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OAS accession Detail for 0081719
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| Title: | Biological, plankton and tows - plankton tows data collected in the North Atlantic Ocean on the OCEANUS cruises OC404-01, OC404-04 and others as part of the EDDIES project from 2004-06-15 to 2005-08-25 (NCEI Accession 0081719) |
| Abstract: | This dataset contains biological, plankton, and tows - plankton tows data collected on OCEANUS in the North Atlantic Ocean from 2004-06-15 to 2005-08-25. The instruments used to collect these data include MOCNESS1. These data were collected by Sarah A. Goldthwait of Humboldt State University and Deborah K. Steinberg of Virginia Institute of Marine Science as part of the EDDIES project(s). The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NODC on 2011-11-22. The following is the text of the abstract provided by BCO-DMO: mesozooplankton biomass from MOCNESS tows collected from R/V Oceanus cruises OC415-01, OC415-03, OC404-01 and OC404-04 from the Sargasso Sea from June 14, 2004 to August 24, 2005 (EDDIES project). Zooplankton biomass estimates were determined from 1 m^2, 150 micron mesh MOCNESS (Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System) tows. The following discrete depth intervals were sampled on the upcast: 0-50, 50-100, 100-150, 150-200, 200-300, 300-400, 400-500, 500-600, and 600-700 m. Generally paired tows during the day (9:30-15:00 local time) and night (21:30-03:00) were performed at each station. A single tow generaly covered 5-15 km. The nominal position (lat_n and lon_n) for each tow is the position at the mid depth 200-300m sampling interval. Table 1 (pg 1362 PDF (http://ocb.whoi.edu/EDDIES/PI-NOTES/Goldthwait_Steinberg_2008_Table1.pdf)) of Goldthwait and Steinberg (2008) is a sequential list of all MOCNESS mesozooplankton tows and includes eddy identification number and location. Each sample was size-fractionated using nested sieves of 0.15 mm, 0.5 mm, 1 mm, 2mm, and 5 mm mesh. Zooplankton in each size class were transferred onto pre-weighed 0.15 mm nitex mesh filters and rinsed with deionized water. Samples were then dried for 24 hours at 60 degrees C and weighed. Data were prepared by Sarah Goldthwait of Humboldt State University (https://fresca.calstate.edu/faculty/98) Publication: Goldthwait, S. and D.K. Steinberg. 2008. Elevated Biomass of Mesozooplankton and Enhanced Fecal Pellet Flux in Cold-Core and Mode-Water Eddies in the Sargasso Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 55: pp. 1360-1377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.01.003 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.01.003) |
| Date received: | 20111122 |
| Start date: | 20040615 |
| End date: | 20050825 |
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| West boundary: | -69.3829 |
| East boundary: | -59.473 |
| North boundary: | 33.4083 |
| South boundary: | 28.76298 |
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| Submitter: | Chandler, Cyndy |
| Submitting institution: | Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office |
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| Supplementary information: | The Data Originator(s)/Principal Investigator(s) for these data: Deborah K. Steinberg, Virginia Institute of Marine Science Sarah A. Goldthwait, Humboldt State University The data were collected during the following cruise(s): OC404-01 OC404-04 OC415-01 OC415-03 The collection of the data was supported by the following grant(s): NSF OCE-0241310 |
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| Metadata version: | 3 |
| Keydate: | 2011-11-28 21:28:27+00 |
| Editdate: | 2021-09-17 19:47:54+00 |