The SCOC database, a large, open, and global database with sediment community oxygen consumption rates.

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

SUBMITTER: Stratmann T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6820755 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature