| Contributors | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Landry, Michael R. | University of California-San Diego (UCSD-SIO) | Principal Investigator |
| Selph, Karen E. | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (SOEST) | Contact |
| Rauch, Shannon | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO) | BCO-DMO Data Manager |
Picophytoplankton abundances from preserved (0.5% paraformaldehyde) frozen samples run on a Beckman-Coulter Altra flow cytometer after staining with Hoechst 33342 DNA stain and excitation with 200 mW UV and 1W 488 nm laser light. Cell populations include Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, and Picophytoeukaryotes. Samples were collected on the MV1008 cruise in the Costa Rica Dome (CRD) region of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.
Samples were collected from the CTD-Rosette PVC Niskin bottles, then preserved with paraformaldehyde (0.5% final concentration). Preserved samples were then flash frozen in liquid nitrogen, and subsequently stored at -80°C until analysis on-shore in batches. Upon thawing, samples were stained with Hoechst 33342 DNA stain (1 ug/mL final concentration), incubated at room temperature in the dark for 1 h, then analyzed using a Beckman-Coulter Altra flow cytometer, equipped with one 488 nm 1W laser and one UV 200 mM laser for excitation. Samples (100 ul) were delivered quantitatively to the instrument using a Harvard Apparatus syringe pump, at a rate of 50 ul per minute. Signals from the DNA (450±40 nm), Chlorophyll (680±20 nm), Phycoerythrin (575±20 nm), and the forward and side scatter detectors were used to delineate Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, and Picophytoeukaryotes. Calibration beads (0.5 um and 1.0 um yellow-green and 0.5 um UV) were used to normalize cellular fluorescence values and assure optimal instrument settings. Raw data files (listmode) were processed in FlowJo software (Treestar Inc.).
Raw data, representing 100 ul of sample, was corrected for dilution with preservative, dye, and run volume, to arrive at cellular concentrations (cells/mL).
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picophyto_fcm_lab.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 18.04 KB) MD5:3ee36b78b7dfc2616306494e89b1f557 Primary data file for dataset ID 516296 |
| Parameter | Description | Units |
| event | Number referring to the particular activity (event) on the FluZiE cruise. | integer |
| cast | CTD Cast number from the FluZiE cruise. | integer |
| niskin | Niskin bottle that the sample was taken from. | integer |
| date_local | Date of CTD cast (local time zone of UTC -6). in the format mmddyyyy | unitless |
| lon | Longitude in degrees East. | decimal degrees |
| lat | Latitude in degrees North. | decimal degrees |
| depth | Sample depth. | meters |
| cycle | Type and number of cruise sampling event. Either "Stn_n" or "Cycle_n". A transect of stations was sampled from 29 June to 03 July. Five quasi-Lagrangian experiments called "cycles" were conducted during the remainder of the cruise. | text |
| coccus_p | Abundance of Prochlorococcus abundance. | cells per milliliter (cells/mL) |
| coccus_s | Abundance of Synechococcus abundance. | cells per milliliter (cells/mL) |
| peuk | Abundance of Picophytoeukaryotes. | cells per milliliter (cells/mL) |
| Dataset-specific Instrument Name | Beckman-Coulter Altra flow cytometer |
| Generic Instrument Name | Flow Cytometer |
| Dataset-specific Description | Samples were run on a Beckman-Coulter Altra flow cytometer, equipped with one 488 nm 1W laser and one UV 200 mM laser for excitation. |
| Generic Instrument Description | Flow cytometers (FC or FCM) are automated instruments that quantitate properties of single cells, one cell at a time. They can measure cell size, cell granularity, the amounts of cell components such as total DNA, newly synthesized DNA, gene expression as the amount messenger RNA for a particular gene, amounts of specific surface receptors, amounts of intracellular proteins, or transient signalling events in living cells.
(from: http://www.bio.umass.edu/micro/immunology/facs542/facswhat.htm) |
| Dataset-specific Instrument Name | Niskin bottle |
| Generic Instrument Name | Niskin bottle |
| Dataset-specific Description | Samples were collected from the CTD-Rosette PVC Niskin bottles. |
| Generic Instrument Description | A Niskin bottle (a next generation water sampler based on the Nansen bottle) is a cylindrical, non-metallic water collection device with stoppers at both ends. The bottles can be attached individually on a hydrowire or deployed in 12, 24, or 36 bottle Rosette systems mounted on a frame and combined with a CTD. Niskin bottles are used to collect discrete water samples for a range of measurements including pigments, nutrients, plankton, etc. |
| Website | |
| Platform | R/V Melville |
| Report | |
| Start Date | 2010-06-22 |
| End Date | 2010-07-25 |
| Description | Research on the cruise was aimed at acquiring a better understanding of plankton dynamics, carbon and nutrient fluxes, and potential trace element limitation in the Costa Rica Dome region of the eastern tropical Pacific. The specific science objectives were:
1) to assess grazing and trace metal/nutrient controls on primary production and phytoplankton standing stocks;
2) to quantify carbon and elemental fluxes and export rates from the euphotic zone; and
3) to measure microbial population, processes, stable isotope abundances associated with the OMZ and nitrite maxima.
Operations included: 4-day sediment trap deployments, daily process experiments conducted on satellite-tracked drifters, CTD and trace-metal rosette sampling, shipboard grow-out experiments, net sampling for zooplankton biomass and grazing assessments, and MOCNESS stratified tows to 1000 m.
BCO-DMO Note:
March 2013 (CLC): The original CTD profile data (85 casts) have been submitted by R2R to NODC. Jim Moffett (USC) was a participant on this cruise and is interested in getting a copy of the full set of CTD cast data (deep and shallow casts). He plans to contact SIO ODF group or Mike Landry (Chief Scientist).
Original cruise data are available from the NSF R2R data catalog. |
Research was aimed at improved understanding of plankton dynamics, carbon and nutrient fluxes, and potential trace element limitation in the Costa Rica Dome region of the eastern tropical Pacific. The specific science objectives of the 2010 R/V Melville cruise (MV1008) were:
1) to assess grazing and trace metal/nutrient controls on primary production and phytoplankton standing stocks;
2) to quantify carbon and elemental fluxes and export rates from the euphotic zone; and
3) to measure microbial population, processes, stable isotope abundances associated with the OMZ and nitrite maxima.
Additional information about MV1008 can be found in the cruise report (PDF).
NOTE: The original proposal and award abstract are not relevant. The project was originally funded by NSF as experimental tests of phytoplankton controls in the Arabian Sea. Piracy concerns in the region led to the cancellation of the research cruise in 2009, and a Change of Scope request was approved to focus the project on related issues in the Costa Rica Dome (CRD).
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| Funding Source | Award |
|---|---|
| NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) |