Dataset: Sea star sample information: Ketchikan, AK

Name: Sea star sample information from Ketchikan, AK in February of 2017 (Sea Star Microbiology project)
Published: 2017-12-01
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:55.44876 E:-131.5677 S:55.30607 W:-131.8306

Temporal Extent: 2017-02-09 - 2017-02-12

Project:

Microbial ecology of sea star wasting disease (Sea Star Microbiology)

Principal Investigator:

Ian Hewson (Cornell University, Cornell)

Contact:

Ian Hewson (Cornell University, Cornell)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version Date:

2017-12-01

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Sea star sample information from Ketchikan, AK in February of 2017 (Sea Star Microbiology project)

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Description

This dataset includes sea star sampling information collected for a survey of sea star-associated densovirus (SSaDV) prevalence and load in asymptomatic animals from near Ketchikan, AK in February of 2017. The data include sample number, species, collection time, depth, latitude, and longitude.

The survey was done to determine the presence/load of SSaDV in SE Alaska during a reported incidence of sea cucumber wasting.

Methods & Sampling

Methodology: This population was surveyed in February 2017 to determine the presence/load of SSaDV in SE Alaska during a reported incidence of sea cucumber wasting.

Sampling and analytical procedures: Animals were collected by hand at 3 locations near Ketchikan, AK in February 2017. Body wall tissues were biopsied on site to determine the presence/load of SSaDV. Biopsy punches were immediately frozen in liquid N2 before transport back to the lab at Cornell University.

SSaDV abundance/load will be determined by qPCR following the approach of Hewson et al., 2014 (PNAS).

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:
* added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
* modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
* Species name changed from Pycnopodia helianthodies to accepted name Pycnopodia helianthoides 240764. Based on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, accessed 2017-10-17) and communication with the data contributor.

Data Files

File
Ketchikan.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 9.70 KB) MD5:105acacbaa2300b58d788bdbf91a898b Primary data file for dataset ID 719916

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1537111

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
SeaStarMicrobiology_Hewson			shoreside Alaska	Ian Hewson (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
Long	Collecction longitude	decimal degrees	lon
Lat	Collection latitude	decimal degrees	lat
Date	Collection date in format yyyy-mm-dd	unitless	date
Time	Collection date in format yyyy-mm-dd	unitless	time
Depth	Collection depth	meters	depth
Location	Collection location	unitless	site
ISO_DateTime_UTC	Collection timestamp using the ISO 8601:2004(E) standard in format YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS[.xx]Z (UTC)	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
Sample_num	Sample identifier	unitless	sample
Species	Scientific name of collected seastar	untiless	species

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Dataset: Sea star sample information: Ketchikan, AK