Dataset: Glaucus atlanticus sample voucher log

Name: Glaucus atlanticus sample locations, museum voucher and GenBank accession numbers from in a global sample set (Neuston Phylogeny project)
Published: 2014-02-21
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:28.6627 E:18.4336 S:-34.1372 W:-83.5035

Project:

Community Phylogeny and Global Phylogeography of the Neuston (Neuston Phylogeny)

Principal Investigator:

Diarmaid O'Foighil (University of Michigan)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

2014-02-21

Version Date:

2014-02-21

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Glaucus atlanticus sample locations, museum voucher and GenBank accession numbers from in a global sample set (Neuston Phylogeny project)

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Description

These samples are part of a study that suggests the premise that continents like Europe and the Americas cause barriers to gene flow for the nudibranchs found in the uppermost layer (neuston) of the ocean. The nudibranch Glaucus atlanticus, found in all oceans, was studied to assess the genetic differentiation of mulitiple specimens from a global sampling effort.

This dataset contains information about the Glaucus atlanticus material examined in this study including isolate code, museum voucher number, collection coordinates, gyre system location and GenBank accession numbers. [Table 1, Churchill 2014.]

Methods & Sampling

Glaucus atlanticus specimens were collected between 2006 and 2012 either from the beach or in the open ocean from neuston tows. The specimens were then preserved in 95% ethanol and identified. Where possible, 15 - 20 individuals were chosen from each ocean gyre for genetic analysis. Genomic DNA was extracted and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) was amplified using the universal primers LCO1490 and HCO2198 using the general PCR protocol. Details of the extraction, amplification and analyses can be found in the methods section of the Churchill (2014).

Data Processing Description

See [reference?] for methodology.

Relevant References:

Celia K. C. Churchill, Ángel Valdés and Diarmaid Ó Foighil (2014) Afro-Eurasia and the Americas present barriers to gene flow for the cosmopolitan neustonic nudibranch Glaucus atlanticus. Marine Biology DOI 10.1007/s00227-014-2389-7.

Celia K. C. Churchill, Alvin Alejandrino, A´ngel Valde´s and Diarmaid O´ Foighil (2013) Parallel changes in genital morphology delineate cryptic diversification of planktonic nudibranchs. Proc R Soc B:280: 20131224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1224.

Celia K. C. Churchill, Ellen E. Strong and Diarmaid O´Foighil (2011) Hitchhiking juveniles in the rare neustonic gastropod Recluzia cf. jehennei (Janthinidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies (2011) 0: 1-4. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr020

Data Files

File
voucher_log.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 5.73 KB) MD5:8a0af6c4ef26f6b9a28506440c7a54b4 Primary data file for dataset ID 505306

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0850625

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
OFoighil_2014			OFoighil_2014	Diarmaid O'Foighil (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

Automated DNA Sequencer

Supplied Name: Automated Sequencer

Supplied Description:

ABI 3730xl (Applied Biosystems, Inc.)

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Automated DNA Sequencer

Acronym: Automated Sequencer

Generic Description:

General term for a laboratory instrument used for deciphering the order of bases in a strand of DNA. Sanger sequencers detect fluorescence from different dyes that are used to identify the A, C, G, and T extension reactions. Contemporary or Pyrosequencer methods are based on detecting the activity of DNA polymerase (a DNA synthesizing enzyme) with another chemoluminescent enzyme. Essentially, the method allows sequencing of a single strand of DNA by synthesizing the complementary strand along it, one base pair at a time, and detecting which base was actually added at each step.

Neuston Net

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Neuston Net

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/NETT0110/

Generic Description:

Neuston Nets are nets that collect zooplankton that live in the top few centimeters of the sea surface (the neuston layer). This specialized net has a rectangular mouth opening usually 2 or 3 times as wide as deep, i.e. 1 meter by 1/2 meter or 60 cm by 20 cm, with sometimes hollow piping construction to aid in flotation. They are generally towed half submerged at 1-2 kts from the side of the vessel on a boom to avoid the ship's wake.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
isolate	genetic isolate of Glaucus atlanticus	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
voucher	museum voucher number	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
lat	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
gyre_system	ocean gyre system where specimen was collected	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
accession_num	GenBank accession number	unitless	accession_number

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Dataset: Glaucus atlanticus sample voucher log