Stratmann, Tanja, Soetaert, Karline, Wei, Chih-Lin, Lin, Yu-Shih and van Oevelen, Dick (2019) The SCOC database, a large, open, and global database with sediment community oxygen consumption rates. Scientific Data, 6 . Art.Nr. 242. DOI 10.1038/s41597-019-0259-3.

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Abstract

Sediment community oxygen consumption (SCOC) rates provide important information about biogeochemical processes in marine sediments and the activity of benthic microorganisms and fauna. Therefore, several databases of SCOC data have been compiled since the mid-1990s. However, these earlier databases contained much less data records and were not freely available. Additionally, the databases were not transparent in their selection procedure, so that other researchers could not assess the quality of the data. Here, we present the largest, best documented, and freely available database of SCOC data compiled to date. The database is comprised of 3,540 georeferenced SCOC records from 230 studies that were selected following the procedure for systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Each data record states whether the oxygen consumption was measured ex situ or in situ , as total oxygen uptake, diffusive or advective oxygen uptake, and which measurement device was used. The database will be curated and updated annually to secure and maintain an up-to-date global database of SCOC data.

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