Dataset: Weekly dock samples

Name: Temperature and salinity measured at the UConn dock in Groton, CT, USA, associated with DNA collection
Published: 2021-06-23
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.854554.1

Spatial Extent: N:41.31639 E:-72.06083 S:41.31639 W:-72.06083

Temporal Extent: 2020-01-24 - 2021-04-06

Project:

Collaborative Research: Combining single-cell and community 'omics' to test hypotheses about diversity and function of planktonic ciliates (Ciliate Omics)

Principal Investigator:

George McManus (University of Connecticut, UConn)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Laura A. Katz (Smith College)

Luciana Santoferrara (University of Connecticut, UConn)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2021-06-23

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Temperature and salinity measured at the UConn dock in Groton, CT, USA, associated with DNA collection

Abstract:

This dataset includes temperature and salinity measurements collected from the UConn dock in Groton CT, USA (41˚ 18' 59" N, 72˚ 03'39" W), in association with DNA collection. Measurements were made weekly from January 2020 to April 2021.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date PID Issued
2021-06-23	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.854554.1	2021-06-28

Methods & Sampling

Samples were collected at the UConn dock in Groton, CT, USA (41˚ 18' 59" N, 72˚ 03'39" W). Dock sampling was conducted weekly using a 20 um mesh plankton net, bulb thermometer, and temperature-corrected salinity refractometer. On some dates, cells were picked for single-cell genome/transcriptomes. There is a gap in the data between 2020-03-20 and 2020-05-01 when sampling was suspended due to COVID-19.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:
- removed empty rows;
- renamed fields to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions;
- removed the Notes column (empty);
- changed date format to YYYY-MM-DD;
- added ISO8601 datetime (UTC) fields.

Data Files

File
weekly_dock_samples.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 3.81 KB) MD5:7fd3590572b07ea9b292dd603835e442 Primary data file for dataset ID 854554

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1924527
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1924570

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

Plankton Net

Supplied Name: 20 um mesh plankton net

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Plankton Net

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/22/

Generic Description:

A Plankton Net is a generic term for a sampling net that is used to collect plankton. It is used only when detailed instrument documentation is not available.

Refractometer

Supplied Name: temperature-corrected salinity refractometer

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Refractometer

Generic Description:

A refractometer is a laboratory or field device for the measurement of an index of refraction (refractometry). The index of refraction is calculated from Snell's law and can be calculated from the composition of the material using the Gladstone-Dale relation.

In optics the refractive index (or index of refraction) n of a substance (optical medium) is a dimensionless number that describes how light, or any other radiation, propagates through that medium.

Thermometer

Supplied Name: bulb thermometer

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Thermometer

Generic Description:

A device designed to measure temperature.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Date	Date of sampling (local time zone EST/EDT); format: YYYY-MM-DD Format: %Y-%m-%d	unitless	date
Time_of_High_Tide_local	Time of high tide (local time zone EST/EDT); format: hh:mm Format: %H:%M	unitless	time
Time_of_Dock_Tow_local	Time of dock tow (local time zone EST/EDT); format: hh:mm Format: %H:%M	unitless	time
Temperature	Water temperature	degrees Celsius	temp
Salinity	Water salinity	parts per thousand (PPT)	sal
ISO_DateTime_UTC_High_Tide	Date and time (UTC) of high tide in ISO8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ Format: %Y-%m-%dT%H:%MZ	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
ISO_DateTime_UTC_Dock_Tow	Date and time (UTC) of dock tow in ISO8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ Format: %Y-%m-%dT%H:%MZ	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC

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Dataset: Weekly dock samples