Dataset: Carmel River State Beach Offshore Phyto 2011

Name: Time series of avg daily phytoplankton concentration offshore of Carmel River State Beach, Carmel Bay California in 2011 (Surf zone larval transport project)
Published: 2015-06-30
Keywords: biota, oceans

Cite This Dataset

Spatial Extent: N:36.53833 E:-121.92861 S:36.53833 W:-121.92861

Project:

Does coupling between the inner shelf and surf zone regulate larval supply to intertidal populations? (Surf zone larval transport)

Lead Principal Investigator:

Alan L. Shanks (University of Oregon, OIMB)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Jamie MacMahan (Naval Postgraduate School, NPS)

Steven Morgan (University of California-Davis, UC Davis-BML)

Ad Reniers (Delft University of Technology, TU Delft)

Contact:

Alan L. Shanks (University of Oregon, OIMB)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

30 June 2015

Version Date:

2015-06-30

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Time series of avg daily phytoplankton concentration offshore of Carmel River State Beach, Carmel Bay California in 2011 (Surf zone larval transport project)

Expand/Collapse All

Description

Time series of average daily phytoplankton concentration offshore of Carmel River State Beach, CA (36.53833 degrees N, 121.92861 degrees W).

Related references:
Shanks, A.L., S. G. Morgan, J. MacMahan, Ad J.H.M Reniers, M. Jarvis, J. Brown, and C. Griesemer (2014). Onshore transport of plankton by internal tides and upwelling-relaxation events. Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI:10.3354/meps10717

Shanks, A.L., S. G. Morgan, J. MacMahan, Ad J.H.M Reniers, M. Jarvis, J. Brown, and C. Griesemer (2015). Transport of Larvae and Detritus Across the Surf Zone of a Steep Reflective Pocket Beach. Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI:10.3354/meps11223

Methods & Sampling

From 15 June to 15 July we sampled phytoplankton 125 m offshore of the Carmel River State Beach. We also sampled phytoplankton 20 m offshore, just outside the breaker line, during the last 18 days (starting 28 June) of the time series. At the two offshore sites, samples were collected from a kayak in the morning when winds were light. Three replicate 1-L phytoplankton samples were collected from approximately 5 m depth using a stainless steel well sampling bailer. Samples were preserved in acid Lugols. Phytoplankton were identified to genus and counted on Sedgwick Rafter slides using standard techniques (Sournia 1978).

Data Processing Description

Three samples were collected each day. Counts from the microscopic analysis of the samples were converted to number per liter and the average and 95% confidence interval for each daily set of samples were calculated.

BCO-DMO Processing:
- Re-formatted date, and added separate columns for month, day, year, and year-day.
- Added column containing site name.
- Added lat and lon (from metadata form).
- Modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions.
- Created new column for distance offshore.

Data Files

File
CarmelRiver_Offshore_Phyto2011.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 6.93 KB) MD5:16925ee7700019c1913be8d5ff0a2bf4 Primary data file for dataset ID 561650

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0926923

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
CRSB_2011		2011-06-19	Carmel_River_State_Beach	Alan L. Shanks (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
site_name	Name of the sampling site.	text	site
lat	Latitude of the sampling site.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude of the sampling site.	decimal degrees	lon
date	Month/day/year of sample collection.	mm/dd/yyyy	date
PseudoN	PseudoN Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
PseudoN_95CI	PseudoN 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
Chaetoceros	Chaetoceros Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Chaetoceros_95CI	Chaetoceros 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
Thalassionema	Thalassionema Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Thalassionema_95CI	Thalassionema 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
Skeletonema	Skeletonema Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Skeletonema_95CI	Skeletonema 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
Thalassiosira	Thalassiosira Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Thalassiosira_95CI	Thalassiosira 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
mon	2-digit month of year.	mm (01 to 12)	month
day	2-digit day of month.	dd (01 to 31)	day
year	4-digit year.	YYYY	year
yrday	Consecutive day of year (Jan 1st = 1)		yrday
dist_offshore	Distance offshore.	meters (m)	no_bcodmo_term
Pennate	Pennate Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Pennate_95CI	Pennate 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term
Rhizoselenia	Rhizoselenia Ave #/L (mean of the 3 replicate samples).	average number per liter	abundance
Rhizoselenia_95CI	Rhizoselenia 95% confidence interval.	average number per liter	no_bcodmo_term

Status message

Database

Contribute Data

Dataset: Carmel River State Beach Offshore Phyto 2011