Dataset: Nitrogen and carbon isotopes

Name: Seawater and filter sample nitrogen and carbon isotopes from coastal and off-shore sites from multiple cruises in the coastal Washington, 2009-2012 (Regenerated Nitrogen project)
Published: 2014-03-20
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:48.439 E:-123.6197 S:48.15 W:-124.8323

Project:

The Role of Regenerated Nitrogen for Rocky Shore Productivity (Regenerated Nitrogen)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Catherine Pfister (University of Chicago)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Mark A. Altabet (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, UMASSD-SMAST)

Dr David Post (Yale University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

2014-03-20

Version Date:

2014-03-20

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/489045/data

Seawater and filter sample nitrogen and carbon isotopes from coastal and off-shore sites from multiple cruises in the coastal Washington, 2009-2012 (Regenerated Nitrogen project)

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Processing Description

See the other datasets associated with this project for methodology.

Seawater and filter sample isotope methodology is described in references cited below:
2014. Pather, S., C. A. Pfister, M. Altabet, D. M. Post. Ammonium cycling in the rocky intertidal: remineralization, removal and retention. Limnology and Oceanography 59:361-372. http://aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_59/issue_2/0361.html

in review (March 2014). Pfister, C. A., M. Altabet, D. Post.

Carbon system measurements are described in:
2012. Wootton, J. T. & C. A. Pfister. Carbon system measurements and potential climatic drivers at a site of rapidly declining ocean pH. PLoS ONE 7(12): e53396. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053396. Data associated with this paper are uploaded to the World Ocean DataBase, www.nodc.noaa.gov

Related files and references:
2010. Pfister, C. A., F. Meyer, D. A. Antonopoulos. Metagenomic profiling of a microbial assemblage associated with the California mussel, Mytilus californianus: a node in networks of carbon and nitrogen cycling. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10518. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0010518. Metagenome data associated with this paper are uploaded to MGRAST server at metagenomics.anl.gov

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0928232

Deployments

Deployment	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
CB943	2010-06-22	R/V Clifford A. Barnes	Dr Catherine Pfister (Chief Scientist)	data info
CB946	2010-07-21	R/V Clifford A. Barnes	Dr Catherine Pfister (Chief Scientist)	data info
CB948	2010-08-25	R/V Clifford A. Barnes	Dr Catherine Pfister (Chief Scientist)	data info
CB958	2011-06-21	R/V Clifford A. Barnes	Dr Catherine Pfister (Chief Scientist)	data info
CB961	2011-07-25	R/V Clifford A. Barnes	Dr Catherine Pfister (Chief Scientist)	data info
CB963	2011-08-16	R/V Clifford A. Barnes	Dr Catherine Pfister (Chief Scientist)	data info
CB978	2012-06-29	R/V Clifford A. Barnes	Dr Catherine Pfister (Chief Scientist)	data info
CB981	2012-07-26	R/V Clifford A. Barnes	Dr Catherine Pfister (Chief Scientist)	data info
CB983	2012-08-14	R/V Clifford A. Barnes	Dr Catherine Pfister (Chief Scientist)	data info
Pfister_2009	2009-06-24	Pfister small boat	Dr Catherine Pfister (Principal Investigator)	data info
Pfister_shore	2009-06-24	Pfister shore	Dr Catherine Pfister (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
year	year	yyyy	year
shore_offshore	close to shore or off-shore	text	unknown
cruise_id	cruise identification	unitless	cruise_id
month_local	day of month	1-12	month_local
day_local	day; local time	1-31	day_local
date_local	date; local time	MM/DD/YYYY	date_local
time_local	local time; Pacific time zone	HH:MM:SS	time
yrday_local	day and decimal time. eg. 326.5 for the 326th day of the year (November 22) at 1200 hours (noon).	unitless	yrday
ISO_DateTime_Local	Date/Time (UTC) ISO formatted	YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[.xx]Z	ISO_DateTime_Local
latitude	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
longitude	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
station	locale of station	text	station
site	site code; may be same as station code	text	site
depth_nom	nominal depth	meters	depth_n
depth	depth	meters	depth
vol_filt	volume filtered	liters	vol_filt
filterpacket	filter packet id	unitless	unknown
del15N	total nitrogen isotopic composition (delta 15N:N14)	parts per thousand vs. VSMOW (Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water)	unknown
del13C	total carbon isotopic composition (delta C13: 13C/12C)	parts per thousand vs. VSMOW (Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water)	delta13C
N_pct	percent total nitrogen	percent	unknown
C_pct	percent total carbon	percent	unknown
comment_filter	comments pertaining to the filter	text	comment
bottle_isoN	nitrogen isotope bottle number	integer	bottle
dN15_NO3	nitrogen isotopic composition (delta 15N:N14) of nitrate	parts per thousand vs. VSMOW (Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water)	dN15_NO3
d18O_NO3	oxygen isotopic composition (delta O18: 18O/16O) of nitrate	parts per thousand vs. VSMOW (Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water)	d18O_NO3
d15N_NH4	nitrogen isotopic composition (delta 15N:N14) of ammonium	parts per thousand vs. VSMOW (Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water)	unknown
d15N_NO2	nitrogen isotopic composition (delta 15N:N14) of nitrite	parts per thousand vs. VSMOW (Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water)	unknown
bottle_nut	nutrient bottle number	integer	bottle
PO4	phosphate concentration	microMolar	PO4
Si	silicate concentration	microMolar	Si
NO3	nitrate concentration	microMolar	NO3
NO2	nitrite concentration	microMolar	NO2
NH4	ammonium concentration	microMolar	NH4
sstemp	sea surface temperature?? This value is given for depths within a profile so it may actually be temperature, not sea surface temperature.	degrees Celsius	SST
salinity	salinity	parts per thousand	sal
pH	pH: The measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution	unitless; pH scale	pH
O2_umol_kg	dissolved oxygen concentration	micromoles/kilogram	O2_umol_kg
O2_ml_L	dissolved oxygen concentration	milliliters/liter	O2_ml_L
O2_mg_L	dissolved oxygen concentration	milligrams/liter	O2_mg_L
O2_sat_pcnt	dissolved oxygen concentration	percent	O2_sat_pcnt
chl	chlorophyll-a concentration	milligrams/liter	chl_a
upwelling_day	daily average coastal upwelling index for 48 deg N; from http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/products/pfel/modeled/indices/upwelling/upwelli...	meters^3/second/100 meters cosastline	unknown
upwelling_mon	monthly average coastal upwelling index for 48 deg N; from http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/products/pfel/modeled/indices/upwelling/upwelli...	meters^3/second/100 meters cosastline	unknown
cond	specific conductance	milliSiemens/centimeter	cond
TDS	total dissolved solids	grams/liter	unknown
LDO	luminescent/optical dissolved oxygen	milligrams/liter	unknown
LDO_pcent	luminescent/optical dissolved oxygen saturation	percent saturation	unknown
time_of_day	day = sample taken during day	text	time_of_day
instrument	instrument used for measurement	text	instrument
d18O_vial	oxygen isotopic composition (delta O18: 18O/16O) of seawater	parts per thousand vs. VSMOW (Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water)	unknown
d13C_seawater	carbon isotopic composition (delta C13: 13C/12C) of seawater	parts per thousand vs. VSMOW (Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water)	unknown
bottle_dickson	Dickson bottle number	integer	bottle
sal	salinity	unitless	sal
TALK	total alkalinity	micromoles/kilogram	TALK
DIC	dissolved inorganic carbon concentration	micromoles/kilogram	DIC
bottle_niskin	Niskin bottle number	integer	bottle
comment	comments	text	comment

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