Dataset: Carmel River State Beach Surf Zone Phyto 2011

Name: Time series of avg daily phytoplankton concentration in the surf zone at Carmel River State Beach, Carmel Bay California in 2011 (Surf zone larval transport project)
Published: 2015-06-30
Keywords: biota, oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:36.53833 E:-121.92861 S:36.53833 W:-121.92861

Project:

Does coupling between the inner shelf and surf zone regulate larval supply to intertidal populations? (Surf zone larval transport)

Lead Principal Investigator:

Alan L. Shanks (University of Oregon, OIMB)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Jamie MacMahan (Naval Postgraduate School, NPS)

Steven Morgan (University of California-Davis, UC Davis-BML)

Ad Reniers (Delft University of Technology, TU Delft)

Contact:

Alan L. Shanks (University of Oregon, OIMB)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

30 June 2015

Version Date:

2015-06-30

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Time series of avg daily phytoplankton concentration in the surf zone at Carmel River State Beach, Carmel Bay California in 2011 (Surf zone larval transport project)

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Description

Time series of average daily phytoplankton concentration in the surf zone at Carmel River State Beach, CA (36.53833 degrees N, 121.92861 degrees W).

Related references:
Shanks, A.L., S. G. Morgan, J. MacMahan, Ad J.H.M Reniers, M. Jarvis, J. Brown, and C. Griesemer (2014). Onshore transport of plankton by internal tides and upwelling-relaxation events. Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI:10.3354/meps10717

Shanks, A.L., S. G. Morgan, J. MacMahan, Ad J.H.M Reniers, M. Jarvis, J. Brown, and C. Griesemer (2015). Transport of Larvae and Detritus Across the Surf Zone of a Steep Reflective Pocket Beach. Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI:10.3354/meps11223

Methods & Sampling

Daily phytoplankton samples were collected between 15 June and 15 July, 2011 with a pump system. A 6-cm dia. hose was attached to pipes that were jetted into the sand; the hose extended into the surf zone. A gas-powered pump sampled about 240 L of water per min, and three replicate (n=3) 1-L phytoplankton samples were collected from this system. Samples were collected within one hour of high tide each day. Depending on the wave height on a given day these samples were collected within the breakers or just a few meters seaward of the breakers. Samples were preserved in acid Lugols. Phytoplankton were identified to genus and counted on Sedgwick Rafter slides using standard techniques (Sournia 1978).

Data Processing Description

Three samples were collected each day. Counts from the microscopic analysis of the samples were converted to number per liter and the average and 95% confidence interval for each daily set of samples were calculated.

BCO-DMO Processing:
- Re-formatted date, and added separate columns for month, day, year, and year-day.
- Added column containing site name.
- Added lat and lon (from metadata form).
- Modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions.

Data Files

File
CarmelRiver_SurfZone_Phyto2011.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 3.93 KB) MD5:6f212676fc17ad3d9626f29afd495503 Primary data file for dataset ID 561724

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0926923

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
CRSB_2011		2011-06-19	Carmel_River_State_Beach	Alan L. Shanks (Principal Investigator)	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
site_name	Name of the sampling site.	text	site
lat	Latitude of the sampling site.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude of the sampling site.	decimal degrees	lon
date	Month/day/year of sample collection.	mm/dd/yyyy	date
PseudoN	PseudoN Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
PseudoN_95CI	PseudoN 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
Chaetoceros	Chaetoceros Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Chaetoceros_95CI	Chaetoceros 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
Thalassionema	Thalassionema Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Thalassionema_95CI	Thalassionema 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
Skeletonema	Skeletonema Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Skeletonema_95CI	Skeletonema 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
Thalassiosira	Thalassiosira Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Thalassiosira_95CI	Thalassiosira 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
mon	2-digit month of year.	mm (01 to 12)	month
day	2-digit day of month.	dd (01 to 31)	day
year	4-digit year.	YYYY	year
yrday	Consecutive day of year (Jan 1st = 1)		yrday
Pennate	Pennate Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Pennate_95CI	Pennate 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
Rhizoselenia	Rhizoselenia Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Rhizoselenia_95CI	Rhizoselenia 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: Carmel River State Beach Surf Zone Phyto 2011