Dataset: Sea star sample information: Ketchikan, AK
Deployment: SeaStarMicrobiology_Hewson

Sea star sample information

Principal Investigator:

Ian Hewson (Cornell University, Cornell)

Contact:

Ian Hewson (Cornell University, Cornell)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Microbial ecology of sea star wasting disease (Sea Star Microbiology)

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/720265/data

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Description

This dataset includes sea star sampling information collected for a survey of sea star-associated densovirus (SSaDV) prevalence and load in asymptomatic animals from near Ketchikan, AK in February of 2017. The data include sample number, species, collection time, depth, latitude, and longitude.

The survey was done to determine the presence/load of SSaDV in SE Alaska during a reported incidence of sea cucumber wasting.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Methodology: This population was surveyed in February 2017 to determine the presence/load of SSaDV in SE Alaska during a reported incidence of sea cucumber wasting.

Sampling and analytical procedures: Animals were collected by hand at 3 locations near Ketchikan, AK in February 2017. Body wall tissues were biopsied on site to determine the presence/load of SSaDV. Biopsy punches were immediately frozen in liquid N2 before transport back to the lab at Cornell University.

SSaDV abundance/load will be determined by qPCR following the approach of Hewson et al., 2014 (PNAS).

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:
* added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
* modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
* Species name changed from Pycnopodia helianthodies to accepted name Pycnopodia helianthoides 240764. Based on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, accessed 2017-10-17) and communication with the data contributor.

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1537111	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Sample_num	Sample identifier	unitless	sample
Date	Collection date in format yyyy-mm-dd	unitless	date
Time	Collection date in format yyyy-mm-dd	unitless	time
ISO_DateTime_UTC	Collection timestamp using the ISO 8601:2004(E) standard in format YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS[.xx]Z (UTC)	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
Location	Collection location	unitless	site
Depth	Collection depth	meters	depth
Species	Scientific name of collected seastar	untiless	species
Lat	Collection latitude	decimal degrees	lat
Long	Collecction longitude	decimal degrees	lon

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Dataset: Sea star sample information: Ketchikan, AK
Deployment: SeaStarMicrobiology_Hewson

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Database

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Dataset: Sea star sample information: Ketchikan, AKDeployment: SeaStarMicrobiology_Hewson

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Dataset: Sea star sample information: Ketchikan, AK
Deployment: SeaStarMicrobiology_Hewson