Earth System Science Data (Feb 2024)
A global database of dissolved organic matter (DOM) concentration measurements in coastal waters (CoastDOM v1)
- C. Lønborg,
- C. Carreira,
- G. Abril,
- S. Agustí,
- V. Amaral,
- A. Andersson,
- J. Arístegui,
- P. Bhadury,
- M. B. Bif,
- A. V. Borges,
- S. Bouillon,
- M. Ll. Calleja,
- L. C. Cotovicz Jr.,
- L. C. Cotovicz Jr.,
- S. Cozzi,
- M. Doval,
- C. M. Duarte,
- B. Eyre,
- C. G. Fichot,
- E. E. García-Martín,
- A. Garzon-Garcia,
- M. Giani,
- M. Giani,
- R. Gonçalves-Araujo,
- R. Gruber,
- D. A. Hansell,
- F. Hashihama,
- D. He,
- J. M. Holding,
- W. R. Hunter,
- J. S. P. Ibánhez,
- V. Ibello,
- S. Jiang,
- G. Kim,
- K. Klun,
- P. Kowalczuk,
- A. Kubo,
- C.-W. Lee,
- C. B. Lopes,
- F. Maggioni,
- P. Magni,
- C. Marrase,
- P. Martin,
- S. L. McCallister,
- R. McCallum,
- P. M. Medeiros,
- X. A. G. Morán,
- X. A. G. Morán,
- F. E. Muller-Karger,
- A. Myers-Pigg,
- M. Norli,
- J. M. Oakes,
- H. Osterholz,
- H. Park,
- M. Lund Paulsen,
- J. A. Rosentreter,
- J. A. Rosentreter,
- J. D. Ross,
- D. Rueda-Roa,
- C. Santinelli,
- Y. Shen,
- E. Teira,
- T. Tinta,
- G. Uher,
- M. Wakita,
- N. Ward,
- K. Watanabe,
- Y. Xin,
- Y. Yamashita,
- L. Yang,
- J. Yeo,
- H. Yuan,
- Q. Zheng,
- Q. Zheng,
- X. A. Álvarez-Salgado
Affiliations
- C. Lønborg
- Section for Marine Diversity and Experimental Ecology, Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
- C. Carreira
- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Portugal
- G. Abril
- Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 61 Rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France
- S. Agustí
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- V. Amaral
- Departamento Interdisciplinario de Sistemas Costero Marinos, Centro Universitario Regional Este, Universidad de la República, Ruta 9 y 15, CP 27000, Rocha, Uruguay
- A. Andersson
- Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Umeå University, Sweden
- J. Arístegui
- Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global (IOCAG), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
- P. Bhadury
- Centre for Climate and Environmental Studies, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India
- M. B. Bif
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States
- A. V. Borges
- Chemical Oceanography Unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- S. Bouillon
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- M. Ll. Calleja
- Marine Ecology and Systematics (MarES), Department of Biology, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- L. C. Cotovicz Jr.
- Departamento de Geoquímica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outeiro São João Batista s/n, 24020015 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- L. C. Cotovicz Jr.
- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, 18119 Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
- S. Cozzi
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), Strada Statale 14, km 163.5, 34149 Trieste, Italy
- M. Doval
- Instituto Tecnolóxico para o Control do Medio Mariño de Galicia, 36611 Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
- C. M. Duarte
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- B. Eyre
- Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia
- C. G. Fichot
- Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- E. E. García-Martín
- National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom
- A. Garzon-Garcia
- Department of Environment and Science, PO Box 5078, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
- M. Giani
- National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Trieste, Italy
- M. Giani
- Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca scientifica e tecnologia Applicata al Mare, Chioggia, Italy
- R. Gonçalves-Araujo
- National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- R. Gruber
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville, QLD, 4810, Australia
- D. A. Hansell
- Department of Ocean Sciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric & Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
- F. Hashihama
- Department of Ocean Sciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan
- D. He
- Department of Ocean Science and Center for Ocean Research in Hong Kong and Macau, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
- J. M. Holding
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
- W. R. Hunter
- Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems Branch, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- J. S. P. Ibánhez
- CSIC, Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas, Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Spain
- V. Ibello
- Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University, 33731 Erdemli, Mersin, Türkiye
- S. Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, 200241, Shanghai, China
- G. Kim
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
- K. Klun
- Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia
- P. Kowalczuk
- Remote Sensing Laboratory, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
- A. Kubo
- Department of Geosciences, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
- C.-W. Lee
- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- C. B. Lopes
- CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- F. Maggioni
- ENTROPIE, IRD, Université de la Réunion, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa 98800, New Caledonia
- P. Magni
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per lo studio degli impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in ambiente marino (CNR-IAS), Loc. Sa Mardini, Torregrande, 09170, Oristano, Italy
- C. Marrase
- Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- P. Martin
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
- S. L. McCallister
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Biology, Richmond, Virginia, United States
- R. McCallum
- Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, School of Science, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA, 6027, Australia
- P. M. Medeiros
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States
- X. A. G. Morán
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- X. A. G. Morán
- Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón/Xixón (IEO-CSIC), 33212 Gijón/Xixón, Spain
- F. E. Muller-Karger
- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida 33701, United States
- A. Myers-Pigg
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory, Sequim, Washington, United States
- M. Norli
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway
- J. M. Oakes
- Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia
- H. Osterholz
- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, 18119 Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
- H. Park
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
- M. Lund Paulsen
- Marine microbiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- J. A. Rosentreter
- Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia
- J. A. Rosentreter
- Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- J. D. Ross
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia
- D. Rueda-Roa
- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida 33701, United States
- C. Santinelli
- Biophysics Institute, CNR, Pisa, Italy
- Y. Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL) & College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, China
- E. Teira
- Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidade de Vigo, Centro de Investigacion Mariña da Universidade de Vigo (CIM-UVigo), Vigo, Spain
- T. Tinta
- Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia
- G. Uher
- School of Natural and Environmental Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- M. Wakita
- Mutsu Institute for Oceanography, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 690 Kitasekine, Sekine, Mutsu, Aomori, Japan
- N. Ward
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory, Sequim, Washington, United States
- K. Watanabe
- Coastal and Estuarine Environment Research Group, Port and Airport Research Institute, Yokosuka 239-0826, Japan
- Y. Xin
- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute for Advanced Ocean Study, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- Y. Yamashita
- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
- L. Yang
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Fuzhou University, China
- J. Yeo
- Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia
- H. Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Q. Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL) & College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, China
- Q. Zheng
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Carbon Sequestration, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- X. A. Álvarez-Salgado
- CSIC, Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas, Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Spain
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-1107-2024
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 16
pp. 1107 – 1119
Abstract
Measurements of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), nitrogen (DON), and phosphorus (DOP) concentrations are used to characterize the dissolved organic matter (DOM) pool and are important components of biogeochemical cycling in the coastal ocean. Here, we present the first edition of a global database (CoastDOM v1; available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964012, Lønborg et al., 2023) compiling previously published and unpublished measurements of DOC, DON, and DOP in coastal waters. These data are complemented by hydrographic data such as temperature and salinity and, to the extent possible, other biogeochemical variables (e.g. chlorophyll a, inorganic nutrients) and the inorganic carbon system (e.g. dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity). Overall, CoastDOM v1 includes observations of concentrations from all continents. However, most data were collected in the Northern Hemisphere, with a clear gap in DOM measurements from the Southern Hemisphere. The data included were collected from 1978 to 2022 and consist of 62 338 data points for DOC, 20 356 for DON, and 13 533 for DOP. The number of measurements decreases progressively in the sequence DOC > DON > DOP, reflecting both differences in the maturity of the analytical methods and the greater focus on carbon cycling by the aquatic science community. The global database shows that the average DOC concentration in coastal waters (average ± standard deviation (SD): 182±314 µmol C L−1; median: 103 µmol C L−1) is 13-fold higher than the average coastal DON concentration (13.6±30.4 µmol N L−1; median: 8.0 µmol N L−1), which is itself 39-fold higher than the average coastal DOP concentration (0.34±1.11 µmol P L−1; median: 0.18 µmol P L−1). This dataset will be useful for identifying global spatial and temporal patterns in DOM and will help facilitate the reuse of DOC, DON, and DOP data in studies aimed at better characterizing local biogeochemical processes; closing nutrient budgets; estimating carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous pools; and establishing a baseline for modelling future changes in coastal waters.
