of carbonate containing solids. Limnol. Oceanogr., 29, 657-663.
• Holm-Hansen O., C.J. Lorenzen, R.W. Holmes and J.D.H. Strickland, 1965: Fluorimetric determination of chlorophill. J. Cons. Perm. Int. Explor. Mer, 30, 3-15.

*CENTRE :
OSSERVATORIO GEOFISICO SPERIMENTALE
Department of Oceanology
PO BOX 2011
IT-34016 TRIESTE
Italy
tel : +39 40 21401

*STORAGE-MEDIUM : Hard disk.

*AVAILABILITY : OGS, Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale, charged as Regional Data Center for the Adriatic/Ionian Basin. Data availability is submitted to the originator permission

*COMPLETED-BY : Alfredo Boldrin IBM-(Italy)

*ENTRY-DATE : 1998-05-27

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