Dataset: MOCNESS Event Logs Metabolic Index
Deployment: OC1604B

Date, time, location, and depth range for MOCNESS tows

View Data: For data, See Dataset Metadata Page: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/787329

Principal Investigator:

Karen Wishner (University of Rhode Island, URI-GSO)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Brad Seibel (University of South Florida, USF)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Mathew Biddle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Collaborative Research: A metabolic index to predict the consequences of climate change for midwater ecosystems (Metabolic Index)

Version:

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Description

Vertically-stratified day and night MOCNESS tows usually from 1200 or 1000 m to the surface. Some tows covered smaller depth intervals in finer detail. Some tows during the Sikuliaq cruise were horizontally sequenced. See Wishner et al. 2013, 2018, and 2019 (online preprint in review) for more details.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

See Wishner et al. 2013, 2018, and 2019 (online preprint in review) for details and results. Sampling for zooplankton occurred on the upcast portion of the tow. Samples were preserved in borate-buffered formaldehyde at sea. Zooplankton, especially copepods, were sorted and identified microscopically later in the lab.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
- extracted cruise_id from file names
- combined Date_UTC and Time_In_UTC to create ISO_DateTime_UTC
- replaced comma with semicolon in Comments field

More information about this dataset deployment

Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1459243	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

MOCNESS

Supplied Description:

1 m2 MOCNESS

Instrument Type

Generic Name: MOCNESS

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/NETT0097/

Generic Description:

The Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System or MOCNESS is a family of net systems based on the Tucker Trawl principle. There are currently 8 different sizes of MOCNESS in existence which are designed for capture of different size ranges of zooplankton and micro-nekton Each system is designated according to the size of the net mouth opening and in two cases, the number of nets it carries. The original MOCNESS (Wiebe et al, 1976) was a redesigned and improved version of a system described by Frost and McCrone (1974).(from MOCNESS manual) This designation is used when the specific type of MOCNESS (number and size of nets) was not specified by the contributing investigator.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
cruise_id	identifier for the cruise as extracted from the file name	unitless	cruise_id
MOC	MOCNESS Number	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Station	Station number	unitless	station
Tow_Type	type of tow	unitless	tow
ISO_DateTime_UTC	Date and time following the ISO8601 format	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
Date_Local	local date in mmddyyyy format	unitless	date_local
Date_UTC	UTC date in mmddyyyy format	unitless	date_utc
Time_In_UTC	UTC time in following format HHMM	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Time_Out_UTC	UTC time out following format HHMM	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Time_In_Local	Local time (UTC-700) in following format HHMM.	unitless	time_local
Time_Out_Local	local time (UTC-700) out following format HHMM	unitless	time_local
Lat_In	latitude in decimal degrees with negative values indicating South	decimal degrees	lat
Lon_In	longitude in decimal degrees with negative values indicating West	decimal degrees	lon
Lat_Out	latitude in decimal degrees with negative values indicating South	decimal degrees	lat
Lon_Out	longitude in decimal degrees with negative values indicating West	decimal degrees	lon
Day_Night	Designator if cast was during the day or night	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
Min_Depth	minimum depth	meters (m)	depth
Max_Depth	maximum depth	meters (m)	depth
Comments	additional comments	unitless	no_bcodmo_term

Database

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Dataset: MOCNESS Event Logs Metabolic Index
Deployment: OC1604B

Dataset acquisition description

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Database

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Dataset: MOCNESS Event Logs Metabolic IndexDeployment: OC1604B

Dataset acquisition description

Dataset Processing Description

Dataset: MOCNESS Event Logs Metabolic Index
Deployment: OC1604B