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Observed digestion times of Ocyropsis spp. collected from the Gulf Stream during June 2021 (Ocean Ctenos project) (NCEI Accession 0294399)

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This dataset contains biological and survey - biological data collected from 2021-06-01 to 2021-06-30. These data include species. The instruments used to collect these data include Camera and Microscope - Optical. These data were collected by John H. Costello of Providence College, Sean Colin of Roger Williams University, Kelly Rakow Sutherland of University of Oregon, and Brad J. Gemmell of University of South Florida as part of the "Collaborative Research: Quantifying the trophic roles of epipelagic ctenophores (Ocean Ctenos)" project. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2024-01-29.

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Oceanic Ocyropsis spp. digestion times

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Method & Sampling

Ctenophores were offered a mixed assemblage of copepods from the genera Acartia , Oncaea , and Microsetella . Digestion time observations were made using a Motic SMZ-171 stereo microscope and began immediately following the first observation of prey ingestion. The number of prey simultaneously digested varied from 3-9 prey. Ctenophore lobe length as well as digestive tract length were recorded. Observations continued every two minutes until digestion was complete. High resolution image series of digestion were also made for several individual ctenophores using a Nikon 750 DLSR camera coupled to the stereo microscope. Complete digestion was defined as the time at which the only visible remains of the copepod prey were chitinous structures.
  • Cite as: Costello, John H.; Colin, Sean; Gemmell, Brad J.; Sutherland, Kelly Rakow (2024). Observed digestion times of Ocyropsis spp. collected from the Gulf Stream during June 2021 (Ocean Ctenos project) (NCEI Accession 0294399). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0294399. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2021-06-01 to 2021-06-30
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -79.5915
East: -79.5915
South: 26.4393
North: 26.4393
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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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  • Costello, J. H., Gemmell, B. J., Colin, S., Sutherland, K. R. (2024) Observed digestion times of Ocyropsis spp. collected from the Gulf Stream during June 2021 (Ocean Ctenos project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2024-01-26. https://doi.org/10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.918678.1
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2024-06-27
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Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
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  • Cite as: Costello, John H.; Colin, Sean; Gemmell, Brad J.; Sutherland, Kelly Rakow (2024). Observed digestion times of Ocyropsis spp. collected from the Gulf Stream during June 2021 (Ocean Ctenos project) (NCEI Accession 0294399). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0294399. 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: Costello, John H.; Colin, Sean; Gemmell, Brad J.; Sutherland, Kelly Rakow (2024). Observed digestion times of Ocyropsis spp. collected from the Gulf Stream during June 2021 (Ocean Ctenos project) (NCEI Accession 0294399). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0294399. Accessed [date].
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  • 2024-06-27T23:45:54Z - NCEI Accession 0294399 v1.1 was published.
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  • microscope
Last Modified: 2024-06-28T00:00:22Z
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