Dataset: Picocyanobacteria Sinking Aggregates: Abundances

Name: Abundance of sinking aggregates of xenic and axenic marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus from roller tank experiments conducted in 2016 and 2017
Published: 2019-08-14
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.774784.1

Temporal Extent: 2016 - 2018

Project:

Aggregation of Marine Picoplankton (Marine Plankton Aggregation)

Principal Investigator:

Susanne Neuer (Arizona State University, ASU)

Student:

Bianca N. Cruz (Arizona State University, ASU)

Contact:

Susanne Neuer (Arizona State University, ASU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2019-08-14

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Abundance of sinking aggregates of xenic and axenic marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus from roller tank experiments conducted in 2016 and 2017

Abstract:

Abundance of sinking aggregates of xenic and axenic marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus from roller tank experiments conducted in 2016 and 2017.

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Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2019-08-14	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.774784.1	2019-12-24

Description

Abundance of sinking aggregates of xenic and axenic marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus from roller tank experiments conducted in 2016 and 2017.

These data were published in Cruz and Neuer, 2019.

Related Datasets:
* Picocyanobacteria Sinking Aggregates: Sinking Velocities https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/774792
* Picocyanobacteria Sinking Aggregates: Sizes https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/774799
* Picocyanobacteria Sinking Aggregates: Excess Densities https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/774806

Methods & Sampling

Cultures of Synechococcus WH8102 (axenic), Synechococcus WH7805 (xenic) and Prochlorococcus marinus MED4 (xenic and axenic) were incubated in 1.25 L roller tanks for 7 days in the dark at 3.5 RPM (for further details on roller tanks, see Shanks and Edmondson, 1989). Aggregation was tested with and without the addition of kaolinite clay. All treatments had n = 2 tanks. Aggregates formed were quantified, sized, and their sinking velocities and excess densities determined.

Aggregation was tested with and without the addition of kaolinite clay (control, 0.5 mg per L of kaolinite clay, 5.0 mg per L of kaolinite clay)

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes: Growth Rates
* Excel sheet extracted to a csv file
* added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
* modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
* blank values in this dataset are displayed as "nd" for "no data." nd is the default missing data identifier in the BCO-DMO system.

Data Files

File
abund.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 366 bytes) MD5:688dd21d8cc85f13c6e3ff2128c855a8 Primary data file for dataset ID 774784

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1658527

Deployments

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Instruments

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Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Culture	Culture name	unitless	sample_descrip
Aggregate_Abundance_Control1	Number of visible (ca. >0.1mm) aggregates per 1.25 L of seawater within roller tank. Treatment = Control, replicate 1, no kaolinite clay.	number of aggregates per liter (Aggs/L)	abundance
Aggregate_Abundance_Control2	Number of visible (ca. >0.1mm) aggregates per 1.25 L of seawater within roller tank. Treatment = Control, replicate 2, no kaolinite clay.	number of aggregates per liter (Aggs/L)	abundance
Aggregate_Abundance_0_5mg_L_kaolinite1	Number of visible (ca. >0.1mm) aggregates per 1.25 L of seawater within roller tank. Treatment = concentration of 0.5 mg per L of kaolinite clay, replicate 1.	number of aggregates per liter (Aggs/L)	abundance
Aggregate_Abundance_0_5mg_L_kaolinite2	Number of visible (ca. >0.1mm) aggregates per 1.25 L of seawater within roller tank. Treatment = concentration of 0.5 mg per L of kaolinite clay, replicate 2.	number of aggregates per liter (Aggs/L)	abundance
Aggregate_Abundance_5_0mg_L_kaolinite1	Number of visible (ca. >0.1mm) aggregates per 1.25 L of seawater within roller tank. Treatment = concentration of 5.0 mg per L of kaolinite clay, replicate 1.	number of aggregates per liter (Aggs/L)	abundance
Aggregate_Abundance_5_0mg_L_kaolinite2	Number of visible (ca. >0.1mm) aggregates per 1.25 L of seawater within roller tank. Treatment = concentration of 5.0 mg per L of kaolinite clay, replicate 2.	number of aggregates per liter (Aggs/L)	abundance