Dataset: nutrients_major
Deployment: MV1008

Concentration of major dissolved nutrients sampled from CTD hydrocasts.

Principal Investigator:

Michael R. Landry (University of California-San Diego, UCSD-SIO)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Costa Rica Dome FLUx and Zinc Experiments (CRD FLUZiE)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

29 May 2014

Deployment Synonyms:

CRD FLUZiE

Version Date:

2014-05-29

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/516177/data

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Description

Concentration of major dissolved nutrients (nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and silicate) sampled from CTD hydrocasts on the MV1008 cruise in the Costa Rica Dome (CRD) region of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Seawater samples were collected from 8 depths throughout the water column during CTD casts. 50 ml of sample from each depth was filtered directly from the Niskin bottle through a 0.1-um filter capsule and frozen at -80°C for the analysis of major nutrients (nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and silicate) back on shore. Major nutrient concentrations were estimated using Flow Injection Analysis (FIA) at the Analytical Facility, Marine Science Institute, UCSB. Samples were run on a Lachat Instuments QuikChem 8000 FIA.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO assumes dates provided are in local time, based on comparing cast events to the MV1008 event log.

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-0826626	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

Flow Injection Analyzer

Supplied Name: Lachat Instuments QuikChem 8000 FIA

Supplied Description:

Major nutrient concentrations were estimated using Flow Injection Analysis (FIA) at the Analytical Facility, Marine Science Institute, UCSB. Samples were run on a Lachat Instuments QuikChem 8000 FIA.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Flow Injection Analyzer

Acronym: FIA

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB36/

Generic Description:

An instrument that performs flow injection analysis. Flow injection analysis (FIA) is an approach to chemical analysis that is accomplished by injecting a plug of sample into a flowing carrier stream. FIA is an automated method in which a sample is injected into a continuous flow of a carrier solution that mixes with other continuously flowing solutions before reaching a detector. Precision is dramatically increased when FIA is used instead of manual injections and as a result very specific FIA systems have been developed for a wide array of analytical techniques.

Niskin bottle

Supplied Description:

50 ml of sample from each depth was filtered directly from the Niskin bottle through a 0.1-um filter capsule and frozen at -80°C for the analysis of major nutrients.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Niskin bottle

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0412/

Generic Description:

A Niskin bottle (a next generation water sampler based on the Nansen bottle) is a cylindrical, non-metallic water collection device with stoppers at both ends. The bottles can be attached individually on a hydrowire or deployed in 12, 24, or 36 bottle Rosette systems mounted on a frame and combined with a CTD. Niskin bottles are used to collect discrete water samples for a range of measurements including pigments, nutrients, plankton, etc.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
event	Number referring to the particular activity (event) on the FluZiE cruise.	integer	event
cast	CTD Cast number from the FluZiE cruise.	integer	cast
date_local	Date of CTD cast (assumed to be in the local time zone). format: mmddyyyy	unitless	date
lon	Longitude in degrees East.	decimal degrees	lon
lat	Latitude in degrees North.	decimal degrees	lat
depth	Sample depth.	meters	depth
cycle	Type and number of cruise sampling event. Either "Stn_n" or "Cycle_n". A transect of stations was sampled from 29 June to 03 July. Five quasi-Lagrangian experiments called "cycles" were conducted during the remainder of the cruise.	text	no_bcodmo_term
nitrate	Nitrate (NO3) concentration.	micromolar (uM)	NO3
nitrite	Nitrite (NO2) concentration.	micromolar (uM)	NO2
N_N	Nitrate + Nitrite concentration (NO3 + NO2).	micromolar (uM)	NO3_NO2
phosphate	Phosphate (PO4) concentration.	micromolar (uM)	PO4
silicic_acid	Silicic acid concentration.	micromolar (uM)	Si_acid

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Deployment: MV1008

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Dataset: nutrients_major
Deployment: MV1008