Dataset: BOWLS mooring infauna counts
Deployment: CRS-1471

BOWLS mooring infauna counts

Principal Investigator:

Craig R. Smith (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, SOEST)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Kenneth M. Halanych (Auburn University)

Contact:

Craig R. Smith (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, SOEST)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Project:

Biodiversity, connectivity and ecosystem function in organic-rich whale-bone and wood-fall habitats in the deep sea (BOWLS)

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/724446/data

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Description

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Immediately upon recovery of the benthic landers (moorings), wood substrates were transferred to buckets containing chilled, filtered seawater. Following the collection of ecosystem function measurements, each wood block was sub-sectioned into quarters, and fixed whole in 95% ethanol, 4% formaldehyde and frozen.

Wood quarters fixed in 4% formaldehyde were quantitatively sorted in the lab using a stereomicroscope. The “substrate” is the experimental treatment type: Wood. Phylum counts are the number of individuals (or heads for incomplete specimens) per three replicate (quarter, 9x9x9 cm each) substrates at each mooring.

PDF image of the mooring deployment sites.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing notes:
* Added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
* Added mooring deployment location, dates and depths from BOWLS Moorings dataset (https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/568713)

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1155188	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-1155703	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

Microscope - Optical

Supplied Name: stereo microscope

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Microscope - Optical

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB05/

Generic Description:

Instruments that generate enlarged images of samples using the phenomena of reflection and absorption of visible light. Includes conventional and inverted instruments. Also called a "light microscope".

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
mooring	Mooring ID number.	dimensionless	mooring
substrate	Experimental substrate (control/whale-bone/wood); only wood samples were analyzed	dimensionless	treatment
date_deployed	Date of mooring deployment formatted as mm/dd/yyyy	dimensionless	date_start
date_recovered	Date mooring was recovered formatted as mm/dd/yyyy	dimensionless	date_end
lat	Latitude of mooring.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude of mooring.	decimal degrees	lon
depth	Depth of water at mooring location.	meters	depth
cruise_deploy	ID of cruise during which moorings were deployed.	dimensionless	cruise_id
cruise_recover	ID of cruise during which moorings were recovered.	dimensionless	cruise_id
Annelida	Annelida Phylum organism counts	organisms	count
Arthropoda	Arthropoda Phylum organism counts	organisms	count
Chordata	Chordata Phylum organism counts	organisms	count
Cnidaria	Cnidaria Phylum organism counts	organisms	count
Echinodermata	Echinodermata Phylum organism counts	organisms	count
Kinorhynca	Kinorhynca Phylum organism counts	organisms	count
Mollusca	Mollusca Phylum organism counts	organisms	count
Nemertean	Nemertea Phylum organism counts	organisms	count
Platyhelminthes	Platyhelminthes Phylum organism counts	organisms	count

Database

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Dataset: BOWLS mooring infauna counts
Deployment: CRS-1471

Dataset acquisition description

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Database

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Dataset: BOWLS mooring infauna countsDeployment: CRS-1471

Dataset acquisition description

Dataset Processing Description

Dataset: BOWLS mooring infauna counts
Deployment: CRS-1471