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Title: Phytoplankton occurrence and density in the Cariaco Basin (southeastern Caribbean Sea) November 1995 - January 2017: monthly data collected by the CArbon Retention In A Colored Ocean (CARIACO) Time-Series Program (NCEI Accession 0191567)
Abstract: From November 1995 to January 2017 the CARIACO Ocean Time Series program studied the relationship between surface primary production (carbon fixation rates by photosynthesis of planktonic algae), regional hydrography, physical forcing variables (such as the wind), and the settling flux of particulate organic carbon in the Cariaco Basin, in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. One of the monthly measurements taken by the program was water samples for phytoplankton taxonomy (occurrence and density). Those water samples were collected with Niskin bottles during the CTD Cast 4 (the first cast of the morning) at 1, 7, 25, 35, 75, and 100 m depth. Phytoplankton taxonomy and density was determined at each depth at the level of species or genera. Values of zero (for the master of density) are real, and denote that an specific species was not found at that cruise/depth.
Date received: 20190626
Start date: 19951108
End date: 20170112
Seanames: Caribbean Sea
West boundary: -64.735
East boundary: -64.367
North boundary: 10.683
South boundary: 10.492
Observation types: in situ, laboratory analyses
Instrument types: microscope, Niskin bottle
Datatypes: PHYTOPLANKTON
Submitter: Rueda-Roa, Digna
Submitting institution: University of South Florida
Collecting institutions: University of South Florida
Contributing projects: CARIACO
Platforms: HERMANO GINES (93HG)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: This dataset belongs to the CARIACO Ocean Time-series that had monthly cruises at the same station (10.50° N, 64.67° W).

The CARIACO Ocean Time-Series Program (formerly known as CArbon Retention In A Colored Ocean) started on November 1995 (CAR-001) and ended on January 2017 (CAR-232). Monthly cruises were conducted to the CARIACO station (10.50° N, 64.67° W) onboard the R/V Hermano Ginés of the Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales de Venezuela.The program studied the relationship between surface primary production, physical forcing variables like the wind, and the settling flux of particulate carbon in the Cariaco Basin. This depression, located on the continental shelf of Venezuela, shows marked seasonal and interannual variation in hydrographic properties and primary production (carbon fixation rates by photosynthesis of planktonic algae).



Submission Package ID: TD1GWA
Availability date:
Metadata version: 12
Keydate: 2019-07-16 19:25:05+00
Editdate: 2019-07-29 16:21:13+00