Dataset: BATS discrete bottle data
Data Citation:
Johnson, R. J., Bates, N., Lethaby, P. J., Smith, D., Lomas, M. W. (2024) Discrete bottle samples collected at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site in the Sargasso Sea from December 1988 (cruise 10001) through December 2022 (cruise 10399). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2) Version Date 2023-12-19 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.3782.2 [access date]
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DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.3782.2
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Spatial Extent: N:35.667 E:-60.447 S:24.759 W:-66.169
Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site located 80 km SE of Bermuda (31°40N, 64°10W) in the Sargasso Sea
Temporal Extent: 1988-10-20 - 2023-06-24
Project:
Program:
U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS)
Ocean Time-series Sites (Ocean Time-series)
Principal Investigator:
Nicholas Bates (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, BIOS)
Co-Principal Investigator:
Rodney J. Johnson (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, BIOS)
Michael W. Lomas (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, BIOS)
Scientist:
Paul J. Lethaby (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, BIOS)
Dominic Smith (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, BIOS)
BCO-DMO Data Manager:
Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version:
5
Version Date:
2024-09-16
Restricted:
No
Validated:
No
Current State:
Under revision
Discrete bottle samples collected at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site in the Sargasso Sea from October 1988 (cruise 10001) through June 2023 (cruise 10405)
Abstract:
Data presented here are discrete bottle samples from the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site located 80 km SE of Bermuda (31°40N, 64°10W) in the Sargasso Sea for October 1988 through June 2023. Measurements were collected from the core monthly BATS cruises and the near biweekly (depending on ship availability) BATS bloom cruises during February through April. The sample parameter list has been mostly consistent for the full time-series record and includes: salinity, dissolved oxygen, dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, nutrients (nitrate + nitrite, nitrite, phosphate, silicate), particulate organics (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous), particulate silicate, total organic carbon and nitrogen, total dissolved phosphorous, bacterial enumeration, and flow cytometry counts of picoplankton. The HPLC derived phytoplankton pigment data which are collected synoptically with many of the above parameters are reported in a separate dataset.