BiG RAPA water column HPLC pigments from R/V Melville MV1015 in the South Pacific from Arica, Chile to Easter Island. from November to December 2010 (C-MORE project)

Website: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/3768
Version: 05 November 2012
Version Date: 2012-11-05

Project
» Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE)
ContributorsAffiliationRole
Bidigare, Robert R.University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (SOEST)Principal Investigator
Christensen, StephanieUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (SOEST)Contact
Nahorniak, JasmineOregon State University (OSU)Data Manager
Gegg, Stephen R.Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO)BCO-DMO Data Manager


Dataset Description

C-MORE BiG RAPA water column HPLC pigment data
Bidigare Lab, University of Hawaii
Robert R. Bidigare
CMORE/BiG RAPA
Date ingested into BCO-DMO: November 05, 2012


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Data Files

File
pigments_watcol.csv
(Comma Separated Values (.csv), 10.72 KB)
MD5:0088f1a517ac51fabde88acc494def91
Primary data file for dataset ID 3768

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Parameters

ParameterDescriptionUnits
sta

station number

dimensionless
cast

cast number

dimensionless
date

Date (GMT)

YYYYMMDD
time

Time (GMT)

HHMM
lat

latitude

decimal degrees (South is negative)
lon

longitude

decimal degrees (West is negative)
depth

depth

meters
bot

rosette bottle number

dimensionless
chlide_a

chlorophyllide a

nanograms/liter
chl_c

chlorophyll c

nanograms/liter
peridinin

peridinin

nanograms/liter
fucox_but

19'-butanoyloxyfucoxanthin

nanograms/liter
fucox

fucoxanthin

nanograms/liter
fucox_hex

19'-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin

nanograms/liter
prasinox

prasinoxanthin

nanograms/liter
violax

violaxanthin

nanograms/liter
diadinox

diadinoxanthin

nanograms/liter
allox

alloxanthin

nanograms/liter
diatox

diatoxanthin

nanograms/liter
lutein

lutein

nanograms/liter
zeax

zeaxanthin

nanograms/liter
chl_b

chlorophyll b

nanograms/liter
carotene_a

alpha carotene

nanograms/liter
carotene_b

beta carotene

nanograms/liter
chl_a2

divinyl chlorophyll a

nanograms/liter
chl_a1

monovinyl chlorophyll a

nanograms/liter
chl_a1_a2

monovinyl + divinyl chlorophyll a

nanograms/liter

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Deployments

MV1015

Website
Platform
R/V Melville
Report
Start Date
2010-11-18
End Date
2010-12-14
Description
The South East Pacific (SEP) is characterized by very high nutrient concentrations in the waters adjacent to the Chilean coast, but very low nutrient concentrations (oligotrophic) in the mid- South Pacific Subtropical Gyre (SPSG), near Easter Island. The steep gradient in nutrient concentrations across the region affects the level of marine production, the composition of the microbial community, and the operation of major biogeochemical cycles in ways that are not fully understood. Despite the remarkable diversity of trophic conditions, strong gradients and even some unique singularities, the SEP is still the most sparsely sampled oceanic region of the global ocean from hydrodynamic, biological and biogeochemical points of view. The SPSG is also the most oligotrophic of all sub-tropical gyres. Previous expeditions and remote sensing studies have describes the nutrient and chlorophyll field, but there have been few simultaneous measurements of chemical properties with microbial community structure and function. This expedition is designed to investigate the impact of elemental nutrient (nitrogen, phosphorus, iron, silicon, carbon) ratios on marine productivity and microbial community composition. We propose to sample along a line extending from the Chilean coast near Arica to Easter Island. We will occupy three major "process" stations for up to five days each; a high productivity, near shore station, a mid-cruise station in the nutrient transition zone, and a low productivity, mid-gyre station near Easter Island. In between these stations, we will briefly sample at additional "survey" stations at lower intensity along the cruise track. Cruise information and original data are available from the NSF R2R data catalog. BiG RAPA Home project Web site with additional information


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Project Information

Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE)


Coverage: North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (large region around 22 45 N, 158 W)


Project summary

The Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) is a recently established (August 2006; NSF award: EF-0424599) NSF-sponsored Science and Technology Center designed to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the diverse assemblages of microorganisms in the sea, ranging from the genetic basis of marine microbial biogeochemistry including the metabolic regulation and environmental controls of gene expression, to the processes that underpin the fluxes of carbon, related bioelements and energy in the marine environment. Stated holistically, C-MORE's primary mission is: Linking Genomes to Biomes.

We believe that the time is right to address several major, long-standing questions in microbial oceanography. Recent advances in the application of molecular techniques have provided an unprecedented view of the structure, diversity and possible function of sea microbes. By combining these and other novel approaches with more well-established techniques in microbiology, oceanography and ecology, it may be possible to develop a meaningful predictive understanding of the ocean with respect to energy transduction, carbon sequestration, bioelement cycling and the probable response of marine ecosystems to global environmental variability and climate change. The strength of C-MORE resides in the synergy created by bringing together experts who traditionally have not worked together and this, in turn, will facilitate the creation and dissemination of new knowledge on the role of marine microbes in global habitability.

The new Center will design and conduct novel research, broker partnerships, increase diversity of human resources, implement education and outreach programs, and utilize comprehensive information about microbial life in the sea. The Center will bring together teams of scientists, educators and community members who otherwise do not have an opportunity to communicate, collaborate or design creative solutions to long-term ecosystem scale problems. The Center's research will be organized around four interconnected themes:

  • (Theme I) microbial biodiversity,
  • (Theme II) metabolism and C-N-P-energy flow,
  • (Theme III) remote and continuous sensing and links to climate variability, and
  • (Theme IV) ecosystem modeling, simulation and prediction.

  Each theme will have a leader to help coordinate the research programs and to facilitate interactions among the other related themes. The education programs will focus on pre-college curriculum enhancements, in service teacher training and formal undergraduate/graduate and post-doctoral programs to prepare the next generation of microbial oceanographers. The Center will establish and maintain creative outreach programs to help diffuse the new knowledge gained into society at large including policymakers. The Center's activities will be dispersed among five partner institutions:

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute,
  • University of California at Santa Cruz and
  • Oregon State University

and will be coordinated at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Related Files:

Strategic plan (PDF file)



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Funding

Funding SourceAward
NSF Division of Biological Infrastructure (NSF DBI)

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