Chlorophyll pigments were extracted in acetone (90%), after addition of glass beads and grinding of each sample in a cell mill (Boetius and Damm 1998, doi:10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00052-6). After centrifugation, the concentration of chlorophyll a was determined in the supernatant by fluorometric measurement with a Turner fluorometer.

mean normalized expression, CNRQ = calibrated normalized relative quantities

Vegetation and climate change in nortwestern South America were studied using pollen analysis in combination with XRF scanning on marine sediments of ODP Site 1239 from the East Equatorial Pacific comprising the interval between 4.7 and 4.2 Ma. The study site is sensitive to latitudinal shifts of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) shifts insofar as a southward (northward) shift would result in increased (decreased) precipitation over Ecuador. The presented pollen record (46 samples) comprises representatives...

The use of ground sampled water quality information for global studies is limited due to practical and financial constraints. Remote sensing is a valuable means to overcome such limitations and to provide synoptic views of ambient water quality at appropriate spatio-temporal scales. In past years several large data processing efforts were initiated to provide corresponding data sources. The Diversity II water quality dataset consists of several monthly, yearly and 9-year averaged water quality parameters for...

List of chironomid taxa from the lakes form the Anagar region, Yakutia, Arctic Russia- see Further Details reference. More information on chironomid fauna of the region can be obtained on request.Study supported by RNF 16-17-10118

The southern Benguela upwelling system near the St Helena Bay has been proposed to be affected by various factors, while few investigations about the late-Holocene oceanic conditions has been carried out in this area. To determine the oceanic variability and its forcing mechanisms in the southern Benguela region during the late-Holocene, we examined organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst (dinocyst) records from two marine sediment cores located in the southernmost and central Benguela upwelling system. We compare our...

Content of Excel files:--BASE calculation.xlsx:This is the core dataset for "Assessing the Efficiency of Land Use Changes for Mitigating Climate Change" using a 4% discount rate for all calculations.--Sensitivity variant DISC 2%.xlsxSensitivity variant DISC 6%.xlsx:Sensitivity calculations using 2% and 6% discount rates.--Sensitivity variant GAIN.xlsxCalculations using the carbon gain method.--Sensitivity variant HIGH.xlsxSensitivity variant LOW.xlsx:Calculations using +/- 20% variations for native vegetation estimates and +/- 30% for soil carbon estimates under native vegetation. The HIGH variant uses...

We conducted two isotope experiments (described in Gibbin et al. 2018) to determine how the presence of pathogens influences resource partitioning in the coral holobiont. Specifically, we quantified: 1) 13C-assimilation in Symbiodinium and the amount of 13C-labelled photosynthates that are assimilated by the host; 2) the metabolic turnover of 13C in Symbiodinium and in their host and 3) the incorporation of bacterial-derived N within the tissues of the coral holobiont.NanoSIMS images (either 40×40 or 50×50...

Data tables containing macroscopic facies description of subsurface data acquisition campaigns carried out in the Ria Formosa: 1) 41 manual holes with an Eijkelkamp Auger (code RFM); 2) 5 mechanical bores per roto-percussion with a 6t mobile drilling rig (code RF).The manual boreholes were photographed and described in situ, registering stratigraphy, colour, textural class, sedimentary structures, visible organic matter, and presence of bioclasts. The drilling depth oscillated between 1.55m and 8.6m.Mechanical boreholes were recovered and...

Traditionally managed mountain grasslands are declining as a result of abandonment or intensification of management. Based on a common chronosequence approach we investigated species compositions of 16 taxonomic groups on traditionally managed dry pastures, fertilized and irrigated hay meadows, and abandoned grasslands (larch forests). We included faunal above- and below-ground biodiversity as well as species traits (mainly rarity and habitat specificity) in our analyses. The larch forests showed the highest species number (345 species), with...