Dataset: Ruiz-Cooly 2014 - Sperm whale sample info

Name: Sperm whale skin tissue samples analyzed for C and N at UC-Santa Cruz: date and location of collection from the California Current System
Published: 2016-08-02
Keywords: biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.653118.1

Spatial Extent: N:46.97 E:-117.35 S:32.47 W:-129.82

Temporal Extent: 1972-12 - 2005-07

Project:

A novel approach for evaluating temporal and spatial changes in trophic structure of the mesopelagic eastern Pacific (Sperm Whale SI Ratios)

Principal Investigator:

Paul L. Koch (University of California-Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Matthew D. McCarthy (University of California-Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz)

Student:

Rocio I. Ruiz-Cooley (University of California-Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2016-08-02

Restricted:

Validated:

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/653118/data

Sperm whale skin tissue samples analyzed for C and N at UC-Santa Cruz: date and location of collection from the California Current System

Abstract:

Sperm whale skin tissue samples analyzed for C and N at UC-Santa Cruz: date and location of collection from the California Current System, 1972 to 2005.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2016-08-02	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.653118.1	2021-04-12

Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date, reference information
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- reformatted date from Mon-yy to yyyy-mm
- reformatted longitude from decimal degrees west to east
- replaced hyphens with nd (no data); replaced commas with semi-colons

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1155728

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
lab_UCSC_Koch		2012-03-01	UCSC		data info

Instruments

Gas Chromatograph

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Gas Chromatograph

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB02/

Generic Description:

Instrument separating gases, volatile substances, or substances dissolved in a volatile solvent by transporting an inert gas through a column packed with a sorbent to a detector for assay. (from SeaDataNet, BODC)

Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Thermo Finnigan DeltaPlus XP isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific, Bremen, Germany)

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer

Acronym: IR Mass Spec

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB16/

Generic Description:

The Isotope-ratio Mass Spectrometer is a particular type of mass spectrometer used to measure the relative abundance of isotopes in a given sample (e.g. VG Prism II Isotope Ratio Mass-Spectrometer).

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
SWFSC_id	identification number assigned to sample at Southwest Fisheries Science Center	unitless	sample
UCSC_id	identification number assigned to sample at UC Santa Cruz	unitless	sample
tissue	type of tissue sample	unitless	sample_type
preservation	how the sample was stored; either by dimethyl sulfide (DMSO) or freezing	unitless	unknown
sex	sex of animal: F=female; M=male; U=unknown	unitless	sex
source	how the sample was collected (either from stranded animals or by biopsy) and where the sample was archived	unitless	sample_descrip
date_collected	date sample was collected; format: yyyy-mm	year; month	date
site_collected	location of sample collection	unitless	site
lat	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon

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Dataset: Ruiz-Cooly 2014 - Sperm whale sample info