Read me file for publication: "Nitrogen retention-removal balance in illuminated coastal sandy sediments is co-regulated by microphytobenthos and physical forcing"
The data folder contains the following files:
- yyyy_mm_dd_current_data_ADCP.txt : The current data in 5 m water depth at the sampling station from June 2024, October 2024, November 2024 and January 2025
- denitrificationrates_data_Gentschetal.csv : the denitrification rates measured with the IPT and analysed with a MIMS, columns are the sampling date, month_yy of the respective campaign, added amount of 15N-nitrate tracer in M, D15 and D14 calculated after Nielsen (1992) from the MIMS data and the denitrification rate in mol N2 m-2 d-1
- DNRArates_data_Gentschetal.csv : the DNRA rates measured with the IPT and analysed with a GC-IRMS, columns are the sampling date, month_yy of the respective campaign, added amount of 15N-nitrate tracer in M, and the DNRA rate in mol N2 m-2 d-1
- environmental_variables_Gentschetal.csv : the environmental variables measured at the respective campaign dates. The first row is the variable, whereas the second row is the unit. The latitude and Longitude of the campaigns are slightly different due to ship swaying around the anchor.
- pore_water_ammonium_nitrate.csv : , month_yy of the respective campaign, sample numer, sediment depth in cm, ammonium and nitrate concentrations in the pore water in M and number of profile of respective campaign in case there was more than one core sampled

