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Microbial Nitrogen Transformations in the Oxygen Minimum Zone off Peru, 1985-02-01 to 1985-03-05 (NCEI Accession 9200026)

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NITROP - 85 was the major field of experiment of an N.S.F. funded program entitled "Microbial Nitrogen Transformations in the Oxygen Minimum Zone off Peru". This project focused on obtaining a better understanding of the microbially mediated changes in nitrogen pathways and the controls on these pathways in and at the boundaries of the oxygen deficient water masses (O2 < 0.05 ml/l) found off Peru. The somewhat "random walk" nature of our cruise track and the existence of multi-cast stations reflects this emphasis. Considerable effort was expended on finding the right conditions to test various aspects of our hypotheses, and once a favorable site was located, many casts were necessary to obtain the large volume samples needed for some of our experiments. Since particle maxima appear to be well correlated with the nitrite maxima that are imbedded in the core of the oxygen deficient water masses, we also determined optical characteristics of the water at our sampling sites. Primary productivity and chlorophyll observations were also made during NITROP - 85.
  • Cite as: Codispoti, Louis A.; Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (2002). Microbial Nitrogen Transformations in the Oxygen Minimum Zone off Peru, 1985-02-01 to 1985-03-05 (NCEI Accession 9200026). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/9200026. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1985-02-04 to 1985-03-03
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -81.6
East: -81.4
South: -16.4
North: 5
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2002-11-19
  • revision: 2023-02-15
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 publication listed below is related to the data collection and is available from the NOAA Central Library:

Microbial nitrogen transformations in the oxygen minimum zone off Peru : NITROP-85 data report R/V Wecoma cruise, Feb 1-Mar 5, 1985. West Boothbay Harbor, Me. : Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, [1985?].

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Agency: MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE
PI: Codispoti, Dr. Louis
Address:
address: 160 CENTRAL AVE.
city: PACIFIC GROVE
state: CA
postal: 93950
country: UNITED STATES
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Codispoti, Louis A.; Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (2002). Microbial Nitrogen Transformations in the Oxygen Minimum Zone off Peru, 1985-02-01 to 1985-03-05 (NCEI Accession 9200026). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/9200026. Accessed [date].
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  • oceanography
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  • Cite as: Codispoti, Louis A.; Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (2002). Microbial Nitrogen Transformations in the Oxygen Minimum Zone off Peru, 1985-02-01 to 1985-03-05 (NCEI Accession 9200026). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/9200026. Accessed [date].
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  • 2002-11-19T19:40:22Z - NCEI Accession 9200026 v1.1 was published.
  • 2023-02-15T00:12:35Z - NCEI Accession 9200026 was revised and v1.2 was published.
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  • 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
  • meteorological sensor
  • Secchi disk
Platform
  • R/V WECOMA
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