Dataset: nutrient trait data: cell volumes
Deployment: Litchman_2014

Phytoplankton nutrient traits and data sources

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Principal Investigator:

Elena Litchman (Michigan State University, MSU)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Kyle F. Edwards (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, SOEST)

Christopher Klausmeier (Michigan State University, MSU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Phytoplankton Traits, Functional Groups and Community Organization: A Synthesis (Phytoplankton Traits)

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Version:

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Description

This dataset includes Table 3 from Edwards et al (2015) Ecology. Cell volume measurements for nearly all species in the nutrient trait data set. These measurements supplement those in Table 1, which only includes measurements reported in the nutrient trait publications. The volume measurements in Table 1 are presented again, along with measurements from the literature for species not measured in the nutrient trait publications.

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Related Reference:

Kyle F. Edwards, Christopher A. Klausmeier, and Elena Litchman. 2015. Nutrient utilization traits of phytoplankton. Ecology 96:2311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-2252.1

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Data acquisition, methodology, and criteria for inclusion: We comprehensively searched the literature for studies that used unialgal cultures to measure how phytoplankton growth, nutrient content, and nutrient uptake rate respond to nutrient supply. We focused on experiments using nitrate, ammonium, or phosphate as the limiting nutrient. We only compiled studies where light was not strongly limiting, and where only a single nutrient was limiting. For one diazotroph (Trichodesmium), the experiments compiled here did not include nitrogen in the medium.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:

These data/metadata were obtained from http://www.esapubs.org/archive on 2016-01-21.

- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date, reference information
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- replaced blank cells with nd
- replaced spaces with underscores

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-0928819	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
species	Species name	text	species
isolate	Isolate ID	text	no_bcodmo_term
volume	Cell volume	um^3	volume
volume_citation	Citation for volume measurement	text	reference_paper

Database

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Dataset: nutrient trait data: cell volumes
Deployment: Litchman_2014

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Dataset: nutrient trait data: cell volumes
Deployment: Litchman_2014