Sediment and water column parameters measured at Boknis Eck (SW Baltic Sea) on a seasonal basis from 2013-2014@en

The presence of surface methanogenesis, located within the sulfate-reducing zone (0-30 centimeters below seafloor, cmbsf), was investigated in sediments of the seasonally hypoxic Eckernförde Bay, southwestern Baltic Sea. Water column parameters like oxygen, temperature and salinity together with porewater geochemistry and benthic methanogenesis rates were determined in the sampling area 'Boknis Eck' quarterly from March 2013 to September 2014, to investigate the effect of seasonal environmental changes on the rate and distribution of surface methanogenesis and to estimate its potential contribution to benthic methane emissions. […]