http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/945707
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Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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2024-12-10
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Rock macrofaunal community from samples collected at methane seeps off Southern California with the HOV Alvin from July 16-28, 2023 during R/V Atlantis cruise AT50-12
2024-01-17
publication
2024-01-17
revision
Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)
2025-02-11
publication
https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.945707.1
Lisa A. Levin
University of California-San Diego Scripps
principalInvestigator
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
info@bco-dmo.org
http://www.bco-dmo.org
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
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Cite this dataset as: Levin, L. A., Lee, K., Pereira, O. S. (2025) Rock macrofaunal community from samples collected at methane seeps off Southern California with the HOV Alvin from July 16-28, 2023 during R/V Atlantis cruise AT50-12. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2024-01-17 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.945707.1 [access date]
Rock macrofaunal community from Southern California seeps (July 2023) Dataset Description: Methods and Sampling: <p>Rock samples were collected with HOV Alvin using the manipulator. Rocks were placed into individual compartments in a biobox on the Alvin basket. Before preserving, rock samples were kept cold and animals were handpicked to sample tissue for stable isotope analyses (see related datasets for isotopic data). Rocks were then washed in cold, filtered seawater through a 300 mm mesh, separating the sample into two fractions (a fine fraction with the meiofauna, and a coarser fraction with the macrofauna), both were preserved in 95% ethanol.&nbsp;</p>
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-2048720 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=2048720
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Lisa A. Levin
University of California-San Diego Scripps
858-534-3579
9500 Gilman Drive Mail Code: 0218
La Jolla
CA
92093-0218
USA
llevin@ucsd.edu
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Dataset Version: 1
Unknown
Date
Alvin_Dive
Site
Latitude
Longitude
Depth
Sample_number
Habitat
Sample_type
Corrosion
Surface_Area
Annelida
Arthropoda
Mollusca
Echinodermata
Other
Total_count
HOV Alvin
Wild Heerbrugg Stereomicroscope M5A
theme
None, User defined
date
dive_id
site
latitude
longitude
depth
sample identification
site description
sample description
surface_area
count
featureType
BCO-DMO Standard Parameters
HOV Alvin
Microscope - Optical
instrument
BCO-DMO Standard Instruments
AT50-12
service
Deployment Activity
Southern California Borderland
place
Locations
otherRestrictions
otherRestrictions
Access Constraints: none. Use Constraints: Please follow guidelines at: http://www.bco-dmo.org/terms-use Distribution liability: Under no circumstances shall BCO-DMO be liable for any direct, incidental, special, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials in this data submission. If you are dissatisfied with any materials in this data submission your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue use.
Collaborative Research: Redefining the footprint of deep ocean methane seepage for benthic ecosystems
https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/project/840220
Collaborative Research: Redefining the footprint of deep ocean methane seepage for benthic ecosystems
<p><em>NSF Award Abstract:</em><br />
This research examines the role of deep-sea organisms in determining the fate and footprint of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, on Pacific continental margins. The investigators are evaluating the deep ocean methanosphere defined by the microbial communities that consume methane and the animals that directly feed on or form symbioses with methane-consuming microbes. They are also investigating animal communities that gain energy indirectly from methane, as well as those that take advantage of carbonate rocks, the physical manifestation of methane consumption in seafloor sediments. The study of methane seeps in the deep waters of both Alaska (4400-5500 meters) and Southern California (450-1040 meters) is enabling comparisons of the methanosphere under different food-limitation and oxygen regimes. By applying diverse chemical, isotopic, microscopy, and genetic-based analyses to seep microbes and fauna, this study is advancing understanding of the contribution of methane to deep-sea biodiversity and ecosystem function, information that can inform management and conservation actions in US waters. In addition to training for graduate and undergraduate students at their home institutions, the investigators are collaborating with the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP). They are recruiting Alaskan undergraduates to participate in the research, contributing to ANSEP's online resources that promote interaction between scientists and middle and high school students, and participating in ANSEP's annual residential Career Exploration in Marine Science programs to engage middle school students in learning about deep-sea ecosystems and the variety of career pathways available in marine related fields.</p>
<p>Microbial production and consumption of methane is dynamic and widespread along continental margins, and some animals within deep-sea methane seeps rely on the oxidation and sequestration of methane for nutrition. At the same time, understanding of methane-dependent processes and symbioses in the deep-sea environment is still rudimentary. The goals of this study are to 1) examine the diversity of animals involved in methane-based symbioses and heterotrophic consumption of methane-oxidizing microbes and how these symbioses extend the periphery of seeps, contributing to non-seep, continental slope food webs; and 2) determine whether carbonates on the seep periphery sustain active methanotrophic microbial assemblages, providing a localized food source or chemical fuel for thiotrophic symbioses, via anaerobic oxidation of methane, or free-living, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria consumed by animals. The investigators are addressing these goals by surveying, sampling, and characterizing microbes, water, sediments, carbonates and animals at a deep seep site on the Aleutian Margin and a shallow site off Southern California. Shipboard experiments and laboratory analyses are using molecular, isotopic, geochemical, and radiotracer tools to understand transfer of methane-sourced carbon from aerobic methanotrophs under multiple oxygen levels, pressures, and photosynthetic food inputs. This approach offers a wide lens by which to examine the methane seep footprint, allow reinterpretation of past observations, and identify new scientific areas for future study. Improved characterization of the deep continental margin methanosphere informs climate science, biodiversity conservation, and resource management.</p>
Methanosphere
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biota
oceans
Southern California Borderland
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33.7995874
2023-07-16
2023-07-28
Gulf of Alaska and Southern California Bight
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BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from Rock macrofaunal community from samples collected at methane seeps off Southern California with the HOV Alvin from July 16-28, 2023 during R/V Atlantis cruise AT50-12
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
info@bco-dmo.org
http://www.bco-dmo.org
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
For questions regarding this resource, please contact BCO-DMO via the email address provided.
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948617.rdf
Name: Date
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Date of collection</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948618.rdf
Name: Alvin_Dive
Units: unitless
Description: <p>HOV Alvin dive number of collection</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948619.rdf
Name: Site
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Methane seep site of collection</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948620.rdf
Name: Latitude
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>Latitude in decimal degrees; positive values = North</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948621.rdf
Name: Longitude
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>Longitude in decimal degrees; positive values = East</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948622.rdf
Name: Depth
Units: meters (m)
Description: <p>Depth of collection in meters</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948623.rdf
Name: Sample_number
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Puschore sample number</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948624.rdf
Name: Habitat
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Level of seepage activity at collection; Activity was categorized as Active, Inactive, Transition, no data, Edge of Seep, Less Active, Low Activity, Unknown, or Low Activity/None</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948625.rdf
Name: Sample_type
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Type of rock collected</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948626.rdf
Name: Corrosion
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Observed corrosion on rock</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948627.rdf
Name: Surface_Area
Units: cm2
Description: <p>Measurement of surface area of the rock in cm2</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948628.rdf
Name: Annelida
Units: per individual
Description: <p>Count of Annelida identified</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948629.rdf
Name: Arthropoda
Units: per individual
Description: <p>Count of Arthropoda identified</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948630.rdf
Name: Mollusca
Units: per individual
Description: <p>Count of Mollusca identified</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948631.rdf
Name: Echinodermata
Units: per individual
Description: <p>Count of Echinodermata identified</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948632.rdf
Name: Other
Units: per individual
Description: <p>Count of other organisms identified; includes Cnidaria, Nemertea, Porifera, and other unidentified specimens</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/948633.rdf
Name: Total_count
Units: per individual
Description: <p>Total count of organisms idenitified</p>
GB/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
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<p>Rock samples were collected with HOV Alvin using the manipulator. Rocks were placed into individual compartments in a biobox on the Alvin basket. Before preserving, rock samples were kept cold and animals were handpicked to sample tissue for stable isotope analyses (see related datasets for isotopic data). Rocks were then washed in cold, filtered seawater through a 300 mm mesh, separating the sample into two fractions (a fine fraction with the meiofauna, and a coarser fraction with the macrofauna), both were preserved in 95% ethanol.&nbsp;</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
<p>In the laboratory, rock samples were washed in distilled water through a 300 µm sieve and sorted under the microscope. Animals in rock samples were primarily identified to major taxa, counted, and preserved in 95% ethanol.</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
- Imported "AT50-12_Rock Macrofauna_BCO-DMO.xlsx" and "AT50-12_Sample information_BCO-DMO.xlsx" files into the BCO-DMO system
- Corrected disparate sample number formats Rock BR4 to Rock EL4, Rock EL-3 to Rock EL3, and Rock EL-2 to Rock EL2 (confirmed by submitter)
- Joined sample metadata to data file using dive and sample numbers
- Converted date to YYYY-mm-dd ISO format
- Adjusted parameter names to conform to system requirements, removing special characters and unit information
- Exported dataset to "945707_v1_rock_macro.csv"
Specified by BCO-DMO Data Managers
asNeeded
7.x-1.1
Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
Unavailable
508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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HOV Alvin
HOV Alvin
PI Supplied Instrument Name: HOV Alvin PI Supplied Instrument Description:Puschore, rocks, biotubes, and slurp samples were collected with HOV Alvin using the manipulator. Instrument Name: HOV Alvin Instrument Short Name: Instrument Description: Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV) Alvin is part of the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF). Alvin enables in-situ data collection and observation by two scientists to depths reaching 6,500 meters, during dives lasting up to ten hours.
Commissioned in 1964 as one of the world’s first deep-ocean submersibles, Alvin has remained state-of-the-art as a result of numerous overhauls and upgrades made over its lifetime. The most recent upgrades, begun in 2011 and completed in 2021, saw the installation of a new, larger personnel sphere with a more ergonomic interior; improved visibility and overlapping fields of view; longer bottoms times; new lighting and high-definition imaging systems; improved sensors, data acquisition and download speed. It also doubled the science basket payload, and improved the command-and-control system allowing greater speed, range and maneuverability.
With seven reversible thrusters, it can hover in the water, maneuver over rugged topography, or rest on the sea floor. It can collect data throughout the water column, produce a variety of maps and perform photographic surveys. Alvin also has two robotic arms that can manipulate instruments, obtain samples, and its basket can be reconfigured daily based on the needs of the upcoming dive.
Alvin's depth rating of 6,500m gives researchers in-person access to 99% of the ocean floor. Alvin is a proven and reliable platform capable of diving for up to 30 days in a row before requiring a single scheduled maintenance day. Recent collaborations with autonomous vehicles such as Sentry have proven extremely beneficial, allowing PIs to visit promising sites to collect samples and data in person within hours of their being discovered, and UNOLs driven technological advances have improved the ability for scientific outreach and collaboration via telepresence
Alvin is named for Allyn Vine, a WHOI engineer and geophysicist who helped pioneer deep submergence research and technology.
(from https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/underwater-vehicles/hov-alvin/, accessed 2022-09-09)
Wild Heerbrugg Stereomicroscope M5A
Wild Heerbrugg Stereomicroscope M5A
PI Supplied Instrument Name: Wild Heerbrugg Stereomicroscope M5A PI Supplied Instrument Description:Wild Heerbrugg Stereomicroscope M5A Instrument Name: Microscope - Optical Instrument Short Name: Instrument 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". Community Standard Description: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB05/
Cruise: AT50-12
AT50-12
R/V Atlantis
Community Standard Description
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
R/V Atlantis
vessel
AT50-12
Lisa A. Levin
University of California-San Diego Scripps
R/V Atlantis
Community Standard Description
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
R/V Atlantis
vessel