Dataset: Elemental content of zooplankton

Name: Concentrations of C, N, P, and trace metals in zooplankton size fractions from R/V Melville cruise MV1008 in the Costa Rica Dome in 2010 (Fe limitation of copepods project)
Published: 2014-11-20
Keywords: biota, oceans

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Project:

Effects of Fe:C ratios in food on marine copepod productivity and physiology (Fe limitation of copepods)

Principal Investigator:

Stephen Baines (Stony Brook University, SUNY Stony Brook)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Nicholas S. Fisher (Stony Brook University - SoMAS, SUNY-SB SoMAS)

Contact:

Stephen Baines (Stony Brook University, SUNY Stony Brook)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

20 Nov 2014

Version Date:

2014-11-20

Restricted:

Yes

Validated:

Yes

Concentrations of C, N, P, and trace metals in zooplankton size fractions from R/V Melville cruise MV1008 in the Costa Rica Dome in 2010 (Fe limitation of copepods project)

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Description

Concentrations of C, N, P and trace metals in zooplankton size fractions from the MV1008 cruise to the Costa Rica Upwelling Dome.

Note: These data are currently restricted as they are part of a publication that is in review. Please contact the PI for access.

Methods & Sampling

Samples were collected as splits from the zooplankton biomass tows conducted by Mike Landry's group on the FluZIE cruise (MV1008) and archived in association with that data. Zooplankton were size fractionated onto nitex nets. Size fractions were then transferred to 47mm filter tower fitted with a 0.2 um membrane. They were then rinsed with a sodium oxalate solution to remove metal adsorbed to external surfaces. Samples were then frozen in 2 mL centrifuge tubes and freeze dried at Stony Brook. Carbon and nitrogen per unit dry weight was determined with a CNH analyser and phosporus was determined with the acid molybdate method after ashing. Trace metal content per dry weight was determined by ICP-MS by Benjamin Twining at Bigelow Laboratory.

Data Processing Description

The data are presented as simple means of samples for some stations collected during a transect (TYPE=Transect), and for day and night samples collected during 4 drifter studies (TYPE + Cycles 1, 2, 3, 4), each of which lasted 4 days.

BCO-DMO edits:
- Changed formatting of date and time columns;
- Modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions;
- Replaced blank values with 'nd' to indicate 'no data';
- Added size_fract_min and size_fract_max columns.

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0962201

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
MV1008	CRD FLUZiE	2010-06-22	R/V Melville	Michael R. Landry (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

CHN Elemental Analyzer

Supplied Name: CNH analyser

Supplied Description:

Carbon and nitrogen per unit dry weight was with a CNH analyser.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CHN Elemental Analyzer

Acronym: CHN_EA

Generic Description:

A CHN Elemental Analyzer is used for the determination of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen content in organic and other types of materials, including solids, liquids, volatile, and viscous samples.

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

Supplied Name: ICP-MS

Supplied Description:

Trace metal content per dry weight was determined by ICP-MS by Benjamin Twining at Bigelow Laboratory.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

Acronym: ICP Mass Spec

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB15/

Generic Description:

An ICP Mass Spec is an instrument that passes nebulized samples into an inductively-coupled gas plasma (8-10000 K) where they are atomized and ionized. Ions of specific mass-to-charge ratios are quantified in a quadrupole mass spectrometer.

Ring Net

Supplied Description:

Mesozooplankton sampling was conducted using a standard 1-m2 ring net with 202-um Nitex mesh, towed obliquely for 20 minutes at a ship speed of 1-2 kts.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Ring Net

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/22/

Generic Description:

A Ring Net is a generic plankton net, made by attaching a net of any mesh size to a metal ring of any diameter. There are 1 meter, .75 meter, .25 meter and .5 meter nets that are used regularly. The most common zooplankton ring net is 1 meter in diameter and of mesh size .333mm, also known as a 'meter net' (see Meter Net).

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
size_fraction	Size fraction range.	millimeters (mm)?	samp_fraction
size_fract_min	Minimum size fraction.	millimeters (mm)?	samp_fraction
size_fract_max	Maxium size fraction.	millimeters (mm)?	samp_fraction
event	Unique sampling event number from the cruise (MV1008).	integer	event
date	Date (local time zone).	mm/dd/YYYY	date
time_local	Time (local time zone).	HH:MM	time_local
type	Type of cruise sampling event. Either "Transect" or "Cycle_n". A transect of stations was sampled from 29 June to 03 July. Five quasi-Lagrangian experiments called "cycles" were conducted during the remainder of the cruise.	text	no_bcodmo_term
station	Station number.	integer	station
lat	Latitude.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude.	decimal degrees	lon
date_cruise	Date (local time zone) from cruise logs.	mm/dd/YYYY	no_bcodmo_term
time_cruise	Time (local time zone) from cruise logs.	HH:MM	no_bcodmo_term
N_rows	The number of subsamples used to calculate the mean.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
Cd	Cadmium (Cd) content per dry weight determined by ICP-MS.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
Mo	Molybdenum (Mo) content per dry weight determined by ICP-MS.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
Al	Aluminum (Al) content per dry weight determined by ICP-MS.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
Mn	Manganese (Mn) content per dry weight determined by ICP-MS.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
Fe	Iron (Fe) content per dry weight determined by ICP-MS.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
Co	Cobalt (Co) content per dry weight determined by ICP-MS.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
Cu	Copper (Cu) content per dry weight determined by ICP-MS.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
Zn	Zinc (Zn) content per dry weight determined by ICP-MS.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
Ni	Nickel (Ni) content per dry weight determined by ICP-MS.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
Ti	Titanium (Ti) content per dry weight determined by ICP-MS.	mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
P_ICPMS	Phospohorus (P) content per dry weight determined with the acid molybdate method after ashing.	P-ICPMS mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
C	Carbon ( C) content per dry weight determined by CNH analyser.	C mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
N	Nitrogen (N) content per dry weight determined by CNH analyser.	N mmol per gram	no_bcodmo_term
RNA_to_DNA	RNA to DNA ratio.	unitless	no_bcodmo_term

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