Dataset: nutrient trait data: cell volumes

Name: Cell volume measurements for phytoplankton collected from the Kellogg Biological Station, MSU, Michigan in 2014 (Phytoplankton Traits project)
Published: 2016-01-21
Keywords: biota, oceans

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Project:

Phytoplankton Traits, Functional Groups and Community Organization: A Synthesis (Phytoplankton Traits)

Principal Investigator:

Elena Litchman (Michigan State University, MSU)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Kyle F. Edwards (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, SOEST)

Christopher Klausmeier (Michigan State University, MSU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

2016-01-21

Version Date:

2016-01-21

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Cell volume measurements for phytoplankton collected from the Kellogg Biological Station, MSU, Michigan in 2014 (Phytoplankton Traits project)

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Description

This dataset includes Table 3 from Edwards et al (2015) Ecology. Cell volume measurements for nearly all species in the nutrient trait data set. These measurements supplement those in Table 1, which only includes measurements reported in the nutrient trait publications. The volume measurements in Table 1 are presented again, along with measurements from the literature for species not measured in the nutrient trait publications.

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Related Reference:

Kyle F. Edwards, Christopher A. Klausmeier, and Elena Litchman. 2015. Nutrient utilization traits of phytoplankton. Ecology 96:2311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-2252.1

Methods & Sampling

Data acquisition, methodology, and criteria for inclusion: We comprehensively searched the literature for studies that used unialgal cultures to measure how phytoplankton growth, nutrient content, and nutrient uptake rate respond to nutrient supply. We focused on experiments using nitrate, ammonium, or phosphate as the limiting nutrient. We only compiled studies where light was not strongly limiting, and where only a single nutrient was limiting. For one diazotroph (Trichodesmium), the experiments compiled here did not include nitrogen in the medium.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:

These data/metadata were obtained from http://www.esapubs.org/archive on 2016-01-21.

- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date, reference information
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- replaced blank cells with nd
- replaced spaces with underscores

Data Files

File
nut_traits_T3.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 28.94 KB) MD5:4ca2e1665d30cb95afa4fb5a50af265f Primary data file for dataset ID 636302

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0928819

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Litchman_2014		2014-01-01	Unknown Platform	Elena Litchman (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
isolate	Isolate ID	text	no_bcodmo_term
species	Species name	text	species
volume	Cell volume	um^3	volume
volume_citation	Citation for volume measurement	text	reference_paper

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Dataset: nutrient trait data: cell volumes