Dataset: AT29-04: sample log - WAM

Name: Specimen log from HOV Alvin dives collected from the R/V Atlantis (Alvin AT26-15) cruise in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Escarpment during July 2015 (SEEPC project)
Published: 2016-05-10
Keywords: biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

Project:

Connectivity in western Atlantic seep populations: Oceanographic and life-history processes underlying genetic structure (SEEPC)

Principal Investigator:

Cindy Van Dover (Duke University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version Date:

2016-05-10

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Specimen log from HOV Alvin dives collected from the R/V Atlantis (Alvin AT26-15) cruise in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Escarpment during July 2015 (SEEPC project)

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Description

Methods & Sampling

Sampling was performed by HOV Alvin in the Western Atlantic Margin of the US (WAM)area using the following methods:
- Grab - using the claw of either port or starboard manipulator to pick up the sample
- Push core - used to collect sediment core samples, or invertebrates residing in the sediment
- Slurp - use of a vacuum system to collect sample from the seafloor or water column

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:

- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date, reference information
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- replaced blank cells with nd or 0 (flags)
- replaced commas with : or ;
- replaced blanks with underscores; removed trailing blanks
- replaced '?' with 'maybe'
- replaced '<' with lt_; replaced '>' with 'gt_'
- sorted by taxon_1, taxon_2, species, dive_id, sample_id

Data Files

File
AT2904_sample_log.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 113.69 KB) MD5:ad6ce4f40ce7291509db293e251790c7 Primary data file for dataset ID 615510

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1031050

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
AT26-15_Alvin_Dives	SEEP GoM	2014-05-22	Alvin	Cindy Van Dover (Chief Scientist)	data info
AT26-15	SEEPC GoMex	2014-05-21	R/V Atlantis	Cindy Van Dover (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

Alvin Slurp Sampler

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Alvin Slurp Sampler

Generic Description:

Small and large capacity vacuum pump samplers. May have single or multiple chambers. See http://www.whoi.edu/main/alvin/subsystems/optional-scientific-samplers

Alvin tube core

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Alvin tube core

Acronym: Tube Core

Generic Description:

A plastic tube, about 40 cm (16 inches) long, is pushed into the sediment by Alvin's manipulator arm to collect a sediment core.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
taxon_1	higher taxonomic group	unitless	taxon
taxon_2	genus; or if unknown then the common name or closest taxonomic unit	unitless	taxon
species	species; or if unknown then morphotype ID/note	unitless	species
dive_id	unique ID for each HOV Jason dive	unitless	dive_id
specimen	unique ID assigned to each specimen taken during the cruise (an individual or bulk/group)	unitless	sample
container	unique ID assigned to each sample container; may contain an entire specimen or a subsample of a specimen	unitless	sample
voucher_flag	x indicates that the container contains voucher material	unitless	flag
tissue	indicates sources of specimen material/tissue placed in the container	unitless	sample_type
fixative	material or method used to initially stabilize material in the container prior to ethanol preservation. The exception is frozen material which does not get transferred to ethanol	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
photo_flag	x indicates that a photo of the specimen was taken prior to fixation	unitless	flag
comments	free text comments	unitless	comment

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Dataset: AT29-04: sample log - WAM