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Bacterial abundance, and thymidine and leucine incorporation data collected in the Sargasso Sea aboard the WEATHERBIRD II as part of the Eddies Dynamics, Mixing, Export, and Species composition (EDDIES) project between June 24, 2004 and August 25, 2005 (NCEI Accession 0068172)

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This dataset contains biological, chemical, laboratory analyses, physical, and profile data collected on WEATHERBIRD II in the North Atlantic Ocean and Sargasso Sea from 2004-06-24 to 2005-08-25. These data were collected by Craig Carlson (affiliation unknown) as part of the Eddies Dynamics, Mixing, Export, and Species composition (EDDIES) project(s). The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NODC on 2010-10-27.

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

OCB, EDDIES, Bacterial abundance, thymidine & leucine incorporation.
  • Cite as: Carlson, Craig (2010). Bacterial abundance, and thymidine and leucine incorporation data collected in the Sargasso Sea aboard the WEATHERBIRD II as part of the Eddies Dynamics, Mixing, Export, and Species composition (EDDIES) project between June 24, 2004 and August 25, 2005 (NCEI Accession 0068172). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0068172. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2004-06-24 to 2005-08-25
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -69.44288
East: -64.08183
South: 29.7791
North: 31.76052
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Associated Resources
  • 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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  • Bacteria from the EDDIES project of the OCB program
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      Bacteria from the EDDIES project of the OCB program
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    • gov.noaa.nodc:BCO-DMO
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2010-10-27
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
The Data Originators/Principal Investigators for these data:
Craig Carlson, University of California, Santa Barbara

The data were collected during these cruises:
WB0409 2004 Transect 1 (EDT1)
WB0413 2004 Transect 2 (EDT2)
WB0506 2005 Transect 1 (EDT3)
WB0508 2005 Transect 2 (EDT4)

Methodology:

Ewart, C.S., Meyers, M.K., Wallner, E., McGillicuddy, D.J., and Carlson, C.A. (2008). Microbial dynamics in cyclonic and anticyclonic mode-water eddies in the Northwestern Sargasso Sea. Deep-Sea Research II, 55: 1334-1347.

Methodology for bacterial abundance:

Porter, K.G., Feig, Y.S., 1980. The use of DAPI for identifying and counting aquatic microflora. Limnology and Oceanography 25 (5), 943-948.
Campbell, L., 2001. Flow cytometric analysis of autotrophic picoplankton. In: Paul, J.H. (Ed.), Methods in Microbiology: Marine Microbiology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 317-341.
Marie, D., Partensky, F., Jacquet, S., Vaulot, D., 1997. Enumeration and cell cycle analysis of natural populations of marine picoplankton by flow cytometry using the nucleic acid stain SYBR Green I. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63 (1), 186-193.

Methodology for bacterial production:

Fuhrman, J.A., Azam, F., 1982. Thymidine incorporation as a measure of heterotrophic bacterioplankton production in marine surface waters: Evaluation and field results. Marine Biology 66, 109-120.

Smith, D.C., Azam, F., 1992. A simple, economical method for measuring bacterial protein synthesis rates in seawater using 3H-leucine. Marine Microbial Food Webs 6, 107-114.

Literature relevant to the use of carbon conversion factors:

Caron, D.A., Dam, H.G., Kremer, P., Lessard, E.J., Madin, L.P., Malone, T.C., Napp, J.M., Peele, E.R., Roman, M.R., Youngbluth, M.J., 1995. The contribution of microorganisms to particulate carbon and nitrogen in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda. Deep-Sea Research 42 (6), 943-972.

Ducklow, H., 2000. Bacterial production and biomass in the ocean. In: Kirchman, D.L. (Ed.), Microbial Ecology of the Oceans. Wiley-Liss, Inc, New York, 85-120.
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  • accessLevel: Public
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Carlson, Craig (2010). Bacterial abundance, and thymidine and leucine incorporation data collected in the Sargasso Sea aboard the WEATHERBIRD II as part of the Eddies Dynamics, Mixing, Export, and Species composition (EDDIES) project between June 24, 2004 and August 25, 2005 (NCEI Accession 0068172). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0068172. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
BCO-DMO Data Elements Thesaurus
  • Cruise_ID
  • O2_CTD_S_umol_kg
  • O2_umol_kg
  • bact_sd
  • bacteria
  • cond
  • date
  • density
  • depth_n
  • event
  • fluor
  • lat
  • leuc_incorp
  • leuc_sd
  • lon
  • sal_CTD
  • sal_S
  • sigma-t
  • sta
  • staName
  • sta_ref
  • temp
  • temp_S
  • thym_incorp
  • thym_sd
  • time
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Carlson, Craig (2010). Bacterial abundance, and thymidine and leucine incorporation data collected in the Sargasso Sea aboard the WEATHERBIRD II as part of the Eddies Dynamics, Mixing, Export, and Species composition (EDDIES) project between June 24, 2004 and August 25, 2005 (NCEI Accession 0068172). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0068172. Accessed [date].
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  • Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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  • 2010-10-27T17:41:50Z - NCEI Accession 0068172 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • bottle
  • CTD
  • Flow Cytometer
  • oxygen sensor
Platform
  • WEATHERBIRD II
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