Dataset: WTBS timeseries log
Deployment: GC_GoM_2012-2013

Activities performed and samples collected during the cruises

Principal Investigator:

Jeffrey A. Runge (Gulf of Maine Research Institute, GMRI)

Contact:

Cameron Thompson (Gulf of Maine Research Institute, GMRI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

RAPID: Effect of a Very Low NAO Event on the Abundance of the Lipid-Rich Planktonic Copepod, Calanus finmarchicus, in the Gulf of Maine (GoM_Calanus_2012-2013)

Current State:

Final with updates expected

Version:

draft

Version Date:

2014-08-29

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/526998/data

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Description

Between April 6th 2012 and May 21st 2013, there were 17 deployments on the R/V Gulf Challenger as part of the time series. This dataset table lists the samples taken during each cruise.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

See each dataset for the description of the protocol of collection.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

See each dataset for the protocol of processing.

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1235920	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
station	Either the Jeffreys ledge station WB-5 or Wilkinson Basin WB-7	text	station
site	descriptive text for station	text	site
lat	latitude	decimal degrees; North is positive	lat
lon	longitude	decimal degrees; West is negative	lon
yrday_local	day of year local time	number	yrday_local
date_local	two digit date local time	mmddyyyy	date_local
month_local	two digit month local time	mm	month_local
day_local	two digit day local time	dd	day_local
year	four digit year	yyyy	year
numCTDsamps	Number of CTD casts completed and available	number	numb_obs
numChlsamps	Number of water sample filters analyzed for Chlorophyll a and Phaeopigments	number	numb_obs
numFormsamps	Number of net samples preserved in 4% formaldehyde	number	numb_obs
numETOHsamps	Number of net samples preserved in 95% ethanol	number	numb_obs
numCfinsamps	Number of samples analyzed for Calanus finmarchicus abundance	number	numb_obs
numZoopsamps	Number of samples analyzed for zooplankton species composition and abundance	number	numb_obs
cruise_nom	Each deployment has its own cruise ID following this format; GC for R/V Gulf Challenger; followed by the date (mmddyy)	text	cruise_name

Database

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Dataset: WTBS timeseries log
Deployment: GC_GoM_2012-2013

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Database

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Dataset: WTBS timeseries logDeployment: GC_GoM_2012-2013

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Dataset: WTBS timeseries log
Deployment: GC_GoM_2012-2013