Identification

Title

Hydrocarbon and microbial community data from contaminated beaches in Salamina and the Athens Riviera following the Agia Zoni II Oil Spill (2017-2018)

Abstract

These data were collected from surface sediments (0-5 cm) at sites located along the Athens Riviera and Salamina coastline, Greece. The sediments came from both oil-contaminated (via Agia Zoni II oil-spill) and uncontaminated sites and were first collected between September 2017 and April 2018. For sediments taken at each site, data includes hydrocarbon concentrations (alkanes and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)), absolute microbial abundance (by Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)) of Bacteria, Archaea, and Fungi, and 16S rRNA amplicon libraries of Bacteria and Archaea. Additionally, nutrient concentrations (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, silicate, and phosphate) were measured from seawater samples taken at the same sites. This study was conducted by the University of Essex, in partnerships with Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation and Cranfield University, and funded by the National Environmental Research Council and EnvEast DTP. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

oil spill

oil pollution

hydrocarbons

environmental biology

remediation

sediments

16S rRNA

coastal

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

23.298

East bounding longitude

23.774

North bounding latitude

38.075

South bounding latitude

37.842

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2017-09-01

End position

2018-04-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2019-09-10

date type

creation

effective date

2019-07-11

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Samples were collected, in triplicate, in sterile 100 ml containers from the coastal surface (0 - 5 cm) sediments. To attain a comprehensive sample of the oil spill, samples were taken from control (non-oil contaminated) and contaminated (oil contaminated) sites along the Athens Riviera and Salamina Island coast, Greece. Samples were initially collected from the Athens Riviera immediately (September 2017) after the oil spill occurred. Subsequently, samples were collected from both Athens and Salamina in the following months, although there are some missing data points. The sampling schedule concluded in April 2018.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Thomas, G.E., Campo, P., Clark, D.R, Coulon, F., Gregson, B.H., Miliou, A., Cameron, T.C., Hepburn, L.J., Whitby, C., McGenity, T.J., McKew, B.A. (2019). Hydrocarbon and microbial community data from contaminated beaches in Salamina and the Athens Riviera following the Agia Zoni II Oil Spill (2017-2018). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/acf464dc-be75-41b8-9688-f2ba4037ef53

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-05-18T12:37:40

Metadata language

eng