Dataset: tubecore log - CROCKS-II

Name: Alvin tube corer log from R/V Atlantis AT15-59 in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica from January 2010 (Seep Carbonate Ecology CROCKS II project)
Published: 2012-01-30
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:8.9301377 E:-84.3114988 S:8.9298392 W:-84.3117352

Project:

Short-term colonization processes at Costa Rica methane seeps (Seep Carbonate Ecology CROCKS II)

Co-Chief Scientist:

Victoria J. Orphan (California Institute of Technology, Caltech)

Anthony E Rathburn (Indiana State University, ISU)

Gregory Rouse (University of California-San Diego, UCSD-SIO)

Principal Investigator:

Lisa A. Levin (University of California-San Diego, UCSD-SIO)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

Version Date:

2012-01-30

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Alvin tube corer log from R/V Atlantis AT15-59 in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica from January 2010 (Seep Carbonate Ecology CROCKS II project)

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Description

Atlantis/Alvin cruise off Costa Rica

The primary goal of the cruise was to recover biological experiments deployed at active and inactive seep areas during Feb./March 2009. We successfully recovered 23/24 experimental units deployed on Mound 12, Costa Rica. One was simply missing on the sea floor. By using a gear elevator each day to maximize sample collection (and reserve ALVIN basket space for experiments) we were able to recover our experiments rapidly. This left us time for exploration of unusual biological communities at Jaco Scar.

Methods & Sampling

Equipment used: standard Alvin tubecores; Ocean Instruments multicorer; Seabird CTD with O2 sensor.

Where indicated, sediment samples from tube cores were sectioned vertically and preserved in buffered formaldehyde (standard procedures) or frozen at -80ºC.

Colonization substrates had macrofauna (>0.3 mm) and meiofauna (>0.42 microns) removed and preserved. Representative individuals were frozen for subsequent stable isotope analyses.

Data Files

File
tubecore_log.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 660 bytes) MD5:f84b0a6f4d8f5f0b78b2eda9db119bc5 Primary data file for dataset ID 3615

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0939557
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0826254
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0939232
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0825436
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0939559
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0825791

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
AT15-59		2010-01-06	R/V Atlantis	Lisa A. Levin (Chief Scientist) Victoria J. Orphan (Co-Chief Scientist) Anthony E Rathburn (Co-Chief Scientist) Gregory Rouse (Co-Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

Alvin tube core

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Alvin tube core

Acronym: Tube Core

Generic Description:

A plastic tube, about 40 cm (16 inches) long, is pushed into the sediment by Alvin's manipulator arm to collect a sediment core.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
dive	Alvin dive number	integer	no_bcodmo_term
station	location of sample	text	site
lat	latitude; North is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude; East is positive	decimal degrees	lon
depth_w	water depth	meters	depth_w
location	location at site	text	no_bcodmo_term
habitat	bottom habitat	text	no_bcodmo_term
seep_activity	degree of seep activity	text	no_bcodmo_term
replicate	replicate information	text	replicate
comments	comments	text	comment
fate	processing of sample	text	no_bcodmo_term
yrday_gmt	GMT day and decimal time, as 326.5 for the 326th day of the year, or November 22 at 1200 hours (noon). In the case of drifter data, year day may be continuous over a multi year period. No time in this dataset so no decimal is added to the yearday.	1 to 365	yrday_gmt
year	year of sampling.	yyyy	year
month	month, GMT time.	1 to 12	month_gmt
day	day of sampling, GMT	1 to 31	day_gmt

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Dataset: tubecore log - CROCKS-II