Dataset: Benthic and acidification data from Bermuda

Name: Benthic Ecosystem and Acidification Measuring System (BEAMS) data from two Bermuda sites collected during 2015 (BEAMS project)
Published: 2017-11-21
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.719743.1

Spatial Extent: N:32.457 E:-64.725 S:32.35 W:-64.845

Temporal Extent: 2015-07-21 - 2015-07-29

Project:

Quantifying the potential for biogeochemical feedbacks to create 'refugia' from ocean acidification on tropical coral reefs (BEAMS)

Principal Investigator:

Yuichiro Takeshita (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, MBARI)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Todd R. Martz (University of California-San Diego, UCSD-SIO)

Wade McGillis (Columbia University)

Nichole N. Price (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)

Jennifer Smith (University of California-San Diego, UCSD-SIO)

Contact:

Yuichiro Takeshita (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, MBARI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2017-11-21

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Benthic Ecosystem and Acidification Measuring System (BEAMS) data from two Bermuda sites collected during 2015 (BEAMS project)

Abstract:

This dataset was collected using the Benthic Ecosystem and Acidification Measuring System (BEAMS) at Hog Reef and Bailey’s Bay, Bermuda in 2015.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2017-11-21	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.719743.1	2020-01-14

Description

This dataset was collected using the Benthic Ecosystem and Acidification Measuring System (BEAMS) at Hog Reef and Bailey’s Bay, Bermuda in 2015.

Related publication:
Takeshita, Y., Cyronak, T., Martz, T. R., Andersson, A. 2017. Drivers of variability of coral reef carbonate chemistry across different functional scales, In prep.

Methods & Sampling

This dataset was collected using the Benthic Ecosystem and Acidification Measuring System (BEAMS). The details of this technique and dataset can be found in the reference provided below (Takeshita et al. 2016), but are also summarized briefly here.

BEAMS uses autonomous sensors to quantify mean gradients of pH and O2 and the current velocity profile in the benthic boundary layer (BBL) to calculate benthic fluxes of O2 (NCP) and TA (NCC). The NCP and NCC provided here represent metabolic rates under completely natural (e.g. flow and light) conditions.

Data Processing Description

Questionable rates have been removed through a quality control procedure described in Takeshita et al. 2016. Briefly, 1) measurements when the benthic boundary layer was stratified were removed, and 2) Spikes in the data were removed based on the observed delta pH/ delta O2 relationship.

BCO-DMO Processing:
- replaced "NaN" with "nd" (no data);
- combined 2 datasets (one from each site) into one file;
- Added site lat/lon values from the metadata provided;
- Converted original Date_Time field to ISO_DateTime.

Data Files

File
BEAMSdata_Bermuda.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 152.53 KB) MD5:09daade73d57d26c78b4a8a398ac809a Primary data file for dataset ID 719743

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1316047
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1316006

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
BEAMS_Bermuda		2015-07-12	shoreside Bermuda	Yuichiro Takeshita (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

Flow Meter

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Flow Meter

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/388/

Generic Description:

General term for a sensor that quantifies the rate at which fluids (e.g. water or air) pass through sensor packages, instruments, or sampling devices. A flow meter may be mechanical, optical, electromagnetic, etc.

Light Meter

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Light Meter

Generic Description:

Light meters are instruments that measure light intensity. Common units of measure for light intensity are umol/m2/s or uE/m2/s (micromoles per meter squared per second or microEinsteins per meter squared per second). (example: LI-COR 250A)

Oxygen Sensor

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Oxygen Sensor

Acronym: Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

Generic Description:

An electronic device that measures the proportion of oxygen (O2) in the gas or liquid being analyzed

pH Sensor

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: pH Sensor

Generic Description:

An instrument that measures the hydrogen ion activity in solutions.

The overall concentration of hydrogen ions is inversely related to its pH. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14 and indicates whether acidic (more H+) or basic (less H+).

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
site	Identifier of the site where data were collectd.	unitless	Site_ID
site_name	Full name of the site where data were collectd.	unitless	site
lat	Latitude of the site; N is positive.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude of the site; E is positive.	decimal degrees	lon
ISO_DateTime	Date and time data were collected; formatted to ISO8601 standard: yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS	unitless	DateTime
pH_0_7m	in situ pH on the total hydrogen ion scale at 0.7 m above benthos	unitless (pH scale)	pH
pH_0_4m	in situ pH on the total hydrogen ion scale at 0.4 m above benthos	unitless (pH scale)	pH
pH_0_2m	in situ pH on the total hydrogen ion scale at 0.2 m above benthos	unitless (pH scale)	pH
Temperature_0_7m	Temperature in Celsius at 0.7 m above benthos	degrees Celsius	temp
Temperature_0_4m	Temperature in Celsius at 0.4 m above benthos	degrees Celsius	temp
Temperature_0_2m	Temperature in Celsius at 0.2 m above benthos	degrees Celsius	temp
DOXY_0_7m	Dissolved O2 at 0.7 m above benthos	micromoles O2 per kilogram (umol kg-1)	O2
DOXY_0_4m	Dissolved O2 at 0.4 m above benthos	micromoles O2 per kilogram (umol kg-1)	O2
DOXY_0_2m	Dissolved O2 at 0.2 m above benthos	micromoles O2 per kilogram (umol kg-1)	O2
PAR	Photosynthetically Available Radiation	micromoles photons per square meter per second (umol photons m-2 s-1)	PAR
Pressure	Pressure	decibars	press
U0	Current speed at 1.0 m above benthos	meters per second (m s-1)	curr_speed_rel
SAL	Practical salinity	unitless	sal
NCP	Net Community Production	millimoles O2 per square meter per hour (mmol O2 m-2 hr-1)	production
NCC_Q_0_8	Net Community Calcification calculated using Q of 0.8	millimoles CaCO2 per square meter per hour (mmol CaCO3 m-2 hr-1)	calcification
NCC_Q_0_9	Net Community Calcification calculated using Q of 0.9	mmol CaCO3 m-2 hr-1	calcification
NCC_Q_1_0	Net Community Calcification calculated using Q of 1.0	mmol CaCO3 m-2 hr-1	calcification
NCC_Q_1_1	Net Community Calcification calculated using Q of 1.1	mmol CaCO3 m-2 hr-1	calcification
NCC_Q_1_2	Net Community Calcification calculated using Q of 1.2	mmol CaCO3 m-2 hr-1	calcification