Dataset: SPOT cruises

Name: Listing of monthly cruises to San Pedro Channel sampling station from 2010-2014 (Bacterial, Archaeal, and Protistan Biodiversity project, Marine Viral Dynamics project)
Published: 2014-11-04
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:33.71 E:-118.26 S:33.45 W:-118.48

Project:

Marine viral dynamics and incorporation into microbial association networks (Marine Viral Dynamics)

Pattern and Process in Marine Bacterial, Archaeal, and Protistan Biodiversity, and Effects of Human Impacts (Bacterial, Archaeal, and Protistan Biodiversity)

Program:

Dimensions of Biodiversity (Dimensions of Biodiversity)

Principal Investigator:

Jed A. Fuhrman (University of Southern California, USC)

Co-Principal Investigator:

David Caron (University of Southern California, USC-HIMS)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2014-11-04

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final with updates expected

Listing of monthly cruises to San Pedro Channel sampling station from 2010-2014 (Bacterial, Archaeal, and Protistan Biodiversity project, Marine Viral Dynamics project)

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Description

This dataset is a listing of the cruises to stations off the coast of California near Los Angeles for the ARISA data.

The purpose of these cruises was to collect microbial specimens in water samples for genetic, taxonomic, and functional diversity. Cruise and/or CTD logs are available at: http://dornsife.usc.edu/spot/document-access/

Monthly station:
Deployments with MO_SPOT and Wrigley_SPOT in the cruise_id went to a single monthly station, a coastal temperate system, oligotrophic to mesotrophic, in San Pedro Basin (sill depth ~740 m, maximum depth ~890 m) off of Los Angeles, California. lat/lon: +33°33.00’N, -118°24.00’W

Quarterly stations:
2012-2014: Deployments with DOBD_POLA_SPOT_CAT in the cruise_id visited three quarterly stations. Coastal temperate system, three sites off of Los Angeles, California:
1) the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), lat/lon: 33°42.76’N, 118°15.57’W,
2) San Pedro Time Series station (SPOT), lat/lon: 33°33.00’N, 118°24.00’W, and
3) off of Santa Catalina Island (CAT), lat/lon: 33°27.18’N, 118°28.51’W

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO processing:
added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
reformated date from d-Mon-yy to yyyy-mm-dd
replaced blank cells with nd
replaced blanks and / with underscores

Data Files

File
spot_cruises_v2.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 35.16 KB) MD5:7e5f521b99a4f05ebc7db1444425ec17 Primary data file for dataset ID 536264

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences	MCB-0703159
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1136818

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
lab_Fuhrman_2014	San Pedro Ocean Time-Series SPOT Microbial Observatory MO Wrigley Time Series Station WTSS	2014-10-17	USC	Jed A. Fuhrman (Principal Investigator)	data info
MO_SPOT_Oct_2010	Wrigley_SPOT_Oct_2010	2010-10-21	R/V Yellowfin	David Caron (Chief Scientist) Jed A. Fuhrman (Co-Chief Scientist)	data info
MO_SPOT_Nov_2010	Wrigley_SPOT_Nov_2010	2010-11-23	R/V Yellowfin	David Caron (Chief Scientist) Jed A. Fuhrman (Co-Chief Scientist)	data info
MO_SPOT_Dec_2010	Wrigley_SPOT_Dec_2010	2010-12-16	R/V Yellowfin	David Caron (Chief Scientist) Jed A. Fuhrman (Co-Chief Scientist)	data info
MO_SPOT_Jan_2011	Wrigley_SPOT_Jan_2011	2011-01-11	R/V Yellowfin	David Caron (Chief Scientist) Jed A. Fuhrman (Co-Chief Scientist)	data info
MO_SPOT_Feb_2011	Wrigley_SPOT_Feb_2011	2011-02-23	R/V Yellowfin	David Caron (Chief Scientist) Jed A. Fuhrman (Co-Chief Scientist)	data info
MO_SPOT_Mar_2011	Wrigley_SPOT_Mar_2011	2011-03-15	R/V Yellowfin	David Caron (Chief Scientist) Jed A. Fuhrman (Co-Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

CTD Sea-Bird

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD Sea-Bird

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/130/

Generic Description:

Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) sensor package from SeaBird Electronics, no specific unit identified. This instrument designation is used when specific make and model are not known. See also other SeaBird instruments listed under CTD. More information from Sea-Bird Electronics.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
chief_scientist	chief scientist name	unitless	chief_scientist
co_chief_scientist	co-chief scientist name	unitless	chief_scientist
sampling_timing	whether cruise was part of monthly or quarterly sampling	unitless	comment
brief_cruise_description	brief description of cruise purpose	unitless	comment
cruise_id	cruise identification	unitless	cruise_id
cruise_id_alt	alternate cruise identification	unitless	cruise_id
date_start	cruise date	yyyy-mm-dd	date_start
lat	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
funding	award number of funding support	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
operator	operator of vessell	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
platform	vessel name	unitless	platform
site	general location of sampling	unitless	site
time_end	approximate end time of cruise	HH:MM	time_end
time_start	approximate start time of cruise	HH:MM	time_start
year	year of cruise	yyyy-mm-dd	year

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Dataset: SPOT cruises