CoastClim — multidisciplinary data on coastal biodiversity, carbon cycling, and climate feedbacks
CoastClim Centre scientific staff
The Centre for Coastal Ecosystem and Climate Change Research (CoastClim) evaluates the links between coastal biodiversity, carbon cycling, and climate feedbacks.
The interdisciplinary centre is a collaboration between University of Helsinki (UH) and Stockholm University (SU), and it combines expertise from fields of marine ecology, biogeochemistry, physics, atmospheric sciences, and modelling.
A broad range of datasets collected by the CoastClim members and their collaborators are continuously being made available here. The repository contains both observational and experimental data from the different disciplines.
The field stations Tvärminne Zoological Station (UH) and Askö laboratory (SU) function as CoastClim’s supersites, thus a large amount of data is acquired in their vicinity.
MarineObservationsBenthic ecologyPelagic ecologySediment biogeochemistryPelagic biogeochemistryAerosol-climate feedbacksMicrometeorologyGreenhouse gasCoastClimTvärminne Zoological StationAskö laboratory
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Each dataset in this collection has its own detailed data description. Dataset titles are listed below.
Datasets
- Concentrations of CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O in surface waters of shallow bays in the western Baltic Sea, spring and autumn 2024
- Seasonal macrophyte data on traits, carbohydrates and CN content from the Tvärminne archipelago, Finland, 2021 and 2022
- Spatial greenhouse gas dynamics, physical and biogeochemical properties of surface water, Baltic Sea, Finland, Aug – Sep 2023
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CoastClim
The Centre for Coastal Ecosystem and Climate Change Research evaluates the links between coastal biodiversity, carbon cycling, and climate feedbacks.
Through combining measurements in sediment, water and air with modelling, the aim is to create a decision-support system to improve the management of coastal ecosystems in the changing world.
The field stations Tvärminne Zoological Station and Askö laboratory function as CoastClim’s supersites.
Tvärminne Zoological Station
Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki, Finland, offers direct access to diverse coastal ecosystems, several research vessels, benthic and pelagic sampling equipment, diving facilities, aquarium rooms, laboratories and long-term databases. The facilities include eddy covariance flux towers with auxiliary measurements for long-term and high-frequency flux measurements of greenhouse gases and environmental drivers.
Since 2023, Tvärminne is an official ICOS Ecosystem Station. Equipment also continuously measures greenhouse gases and environmental variables in the water column, characterizes atmospheric oxidation and chemical composition of aerosols and their precursors, and quantifies aerosol formation.
Askö Laboratory
Askö Laboratory, Stockholm University, is a Swedish national research facility located in the Trosa archipelago south of Stockholm. The facility provides direct access to various coastal ecosystems and features several research vessels including the state-of-the-art R/V Electra, benthic and pelagic sampling equipment, dry and wet laboratories, and a mesocosm experiment hall.
Additionally, a well-equipped mobile floating platform enables measurements of sea-spray aerosols, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and greenhouse gases in both the water column and atmosphere during extended deployment periods. The platform features a floating sea spray simulation chamber and a meteorological tower with eddy covariance measurements of methane and carbon dioxide.
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Bolin Centre Database
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
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CoastClim
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Earth science
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Ocean
Dataset language
English