Parameter: biomass carbon

Short Description:

biomass carbon

Short Name:

biomass_C

Official Name:

biomass_C

Units:

various

Graphable:

Yes

No Data Value:

Description

Carbon biomass per taxon. units are often micrograms C/liter (or may be nanograms C/liter; see specific dataset)

Datasets associated with this parameter

Dataset Name	Brief Description	Project	PI-Supplied Parameter Name
Carbon Mineralization	Barataria Bay carbon mineralization and biogeochemical properties from nine soil cores, 2017	Submerged Wetland Carbon	microbial_biomass_carbon_aerob, microbial_biomass_carbon_anaerob, microbial_biomass_c_field
ciliate abundance and biomass	Abundance and biomass of ciliates in the Sargasso Sea from inverted microscope counts.	Trophic BATS	total_biomass, biomass
Coccolithophore survival in darkness		Cocco-Mix	PIC
epiflu	bacterial cell counts, biovolume, carbon biomass - EN321	GB	biomass_C
FlowCAM imaging cytometer data from EN616 cruise		Cocco-Mix	Dinoflagellates_C_biomass, Ciliates_C_biomass, Diatoms_C_biomass, Silicoflagellates_C_biomass, Other_Cells_C_biomass, Total_C_biomass, Small_C_biomass, Round_C_biomass, Ovoid_C_biomass
GP16 Cellular element quotas	Element quotas of individual phytoplankton cells	U.S. GEOTRACES EPZT, South Pacific biogenic trace elements	cell_C
GT10-11 - cellular element quotas	Element quotas of individual phytoplankton cells	U.S. GEOTRACES NAT	cell_C
IO Phytoplankton	Phytoplankton diversity along with carbon and nitrogen uptake rates along the GO-SHIP IO9 repeat hydrography section of the Indian Ocean	IO Phytoplankton	bacteria_biomass, prochlorococcus_biomass, synechococcus_biomass, small_eukaryote_biomass, diatom_biomass, dinoflagellate_biomass, ciliate_biomass, other_large_phyto_biomass
MEPS_2016: Fig.4B - stable isotopes	Data for Kollars etal (2016) MEPS Figure 4B: Results of stable isotope analysis (C, N) of the posteriorly regenerated muscle tissue of Diopatra	Gracilaria effects	C13
MesoZoo Biomass BLOOFINZ-GoM	Mesozooplankton wet-dry-C&N biomass in oceanic Gulf of Mexico	BLOOFINZ-IO	C_0d5_1_mm, C_1_2_mm, C_2_5_mm, C_gt_5_mm, C_TOTAL, C_0d2_0d5_mm
microzoo_epi_biomass	Carbon biomass estimates of heterotrophic protists by size-class, based on epifluorescence microscopy.	CRD FLUZiE	biomass
phytopl_epi_biomass	Carbon biomass estimates of eukaryotic phytoplankton by taxa and size-class, based on epifluorescence microscopy.	CRD FLUZiE	biomass
Pico- and nanoplankton abundance: FCM: EN532 and EN538	Pico- and Nanoplankton concentrations from ctd cast deployments on Endeavor 532 and Endeavor 538	DimBio NABE	total_FC_phyto_biomass_nMC, Syn_biomass_nMC, picoEuk_biomass_nMC, PE_Euk_biomass_nMC, totnanoEuk_biomass_nMC, cocco_biomass_nMC, Prochlor_biomass_nMC
protist abundance and biomass	Abundance and biomass of protists (based on epifluorescence counts) and bulk biomass (based on extracted chl-a).	Trophic BATS	total_biomass_per_taxon
Protist Carbon	Protist Carbon	BLOOFINZ-IO	A_Euk_5_10_um, A_Euk_10_20_um, A_Euk_20_40_um, A_Euk_gt_40_um, H_Euk_2_5_um, H_Euk_5_10_um, H_Euk_10_20_um, A_Diat, H_Euk_20_40_um, A_Dino, H_Euk_gt_40_um, A_Prym, Tot_A_Euk, A_Crypt, Tot_H_Euk, A_Other, H_Dino, H_Other, H_Cil, A_Euk_lt_2_um, A_Euk_2_5_um
Radioisotopic rate measurements from the Cariaco Basin	Radioisotope data from the CAR212 and CAR216 cruises.	CariacoMetaOmics	dark_DIC_assim, bac_net_productivity
Ulva pCO2 - NH4 enrichment	Ulva pCO2 - NH4 enrichment: growth rates, C:N, chlorophylls	Seaweed OA Resilience	Percent_N
West Mata 2009 DOC,13C-POC, DON		West Mata Volcano	Cell_L

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Parameter: biomass carbon