©2026 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation
©2026 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.A team of researchers from the University of Washington, Stanford, Florida State University, and the University of Southern Florida were funded by the US National Science Foundation to study the diversity and activity of marine bacteria and their viruses in low dissolved oxygen and anoxic waters. These regions account for only 1% of the ocean by volume, but bacteria in these regions catalyze 30-50% of marine nitrogen loss. Our goal is to enhance understanding of the roles that keystone groups of...
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Two anoxic fjords off the coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia were visited as part of a project investigating the diversity and activity of marine bacteria and their viruses in low dissolved oxygen and anoxic waters. Sampling was conducted in Saanich Inlet and Tofino Inlet in 2025 aboard the R/V Rachel Carson from July 15th through July 27th. Water collection and environmental/oceanographic measurements were performed using a CTD rosette equipped with a SeaBird SBE-911 plus CTD, twelve 10 Liter Niskin bottles, and sensors to measure oxygen (Sea-Bird SBE 43), pH (Sea-Bird SBE 18), fluorescence (WETLabs ECO-FL-RTD), and beam transmission (SeaBird C-Star CST-25-DR). Sampling was done throughout the water column from the surface down to ~300 meters. Samples for chemical analyses (e.g. carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus), bacteria, and viruses were also collected for laboratory analysis.
Morris, R. (2026). Processed CTD depth profile data from Saanich and Tofino inlets in British Columbia, collected in July 2025 from the R/V Rachel Carson (RC0140). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2026-09-24 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/1008244 [access date]
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