This data summarizes site information, sediment textural properties, and bulk geochemical parameters from the same sampling campaigns, including mean grain size, total organic carbon (TOC) content, and carbon isotopic compositions (δ¹³C and F¹⁴C) of both TOC and SPE-DOC in bottom water (BW) and porewater (PW) samples. These data establish the baseline for evaluating the sources, reactivity, and age of organic carbon in sediments and porewaters of the German Bight. Together with the molecular results in doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.989754, they constrain the coupling between sedimentary organic carbon pools and dissolved organic matter dynamics in this shallow-marine environment.
This dataset presents detailed information on the sampling sites, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations, and molecular characteristics of solid-phase extracted DOC (SPE-DOC) from bottom water (BW) and porewater (PW) samples collected in the German Bight, North Sea, during RV Heincke cruises HE582 and HE595. The data include average elemental compositions (C, H, O, N, S, P) and relative abundances of major compound classes and structural groups derived from FT-ICR-MS analysis. These molecular-level results provide insights into compositional differences between BW and PW DOM and reveal the selective preservation and transformation processes governing organic matter across the sediment–water interface.