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2026-03-16
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List of plankton samples collected with the SyPRID sampler on AUV Sentry during R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TN391 in the western Atlantic margin and Gulf of Mexico in 2021
2026-03-16
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2026-03-16
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2026-03-16
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/994779
Shawn M. Arellano
Western Washington University - Shannon Point Marine Center
principalInvestigator
David B. Eggleston
North Carolina State University - Center for Marine Science and Technology
principalInvestigator
Craig M. Young
University of Oregon
principalInvestigator
Ruoying He
Western Washington University
principalInvestigator
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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Cite this dataset as: Young, C. M., Arellano, S. M., Eggleston, D. B., He, R. (2026) List of plankton samples collected with the SyPRID sampler on AUV Sentry during R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TN391 in the western Atlantic margin and Gulf of Mexico in 2021. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2026-03-16 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/994779 [access date]
Dataset Description: <p>See the "Related Datasets" section for additional scientific sample lists, dive summaries, and related datasets from this cruise. Samples from this cruise include: benthic invertebrate samples collected by ROV Jason, plankton samples collected with the SyPRID sampler on Sentry, and water samples collected with niskin bottles on the CTD carousel.</p> Methods and Sampling: <p>Plankton samples were collecting using the SyPRID (Sentry's Precission Robotic Impeller-Driven) sampler with 150 μm mesh affixed to AUV sentry.&nbsp;</p>
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-1851383 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=1851383
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-1851286 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=1851286
Funding provided by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) Award Number: OCE-1851421 Award URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/show-award?AWD_ID=1851421
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Shawn M. Arellano
Western Washington University - Shannon Point Marine Center
360-650-3634
Western Washington University 1900 Shannon Point Road
Anacortes
WA
98221
USA
arellas@wwu.edu
pointOfContact
David B. Eggleston
North Carolina State University - Center for Marine Science and Technology
919-515-7840
32800 Faucette Drive PO Box 8208
Raleigh
NC
27695
USA
eggleston@ncsu.edu
pointOfContact
Craig M. Young
University of Oregon
541-346-7274
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology P.O. Box 5389
Charleston
Oregon
97420
USA
cmyoung@uoregon.edu
pointOfContact
Ruoying He
Western Washington University
919-513-0249
Jordan Hall - Rm 4149
Raleigh
NC
27695-8208
USA
rhe@ncsu.edu
pointOfContact
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Dataset Version: 1
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Site
Zooka_Port_or_Stbd
timestamp_START_UTC
timestamp_END_UTC
Lat
Lon
Depth
Duration
Volume_sampled
num_of_larvae
larvae_per_L
num_of_morphotypes
num_of_NEW_morphotypes
Preservation
Container
num_of_containers
Recipient_of_Sample
SyPRID
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None, User defined
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ISO_DateTime_UTC
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BCO-DMO Standard Parameters
AUV Sentry
AUV Sentry Precision Robotic Impeller Driven Sampler
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BCO-DMO Standard Instruments
TN391
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Woods Hole, Massachusetts to Gulfport, Mississippi
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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: dispersal depth and the transport of deep-sea, methane-seep larvae around a biogeographic barrier
https://wp.wwu.edu/arellanolab/category/salt/
Collaborative Research: dispersal depth and the transport of deep-sea, methane-seep larvae around a biogeographic barrier
<p><em>NSF Award Abstract:</em><br />
Ever since hydrothermal vents and methane seeps were first discovered in the deep ocean more than 40 years ago, scientists have wondered how these isolated communities, fully dependent on underwater "islands" of toxic chemicals, are first colonized by organisms, and how the populations of these specialized animals are exchanged and maintained. These fundamental processes depend on the transport of babies (larvae) by the ocean currents, yet because the larvae are microscopic and diluted in the vastness of the ocean, it is very difficult to determine where and how they drift. This project uses an autonomous underwater vehicle to collect larvae from precise regions of the water column. Larval traps on the bottom and chemical analyses of larval shells will also be used to determine the depths where larvae swim. These findings will provide realistic estimates for mathematical models that show how biology interacts with ocean currents to predict which methane seeps will be colonized by larvae originating at different depths. A detailed knowledge of larval dispersal is needed for conservation and management of the deep sea. Without such information, we cannot know the best placement of marine protected areas, nor can we facilitate the reestablishment of communities impacted by deep-sea mining, drilling, or other human activities. This project will provide hands-on at-sea training for college students to learn the rapidly vanishing skills needed for studies of larvae and embryos in their natural habitats. Learning opportunities will also be available to individuals of all ages through new, interactive exhibits on deep-sea biology and larval ecology produced for small museums and aquaria on the coasts of Oregon, Washington and North Carolina.</p>
<p>Reliable estimates of connectivity among metapopulations are increasingly important in marine conservation biology, ecology and phylogeography, yet biological parameters for biophysical models in the deep sea remain largely unavailable. The movements of deep-sea vent and seep larvae among islands of habitat suitable for chemosynthesis have been inferred from current patterns using numerical modeling, but virtually all such models have used untested assumptions about biological parameters that should have large impacts on the predictions. This project seeks to fill in the missing biological parameters while developing better models for predicting the dispersal patterns of methane seep animals living in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Western Atlantic Margin. Despite the existence of similar seeps at similar depths on two sides of the Florida peninsula, the Western Atlantic seeps support only a subset of the species found in the Gulf of Mexico. It is hypothesized that the ability of larvae to disperse through the relatively shallow waters of the Florida Straits depends on an interaction between the adult spawning depth and the dispersal depth of the larvae. Dispersal depth, in turn, will be influenced by larval flotation rates, swimming behaviors, feeding requirements, and ontogenetic migration patterns during the planktonic period. The recently developed SyPRID sampler deployed on AUV Sentry will be used to collect larvae from precise depth strata in the water column, including layers very near the ocean floor. Larval traps deployed on the bottom at three depths in each region will be used in conjunction with the plankton collections to determine what proportion of larvae are demersal. Comparisons of stable oxygen isotopes between larval and juvenile mollusk shells will provide information on the temperatures (and therefore depths) that larvae develop, and geochemical analyses of larval and juvenile shells will determine whether larval cohorts mix among depth strata. Ocean circulation and particle transport modeling incorporating realistic biological parameters will be used to predict the movements of larvae around the Florida Peninsula for various spawning depths and seasons.</p>
<p>This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.</p>
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Woods Hole, Massachusetts to Gulfport, Mississippi
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2021-06-17
Methane seeps on the shelf and slope of Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland
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BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from List of plankton samples collected with the SyPRID sampler on AUV Sentry during R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TN391 in the western Atlantic margin and Gulf of Mexico in 2021
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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http://www.bco-dmo.org
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995226.rdf
Name: Dive_num
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Dive number (dive id)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995227.rdf
Name: Site
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Site name</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995228.rdf
Name: Zooka_Port_or_Stbd
Units: unitless
Description: <p>One of two sampling tubes (port or starboard) on the SyPRID sampler</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995229.rdf
Name: timestamp_START_UTC
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Starting timestamp (datetime) in UTC time zone.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995231.rdf
Name: timestamp_END_UTC
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Ending timestamp (datetime) in UTC time zone.</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995232.rdf
Name: Lat
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>Latitude</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995233.rdf
Name: Lon
Units: decimal degrees
Description: <p>Longitude</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995234.rdf
Name: Depth
Units: meters (m)
Description: <p>Depth (nominal target depth)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995235.rdf
Name: Duration
Units: hours and minutes elapsed
Description: <p>Sample duration (elapsed hours and minutes in format hh:mm)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995236.rdf
Name: Volume_sampled
Units: liters (L)
Description: <p>Volume sampled</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995237.rdf
Name: num_of_larvae
Units: count (larvae)
Description: <p>Number of larvae in sample</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995238.rdf
Name: larvae_per_L
Units: number per liter (#/L)
Description: <p>Larval concentration (number per liter)</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995239.rdf
Name: num_of_morphotypes
Units: count (unique larval morphotype)
Description: <p>The number of unique larval morphotypes in the sample</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995240.rdf
Name: num_of_NEW_morphotypes
Units: count (new unique larval morphotype)
Description: <p>The number of unique larval morphotypes not seen in previously collected samples on the same cruise</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995241.rdf
Name: Preservation
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Preservation method</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995242.rdf
Name: Container
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Type of container</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995243.rdf
Name: num_of_containers
Units: count (containers)
Description: <p>Number of containers</p>
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/995244.rdf
Name: Recipient_of_Sample
Units: unitless
Description: <p>Recipient of the sample (either WWU or OIMB)</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
Woods Hole
MA
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USA
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Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
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<p>Plankton samples were collecting using the SyPRID (Sentry's Precission Robotic Impeller-Driven) sampler with 150 μm mesh affixed to AUV sentry.&nbsp;</p>
Specified by the Principal Investigator(s)
Data submission included three separate sample lists supplied as separate sheets in the same excel file TN-391 Master Sample List.xlsx (each became a BCO-DMO dataset, see "Related Datasets").
Data File:
- Loaded data from "TN-391 Master Sample List.xlsx" (sheet: "SyPRID"), using row 2 as header, skipping row 1, treating empty strings as missing values
- Renamed 14 columns to meet BCO-DMO naming conventions: "Dive #" to "Dive_num", "Lat (ddeg)" to "Lat", "Lon (ddeg)" to "Lon", "timestamp START (UTC)" to "timestamp_START_UTC", "timestamp END (UTC)" to "timestamp_END_UTC", "Volume sampled (L)" to "Volume_sampled", "# of larvae" to "num_of_larvae", "larvae / L" to "larvae_per_L", "# of morphotypes" to "num_of_morphotypes", "# of NEW morphotypes" to "num_of_NEW_morphotypes", "# of containers" to "num_of_containers", "Recipient of Sample" to "Recipient_of_Sample", and "Zooka(Port or Stbd)" to "Zooka_Port_or_Stbd"
- Appended "Z" suffix to all non-empty values in timestamp_START_UTC and timestamp_END_UTC to make values datetime with timezone included (ISO 8601 format).
- Set field types: timestamp_START_UTC and timestamp_END_UTC as datetime (%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ), Duration as time (%H:%M:%S), Lat and Lon as number, larvae_per_L as number, Volume_sampled as integer, num_of_larvae/num_of_morphotypes/num_of_NEW_morphotypes/num_of_containers as integer, and Container, Depth, Dive_num, Preservation, Recipient_of_Sample, Site, Zooka_Port_or_Stbd as string
- Output written to 994779_v1_tn391-plankton-sample-list.csv
Metadata:
- Parameter (column) descriptions filled in from metadata provided for this data submission, and additional details filled in from context from Standard Jason Data products (see related methods reference about "Renav"). Definitions from related dive summary dataset also used to fill in definitions (see "Related Datasets").
Specified by BCO-DMO Data Managers
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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
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USA
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PI Supplied Instrument Name: PI Supplied Instrument Description:AUV Sentry with SyPRID attached. Instrument Name: AUV Sentry Instrument Short Name:AUV Sentry Instrument Description: The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry is a fully autonomous underwater vehicle capable of exploring the ocean down to 6,000 meters (19,685 feet) depth. Sentry builds on the success of its predecessor the ABE, with improved speed, range, and maneuverability.
Sentry's hydrodynamic shape also allows faster ascents and descents. Sentry carries a superior science sensor suite and an increased science payload enabling it to be used for both mid-water and near-seabed oceanographic investigations. Sentry produces bathymetric, sidescan, subbottom, and magnetic maps of the seafloor and is capable of taking digital bottom photographs in a variety of deep-sea terrains such as mid-ocean ridges, deep-sea vents, and cold seeps at ocean margins. Sentry is uniquely able to operate in extreme terrain, including volcano caldera and scarps. Sentry's navigation system uses a doppler velocity log and inertial navigation system, aided by acoustic navigation systems (USBL or LBL). The USBL system also provides acoustic communications, which can be used to obtain the vehicle state and sensor status as well as to retask the vehicle while on the bottom. In addition its standard sensors, Sentry has carried a variety of science-supplied sensors, including the Nakamura redox potential probe, ACFR 3-D imaging system, and the Tethys in-situ mass spectrometer.
Sentry can be used to locate and quantify hydrothermal fluxes. Sentry is also capable of a much wider range of oceanographic applications due to its superior sensing suite, increased speed and endurance, improved navigation, and acoustic communications. Sentry can be used as a stand alone vehicle or in tandem with Alvin or an ROV to increase the efficiency of deep-submergence investigations.
More information is available from the operator site at URL: https://ndsf.whoi.edu/sentry/
SyPRID
SyPRID
PI Supplied Instrument Name: SyPRID Instrument Name: AUV Sentry Precision Robotic Impeller Driven Sampler Instrument Short Name:SyPRID Sampler Instrument Description: The SyPRID (Sentry Precision Robotic Impeller Driven) sampler is an innovative deep-rated (6000 m) plankton sampler that partners with the Sentry Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to obtain paired, large-volume plankton samples at specified depths and survey lines to within 1.5 m of the seabed and with simultaneous collection of sensor data.
SyPRID uses a perforated Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight (UHMW) plastic tube to support a fine mesh net within an outer carbon composite tube (tube-within-a-tube design), with an axial flow pump located aft of the capture filter. The pump facilitates flow through the system and minimizes the bow wave at the mouth opening. The cod end, a hollow truncated cone, is also made of UHMW plastic and is designed to 'soften' the landing of zooplankton on the capture surface. SyPRID attaches as a saddle-pack to the Sentry vehicle.
Sentry itself is configured with a flight control system that enables autonomous survey paths to altitudes as low as 1.5 m. In its inaugural deployment at the Blake Ridge Seep (2160 m) on the US Atlantic Margin, SyPRID was operated for 6 h at an altitude of 5 m. It recovered plankton samples from that stratum in excellent condition and with greater larval numbers than recovered in a typical 'near-bottom' MOCNESS sample from comparable habitats and depths. The prototype SyPRID and its next generations will enable studies of plankton or other particulate distributions associated with patchy habitats, localized physico-chemical strata (e.g., above and below the thermocline), or discrete water masses at an unprecedented spatial resolution for a large volume system [1].
More information is available by contacting:
Carl Kaiser
Program Manager
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
NDSF AUV Operations Manager
Office Phone: +1 508 289 3269
ckaiser@whoi.edu
[1] Billings, A., Kaiser, C., Young, C. M., Hiebert, L. S., Cole, E., Wagner, J. K. S., & Van Dover, C. L. (2017). SyPRID sampler: A large-volume, high-resolution, autonomous, deep-ocean precision plankton sampling system. In Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (Vol. 137, pp. 297–306). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.05.007
Cruise: TN391
TN391
R/V Thomas G. Thompson
Community Standard Description
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
R/V Thomas G. Thompson
vessel
TN391
Craig M. Young
University of Oregon
R/V Thomas G. Thompson
Community Standard Description
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
R/V Thomas G. Thompson
vessel