Dataset: GT11 - As AP Surface Transects

Name: Surface transects for arsenic speciation, antimony speciation, and alkaline phosphatase activity from R/V Knorr cruise KN204-01 in the Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean in 2011 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project)
Published: 2013-01-03
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

Project:

U.S. GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Gregory Cutter (Old Dominion University, ODU)

Contact:

Dr Oliver Wurl (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemunde Germany)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Theresa McKee (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version Date:

2013-01-03

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/3830/data

Surface transects for arsenic speciation, antimony speciation, and alkaline phosphatase activity from R/V Knorr cruise KN204-01 in the Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean in 2011 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project)

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Description

Surface transects for arsenic speciation, antimony speciation, and alkaline phosphatase activity

Data for the concentrations of the dissolved (<0.4 µm) arsenic species: total inorganic As (III+V), arsenite (AsIII), As(V), monomethyl As, dimethyl As, and the activity of the enzyme alkaline phosphatase (unfiltered).

Please note that some US GEOTRACES data may not be final, pending intercalibration results and further analysis. If you are interested in following changes to US GEOTRACES NAT data, there is an RSS feed available via the BCO-DMO US GEOTRACES project page (scroll down and expand the "Datasets" section).

Related files and references:
Ammerman, J. W. 1993. Microbial cycling of inorganic and organic phosphorus in the water column. In: Handbook of Methods in Microbial Ecology (P. Kemp, B. Sherr, E. Sherr, and J. Cole, Eds.), Lewis, Florida, pp. 649-660.

Cutter, L.S., G.A. Cutter, and M.L.C. San Diego,McGlone. 1991. Simultaneous determination of inorganic arsenic and antimony species in natural waters using selective hydride generation with gas chromatography/photoionization detection. Anal. Chem. 63:1138?1142.

Cutter, G.A. and L.S. Cutter. 2006. The biogeochemistry of arsenic and antimony in the North Pacific Ocean. Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems (G3), 7, Q05M08, doi:10.1029/2005GC001159.

Acquisition Description

Filtered (0.4 micromole) water samples from the Geotraces surface tow-fish taken at discrete times were placed into 500 mL Teflon FEP bottles, refrigerated, and analyzed within 24 hours of collection. Arsenic and antimony speciation determined using selective hydride generation, liquid nitrogen-cooled trapping, and then revolatilization and determination with gas chromatography/photoionization detection (Cutter et al., 1991; Cutter and Cutter, 2006).

Calibration performed daily via the standard additions method, with a minimum of 4 additions of AsIII, AsV, MMAs, or DMAs depending on the analyses. The slope from the linear fit to these data was then applied to all samples for that day. Detection limits were 25 pmol/L for As(III) and As(III+V), and 50 pmol/L for MMAs and DMAs. Precision was better than 8% (relative standard deviation) for all As species. Alkaline phosphatase enzyme activity was measured using the fluorescence method of Ammerman (1993).

Processing Description

Samples analyzed in duplicate or triplicate and means computed.

Ammerman, J. W. 1993. Microbial cycling of inorganic and organic phosphorus in the water column. In: Handbook of Methods in Microbial Ecology (P. Kemp, B. Sherr, E. Sherr, and J. Cole, Eds.), Lewis, Florida, pp. 649-660.

Cutter, L.S., G.A. Cutter, and M.L.C. San Diego-McGlone. 1991. Simultaneous determination of inorganic arsenic and antimony species in natural waters using selective hydride generation with gas chromatography/photoionization detection. Anal. Chem. 63:1138-1142.

Cutter, G.A. and L.S. Cutter. 2006. The biogeochemistry of arsenic and antimony in the North Pacific Ocean. Geochem. Geophys. Geosystems (G3), 7, Q05M08, doi:10.1029/2005GC001159.

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0926092
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0926423

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
KN204-01	GT11 KN204-01A KN204-01B USGT-NAT-2011 USGNAZT GNAT 316N20111106 KN204-1 GA03	2011-11-06	R/V Knorr	Dr Edward A. Boyle (Chief Scientist) Dr Gregory Cutter (Co-Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

Gas Chromatograph

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Short Name: Gas Chromatograph

Community Standard Description

Generic Description

Instrument separating gases, volatile substances, or substances dissolved in a volatile solvent by transporting an inert gas through a column packed with a sorbent to a detector for assay. (from SeaDataNet, BODC)

PI supplied instrument name: Gas Chromatograph

Dataset-specific description

GeoFish Towed near-Surface Sampler

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Short Name: GeoFish

Community Standard Description

Generic Description

The GeoFish towed sampler is a custom designed near surface (<2m) sampling system for the collection of trace metal clean seawater. It consists of a PVC encapsulated lead weighted torpedo and separate PVC depressor vane supporting the intake utilizing all PFA Teflon tubing connected to a deck mounted, air-driven, PFA Teflon dual-diaphragm pump which provides trace-metal clean seawater at up to 3.7L/min. The GeoFish is towed at up to 13kts off to the side of the vessel outside of the ship's wake to avoid possible contamination from the ship's hull. It was developed by Geoffrey Smith and Ken Bruland (University of California, Santa Cruz).

PI supplied instrument name: GeoFish

Dataset-specific description

towed undulating vehicle

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Short Name: TUV

Generic Description

A towed undulating vehicle is a generic class of instruments. See the data set specific information for a detailed description. These are often prototype instrument packages designed to make very specific measurements.

PI supplied instrument name: towed undulating vehicle

Dataset-specific description

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
cruise_id	cruise id	text	cruise_id
geofish_station	towed fish station	text	geofish_station
date	Date	YYYYMMDD	date
time	Time	HHMM	time
lat	Latitude (South is negative)	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude (West is negative)	decimal degrees	lon
AsIII	Arsenite (HAsO32-)	nmol/L	unknown
TAs	Total inorganic arsenic (AsIII+V)	nmol/L	unknown
MMAs	Monomethyl arsenic	nmol/L	unknown
DMAs	Dimethyl arsenic	nmol/L	unknown
AP_Turnover_Time	Alkaline phosphatase turnover time	hours	unknown
AP_Turnover_Rate	Alkaline phosphatase turnover rate	h-1	unknown
As	Arsenic As(V)	nanomoles/liter	As
cruise_part	Identifier for a segment of a leg of a cruise, where a leg may have been broken into parts.	dimensionless	cruise_part

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Dataset: GT11 - As AP Surface Transects