Dataset: diatoms

Name: Relative abundance of three dominant diatoms from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TT013 in the Equatorial Pacific in 1992 during the U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac) project
Published: 1996-06-01
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

Project:

U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac)

Program:

U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Greta Fryxell (Texas A&M University, TAMU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Cynthia L. Chandler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

June 1996

Version Date:

1996-06-01

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Relative abundance of three dominant diatoms from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TT013 in the Equatorial Pacific in 1992 during the U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac) project

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Description

Relative abundance of three dominant diatoms

Methods & Sampling

   PI:              Greta Fryxell
   of:              Texas A&M University
   dataset:         Relative abundance of three dominant diatoms
   dates:           November 03, 1992 to December 07, 1992
   location:        N: 8.965  S: -11.9967  W: -140.1482  E: -134.95
   project/cruise:  EQPAC/TT013 - Benthic cruise
   ship:            Thomas Thompson

   Relative abundance of diatom cells, reported as the % cell numbers
   of taxa in total visible diatoms under light microscope (~ 2 microns)

Data Files

File
diatoms.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 984 bytes) MD5:9b446cf09958fc408f8dd63083716210 Primary data file for dataset ID 2700

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Funding Sources

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Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
TT013	EqPac Benthic Survey	1992-10-30	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	Margaret Leinen (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
sta	station number from event log		no_bcodmo_term
event	event number from event log		event
tow	plankton tow type H = Horizontal tow at surface V = Vertical tow between 0-200 meters		tow
diatom_Nit_bi	relative abundance of bicapitate Nitzschia diatoms in the size fraction greater than 26 microns	percent	no_bcodmo_term
diatom_Nit_oth	relative abundance of other Nitzschia diatoms in the size fraction greater than 26 microns	percent	no_bcodmo_term
diatom_Pseudo	relative abundance of Pseudoeunoita diatoms in the size fraction greater than 26 microns	percent	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: diatoms