Dataset: Water column nutrients, porewater nutrients, sediment percent organic content and C:N ratio collected at Smith Island, Virginia in August of 2013 (Oyster Reef N2O Emission project)

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedVersion (2018-03-19)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Bongkeun Song (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Co-Principal Investigator: Mark J. Brush (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Co-Principal Investigator: Michael F. Piehler (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Co-Principal Investigator: Craig Tobias (University of Connecticut)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Microbial Regulation of Greenhouse Gas N2O Emission from Intertidal Oyster Reefs (Oyster Reef N2O Emission)

This dataset contains nutrients in the water column and porewater as well as sediment % organic content and C:N ratio from Smith Island and Smith Island Bay, VA in 2013.

These data were utilized in the following publication:
Smyth, A. R., Murphy, A. E., Anderson, I. C., & Song, B. (2017). Differential Effects of Bivalves on Sediment Nitrogen Cycling in a Shallow Coastal Bay. Estuaries and Coasts, 41(4), 1147–1163 DOI: 10.1007/s12237-017-0344-9

See related Smith Island Datasets:
Smith Island N cycle: 2013 Seasonal Fluxes 
Smith Island N cycle: 2014 Seasonal Field Data
Smith Island N cycle: 2014 Seasonal Fluxes


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Methods, Results

Smyth, A. R., Murphy, A. E., Anderson, I. C., & Song, B. (2017). Differential Effects of Bivalves on Sediment Nitrogen Cycling in a Shallow Coastal Bay. Estuaries and Coasts, 41(4), 1147–1163. doi:10.1007/s12237-017-0344-9