δ13C and δ15N of bulk organic matter from sediment core POPEI_VC2B

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The Iberian Margin, located in the mid-latitude North Atlantic at the western edge of the European continent, is a key region for climate and oceanographic research. The Portuguese western coast marks the northernmost boundary of the Canary Current upwelling system, experiencing seasonal wind-driven coastal upwelling from May to September. Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS) are among the most productive regions in the global ocean. They play a vital role in climate regulation and support both local and global fisheries. As part of the ICW3P project (PTDC/CTA-CLI/2884/2021) 'Impact of climate warming in the coastal upwelling system and primary production off Portugal: a study linking classical and emerging proxies', this study presents multi-proxy records from three inner-shelf sediment sequences. The project aimed to evaluate the sources of organic matter in the Iberian Margin and to reconstruct primary productivity and phytoplankton community variability over the past 1,000 years. This dataset presents bulk organic matter stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) from a sediment record collected in front of Faro (POPEI-VC2B), along the Algarve coast, obtained with a vibro-core sampler during the POPEI Cruise in 2008. Bulk organic carbon isotope analysis was coordinated by Dr Aldo Shemesh (Weizmann Institute) and performed at the Cornell University Stable Isotope Laboratory via Elemental Analysis coupled to Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (EA-IRMS), Carlo Erba NC2500 / Thermo Scientific Delta V Advantage system.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.991535
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01010
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1901-2017
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.991535
Provenance
Creator Gebara, Livia ORCID logo; Shemesh, Aldo; Carreira, Renato S ORCID logo; Ferreira, Fernanda; Rodrigues, Teresa ORCID logo; Abrantes, Fatima F ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 Crossref Funder ID FCT/PTDC/CTA-CLI/2884/2021 Impact of climate warming in the coastal upwelling system and primary production off Portugal: a study linking classical and emergent proxies; Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 Crossref Funder ID UID/04326/2025 ; Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 Crossref Funder ID UID/PRR/04326/2025 ; Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 Crossref Funder ID LA/P/0101/2020 CCMAR LA
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess false
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 250 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-8.070 LON, 36.880 LAT); Iberian slope