Dataset: Primary productivity measurements for the Hawaii Ocean Time-Series (HOT) program from October 1988 to December 2023 at Station ALOHA

ValidatedFinal with updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.737163.3Version 4 (2025-04-11)Dataset Type:Cruise ResultsDataset Type:experimental

Principal Investigator: Angelicque E. White (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

Co-Principal Investigator: David M. Karl (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

Contact, Data Manager: Lance A Fujieki (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Program: U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS)

Program: Ocean Time-series Sites (Ocean Time-series)

Program: Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

Project: [Current] Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT): 2023-2028; [Previous] Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT): Sustaining ocean ecosystem and climate observations in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (HOT)

Abstract

Primary productivity measurements from the Hawaii Ocean Time-Series (HOT) program from 1988 through 2023. The 14C-radiotracer method was used to measure the assimilation of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) by phytoplankton as an estimate of the rate of photosynthetic production of organic matter in the euphotic zone. All incubations from 1990 through mid-2000 were conducted in situ at eight depths (5, 25, 45, 75, 100, 125, 150 and 175m) over one daylight period using a free-drifting array as des...

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The 14C-radiotracer method is used to measure the assimilation of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) by phytoplankton as an estimate of the rate of photosynthetic production of organic matter in the euphotic zone. These data are from monthly measurements of primary production collection at Station ALOHA as part of the HOT TimeSeries program

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Results
Winn, C., C. Sabine, D. Hebel, F. Mackenzie and D. M. Karl. (1991) Inorganic carbon system dynamics in the central Pacific Ocean: Results of the Hawaii Ocean Time-series program. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 72, 70.
Methods
Karl, D., Winn, C., Hebel, D., and Letelier, R. Hawai'i Ocean Time-Series Program Field and Laboratory Protocols. https://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/hot/protocols/protocols.html#
Methods
Lohrenz, S. E., Wiesenburg, D. A., Rein, C. R., Arnone, R. A., Taylor, C. D., Knauer, G. A., & Knap, A. H. (1992). A comparison of in situ and simulated in situ methods for estimating oceanic primary production. Journal of Plankton Research, 14(2), 201–221. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/14.2.201
Methods
Nielsen, E. S. (1952). The Use of Radio-active Carbon (C14) for Measuring Organic Production in the Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 18(2), 117–140. doi:10.1093/icesjms/18.2.117

White, A. E., Karl, D. M., Fujieki, L. A. (2025) Primary productivity measurements for the Hawaii Ocean Time-Series (HOT) program from October 1988 to September 2022 at Station ALOHA. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 3) Version Date 2024-08-05 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.737163.3 [access date]

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