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An ocean productivity database using consistent, globally-acquired data from in situ primary productivity based on 14C assimilation, and including ancillary data, 1985-2008 (NCEI Accession 0278192)

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This dataset contains biological, chemical, optical, and physical data collected on Baruna Jaya, R/V Atlantis II, R/V Cape Hatteras, R/V Endeavor, R/V Knorr, R/V Melville, R/V Oceanus, R/V Roger Revelle, R/V Thomas G. Thompson, and RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer during cruises AII-119-4, Baruna Jaya 1993-xx, Baruna Jaya 1994-xx, CH-05-08, EN215, EN224, EN227, KIWI7, KIWI9, KN112, MV85xx, NBP-96-04A, NBP-97-01, NBP-97-03, NBP-97-08, OC182-01, OC186-02, OC192-01, OC196-02, TT043, TT045, TT049, TT050, TT053, and TT054 in the Arabian Sea, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Ross Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Southern Ocean from 1985-04-05 to 2008-07-22. These data include 19-prime-butanoyloxyfucoxanthin, 19-prime-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin, Ammonium, Nitrate, Nitrite, PAR, Silicate, carotene, carotene-alpha, carotene-beta, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll c total, chlorophyll c3, chlorophyllide a, depth, diadinoxanthin, diatoxanthin, divinyl chlorophyll a, divinyl chlorophyll b, fucoxanthin, irradiance, mixed layer depth, monovinyl chlorophyll a, monovinyl chlorophyll b, neoxanthin, prasinoxanthin, reactive phosphorus (PO4), violaxanthin, water temperature, and zeaxanthin. The instruments used to collect these data include Biospherical QSP-200L underwater PAR Sensor, CTD Sea-Bird, High Performance Liquid Chromatograph, Perkin Elmer Lambda 35 Spectrophotometer, and Sea-Bird SBE 33 Carousel Deck Unit. These data were collected by John F. Marra of Brooklyn College as part of the "A Tracer Kinetics Approach to the Production Ecology of Oligotrophic Oceans (PRPOOS) (PRPOOS Tracer Kinetics)", "ARLINDO Circulation, A Study of the Indonesian Ocean Circulation and Mixing (ARLINDO)", "Biowatt Experiment: Bioluminescence and Optical Variability of the Sea (Biowatt I) (Biowatt I)", "Biowatt Experiment: Bioluminescence and Optical Variability of the Sea (Biowatt II) (Biowatt II)", "Coordination and Logistics For the Prpoos Program. Planktonic Rate Processes in the Central Oligotrophic Oceans (PRPOOS logistics)", "Development of new solar radiation and primary production products from MODIS ocean-color measurements (ISPP14C)", "Marine Light-Mixed Layer Experiment (ML-ML)", "Optical and Nutrient Dependence of Quantum Efficiency (ON DEQUE)", "Photo-Ecological Investigations in the Arabian Sea (Arabian Sea Photo-Ecology)", "Piimary Production Measurements for the 20-West Program (NABE) (JGOFS NABE Primary Prod 20W)", "Primary Production in the Arabian Sea (Arabian Sea Primary Prod)", "Primary Production in the Southern Ocean (AESOPS Primary Production)", "U.S. JGOFS Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS)", "U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea (Arabian Sea)", "U.S. JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE)", "U.S. JGOFS: Response of Arabian Sea Phytoplankton Biomass, Pigmentation, Growth Rates, and Community Structure To Seasonally Varying Physically Forcing (Arabian Sea Phyto Seasonality)", and "Upgrade the KD(490) product to the normalized diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490 nm (NKD(490)) for SUOMI NPP (KD490 Upgrade)" projects and "Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)" and "U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS)" programs. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2022-11-15.

The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:

In situ primary productivity 14C

Dataset Description:
From the project's Statement of Work:
The objective of this project is to synthesize over three decades of data collected on primary production in the ocean. The collected data uses a consistent methodology for primary production, using the uptake of inorganic 14C through photosynthesis, in incubations carried out in situ.

The primary support for this dataset was the National Aeronautic and Space Administration grant NNX14AM15G (P.I.: Z.-P. Lee).
  • Cite as: Marra, John F. (2023). An ocean productivity database using consistent, globally-acquired data from in situ primary productivity based on 14C assimilation, and including ancillary data, 1985-2008 (NCEI Accession 0278192). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0278192. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1985-04-05 to 2008-07-22
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -72.902
East: -165.925
South: -78.041
North: 59.5
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  • Biological, chemical, physical, biogeochemical, ecological, environmental and other data collected from around the world during historical and contemporary periods of biological and chemical oceanographic exploration and research managed and submitted by the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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  • Marra, J. F. (2020) An ocean productivity database using consistent, globally-acquired data from in situ primary productivity based on 14C assimilation, and including ancillary data, 1985-2008. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2020-06-11. https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.814803.1
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    • gov.noaa.nodc:BCO-DMO
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2023-05-14
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Acquisition Description:
Carbon assimilation was measured from the uptake 14C into particulate matter as an estimate of primary production (see Barber et al., 2001). Two replicate samples (in polysulfone tissue culture flasks or polycarbonate bottles) retrieved from eight depths in the euphotic zone were suspended from a spar buoy, floating free of the ship, from dawn until dusk. See Barber et al. (2001).

Phytoplankton absorption procedure followed that described in Mueller and Austin (1995). Two liters of water were collected onto GF/F filters and scanned over 400-700 nm in a Perkin-Elmer Lambda-3 spectrophotometer. The detrital spectrum was similarly scanned after an extraction in hot methanol and the phytoplankton pigment spectrum (aph, aphw) found by difference. The pathlength amplification (beta-correction) factors were determined for the Lambda-3, prior to the cruises, based on a composite of 12 different cultures of phytoplankton. See Marra et al. (2000).

HPLC methods for pigments varied over time. References are Trees et al. (2000), Bidigare et al. (1990), Latasa and Bidigare (1998), and Goericke and Repeta (1993).

PAR sensors (model QSP-200, Biospherical Instruments San Diego, CA), were used in a self- contained PAR-sensing and data-logging unit. Spectral irradiance (“irradiance” in the dataset) was measured using a Marine Environmental Recorder (MER) model 2040 (Biospherical Instruments) from which PAR was calculated. See Marra et al. (2000).

Methods for nutrient concentrations followed JGOFS protocols (see Barber et al., 2001).

Sampling and analytical procedures: The samples were subsequently filtered through GF/F filters, and the filters assayed for their radioactivity by liquid scintillation counting aboard ship. In the database,the primary production values are presented as the mean of the two replicate samples.
Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Marra, John F. (2023). An ocean productivity database using consistent, globally-acquired data from in situ primary productivity based on 14C assimilation, and including ancillary data, 1985-2008 (NCEI Accession 0278192). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0278192. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
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  • Cite as: Marra, John F. (2023). An ocean productivity database using consistent, globally-acquired data from in situ primary productivity based on 14C assimilation, and including ancillary data, 1985-2008 (NCEI Accession 0278192). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0278192. Accessed [date].
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  • 2023-05-14T04:47:35Z - NCEI Accession 0278192 v1.1 was published.
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Instrument
  • chromatograph
  • CTD
  • spectrophotometer
Platform
  • ATLANTIS II
  • CAPE HATTERAS
  • ENDEAVOR
  • OCEANUS
  • R/V Knorr
  • R/V Melville
  • R/V Roger Revelle
  • R/V THOMAS G. THOMPSON
  • RV Nathaniel B. Palmer
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