Dataset: Sargasso Sea Plankton Aggregation: Sizes

Name: Size of sinking aggregates of a Sargasso Sea Plankton community from roller tank experiments with seawater collected during R/V Atlantic Explorer cruises AE1718 and AE1808 in 2017 and 2018
Published: 2019-08-14
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.774841.1

Spatial Extent: N:32.3027 E:-64.38 S:31.9795 W:-64.5752

Temporal Extent: 2017-09-17 - 2018-03-21

Project:

Aggregation of Marine Picoplankton (Marine Plankton Aggregation)

Principal Investigator:

Susanne Neuer (Arizona State University, ASU)

Student:

Bianca N. Cruz (Arizona State University, ASU)

Contact:

Susanne Neuer (Arizona State University, ASU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2019-08-14

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Size of sinking aggregates of a Sargasso Sea Plankton community from roller tank experiments with seawater collected during R/V Atlantic Explorer cruises AE1718 and AE1808 in 2017 and 2018

Abstract:

Size of sinking aggregates of a Sargasso Sea Plankton community from roller tank experiments with seawater collected during R/V Atlantic Explorer cruises AE1718 and AE1808 in 2017 and 2018.

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Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2019-08-14	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.774841.1	2019-12-26

Description

Size of sinking aggregates of a Sargasso Sea Plankton community from roller tank experiments with seawater collected during R/V Atlantic Explorer cruises AE1718 and AE1808 in 2017 and 2018.

These data were published in Cruz and Neuer, 2019.

Related Datasets:
* Sargasso Sea Plankton Aggregation: Aggregate Abundances https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/774813
* Sargasso Sea Plankton Aggregation: Sinking Velocities https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/774820
* Sargasso Sea Plankton Aggregation: Excess Densities https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/774827
* Sargasso Sea Plankton Aggregation: TEP https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/774834

Methods & Sampling

Sargasso Seawater was incubated in 1.25 L roller tanks for 5 days in the dark at 3.5 RPM (for further details on roller tanks, see Shanks and Edmondson, 1989). Aggregation was tested with and without the addition of kaolinite clay. All treatments had n = 2 tanks. Aggregates formed were quantified, sized, and their sinking velocities and excess densities determined. TEP concentrations were determined as in Passow and Alldredge (1995). The stock of Alcian-Blue dye used for TEP quantification had a calibration factor (f-factor) of 84.15.

Aggregation was tested with and without the addition of kaolinite clay (control, 0.5 mg per L of kaolinite clay, 5.0 mg per L of kaolinite clay)

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes: Growth Rates
* Excel sheet extracted to a csv file
* added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
* modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
* blank values in this dataset are displayed as "nd" for "no data." nd is the default missing data identifier in the BCO-DMO system.

Data Files

File
sarg_size.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 456 bytes) MD5:ff8477fb5c194f08f9b9ee07f05b8bd2 Primary data file for dataset ID 774841

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1658527

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
AE1718	BATS 10339 HS 61318	2017-09-11	R/V Atlantic Explorer	Rodney J. Johnson (Chief Scientist)	data info
AE1808	BATS 10345 HS 61333	2018-03-14	R/V Atlantic Explorer	Rodney J. Johnson (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

Microscope - Optical

Supplied Name: Stemi 2000-C, Axiocam 105 Color, Carl Zeiss, Germany

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Microscope - Optical

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB05/

Generic Description:

Instruments that generate enlarged images of samples using the phenomena of reflection and absorption of visible light. Includes conventional and inverted instruments. Also called a "light microscope".

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Cruise	Cruise identifier	unitless	cruise_id
Depth_m	Depth from which seawater was collected for roller tank incubations	meters (m)	depth
Lat	Latitude	decimal degrees	lat
Lon	Longitude	decimal degrees	lon
Aggregate_ESD_Control1	Aggregate equivalent spherical diameter (ESD). Treatment = Control, replicate 1, no kaolinite clay.	millimeters (mm)	cell_size
Aggregate_ESD_Control2	Aggregate equivalent spherical diameter (ESD). Treatment = Control, replicate 2, no kaolinite clay.	millimeters (mm)	cell_size
Aggregate_ESD_0_5mg_Lkaolinite1	Aggregate equivalent spherical diameter (ESD). Treatment = concentration of 0.5 mg per L of kaolinite clay, replicate 1.	millimeters (mm)	cell_size
Aggregate_ESD_0_5mg_Lkaolinite2	Aggregate equivalent spherical diameter (ESD). Treatment = concentration of 0.5 mg per L of kaolinite clay, replicate 2.	millimeters (mm)	cell_size
Aggregate_ESD_5_0mg_Lkaolinite1	Aggregate equivalent spherical diameter (ESD). Treatment = concentration of 5.0 mg per L of kaolinite clay, replicate 1.	millimeters (mm)	cell_size
Aggregate_ESD_5_0mg_Lkaolinite2	Aggregate equivalent spherical diameter (ESD). Treatment = concentration of 5.0 mg per L of kaolinite clay, replicate 2.	millimeters (mm)	cell_size