Dataset: Sediment cores (Wood Fall project)
Deployment: PE17-22

Dataset provides information for macrofaunal cores taken with a remotely operated vehicle.

View Data: For data, See Dataset Metadata Page: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/714506

Lead Principal Investigator:

Craig McClain (Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, LUMCON)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Seth D. Newsome (University of New Mexico, UNM)

Contact:

Clifton C. Nunnally (Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, LUMCON)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Megan Switzer (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

The energetic assembly of biological communities: a test with deep-sea woodfalls (Wood Fall)

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Description

Dataset provides information for macrofaunal cores taken with a remotely operated vehicle on the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

See description of ROV coring method in the related publications.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

Changed spaces in parameter names to underscores.
Changed to ISO date YYYY-MM-DD.
Changed times to hh:mm.
Formatted decimal degrees to 5 decimal places.

All missing data denoted with nd. NA refers to a data field that is not applicable.

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1634586	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

Benthic elevator

Supplied Name: McClain benthic elevator

Supplied Description:

Elevator used was a aluminum work basket suspended from the vessel’s winch. The elevator was special build for PI McClain by Theriot Machine Works (Chauvin, LA). The basket is rectangular in shape with an A-frame frame pick point and 2 independent doors on either side of A-frame. Total length is 1.96 meters, width of basket is 1.33 meters and height of basket enclosure is 0.96 meters. Maximum height at pick point is 1.85 meters. The basket lids on either side of the a-frame swivel on dual hinges and open fully to touch the a-frame where they are held in place by attached magnetic strips. Each lid has a width of 1.25 meters and a depth of 0.765 meters.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Benthic elevator

Generic Description:

A platform used to carry equipment and samples from the surface to the seafloor and back up again.

ROV Global Explorer

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: ROV Global Explorer

Generic Description:

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
rov_dive	Number and letter designation of ROV and dive number for deployment. GE refers to Oceaneering's Global Explorer. NA designates no ROV used.	dimensionless	dive_id
site	Number and letter designation of ROV and dive number for deployment. GE refers to Oceaneering's Global Explorer. NA designates no ROV used.	dimensionless	site
depth	Depth of coring site in meters	meters	depth
core_no	Number designation of core tube	dimensionless	sample_descrip
date	Date of core collection in the format YYYY-MM-DD	unitless	date
sorter	Sorter is the person who sorted macrofaunal from core sample. Gholson is Sara Gholson an undergraduate REU student in the summer of 2017. Landry is Chase Landry undergraduate researcher from Nicholls/Fletcher.	dimensionless	sample_descrip
date_sorted	Date when macrofaunal sorting was finished from the core. in the format YYYY-MM-DD.	unitless	date
core_type	Core type used from the ROV. Okeanos cores were rented from Okeanus Science and Technology in Houma, LA and were 9.575 cm in diameter.	dimensionless	sample_descrip
core_id	Combination identifier of rov dive and core number. Used to link to other sheets.	dimensionless	sample_descrip
group_number	Designates which clusters the cores were taken in	dimensionless	sample_descrip
experiment	Type of experiment the cores were taken for. wf background is for wood-fall deployment background macrofaunal analysis. patch mosaic is for analyzing fine-scale turnover in composition. DWH impacts refers to cores taken around the Deep-Water Horizon well head and rig site.	dimensionless	exp_type

Database

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Dataset: Sediment cores (Wood Fall project)
Deployment: PE17-22

Dataset acquisition description

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Database

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Dataset: Sediment cores (Wood Fall project)Deployment: PE17-22

Dataset acquisition description

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Dataset: Sediment cores (Wood Fall project)
Deployment: PE17-22