| Nutrient concentrations and microbial counts from Niskin bottle collections on R/V Atlantic Explorer A1620 in the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site from Sept 2016 | Used to count microbial cells
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| Nutrient concentrations and microbial counts from Niskin bottle collections on R/V Atlantic Explorer A1703 in the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site from Mar/April 2016 | Used to count microbial cells
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| Redox data from RV/Atlantic Explorer AE1812 in the northwest Atlantic, May 2018 | | liquid scintillation counter (Perkin Elmer) |
| Adenosine triphosphate and microbial biomass measurements from the Chesapeake Bay, sampled aboard RV Fay Slover on April 11, 2018 | | perkinElmer Liquid Scintillation Analyzer |
| Phosphorus redox and water column phosphorus data from R/V Neil Armstrong AR16 in the Western North Atlantic from 2017-05-04 to 2017-05-20 | After resting for a few hours, the 33P-radioacitivity in the vials was determined using a liquid scintillation counter (Perkin Elmer).
| liquid scintillation counter (Perkin Elmer) |
| Sediment geochemistry summary from push cores collected during HOV Alvin dives during the R/V Atlantis cruise AT37-06 in the Guaymas Basin from December 2016 | | Beckman Coulter LS 6500 Scintillation Counter |
| Primary productivity estimates from the incubation of seawater collected at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site from December 1988 through June 2024 | A Liquid Scintillation Counter is used to calculate the level of radioactivity in the sample and therefore the amount of 14C particulate organic carbon
| Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Bioavailability factor of polyphosphate, nucleotides, and methyl phosphonate in bioassay experiments with seawater from R/V Savannah cruise SAV-19-02 in the NW Atlantic Ocean in Spring of 2019 | Radioactivity was assayed on a Packard Tri-Carb liquid scintillation counter.
| Packard Tri-Carb liquid scintillation counter |
| Bioavailability factor of polyphosphate, nucleotides (ATP and AMP) and phosphonate in seawater collected during R/V Savannah cruise SAV-19-02 in the NW Atlantic Ocean in the Spring of 2019 | Radioactivity was assayed on a Packard Tri-Carb liquid scintillation counter.
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| Survey biogeochemical data from R/V Atlantis AT32, AT34, AT38, and AT39-06 in the western North Atlantic Ocean (35°N to 57°N; 45°W) in Nov. 2015, May 2016, Sep 2017, Mar/Apr 2018 | For microcentrifuge method protocol for determination of bacterial production rates via 3H-Leucine incorporationEnergy window settings:
Channel A: 0-19 KeV
Channel B: 2-19 KeV
| Hidex 300 Liquid Scintillation Analyzer |
| Results from 14C-labeled uptake experiments determining uptake of specific dissolved organic compounds which showed high potential for osmotrophy | Tri-Carb 3110TR liquid scintillation analyzer (PerkinElmer, Waltham, MA, USA)
| Tri-Carb 3110TR liquid scintillation analyzer |
| Net primary productivity (14C) measurements made during quasi‐Lagrangian experiments on R/V Roger Revelle cruise RR2201 in the Argo basin in the Eastern Indian Ocean/Indonesian throughflow during February and March 2022 | | Scintillation counter (Packard tricarb) |
| Measurements of chemoautotrophy in samples collected on cruise LMG1801 on R/V Laurence M. Gould from January to February 2018 | | Perkin-Elmer LSC |
| Dark DIC Fixation Rates collected from CliOMZ AT50-10 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from May to June 2023 (CliOMZ project) | Disintegrations per minute (DPM) were counted in a scintillation counter (Perkin-Elmer Tri-Carb 2910 TR).
| Perkin-Elmer Tri-Carb 2910 TR |
| Heterotrophic Production Rates collected from CliOMZ AT50-10 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from May to June 2023 (CliOMZ project) | Disintegrations per minute (DPM) were counted in a scintillation counter (Perkin-Elmer Tri-Carb 2910 TR).
| Perkin-Elmer Tri-Carb 2910 TR |
| Coccolith dissolution experiment for the study: Gut dissolution of coccoliths by Acartia/effect on pellet sinking. | | Tricarb 3110 TR scintillation counter |
| Coccolithophore-associated organic biopolymers for fractionating particle-reactive radionuclides (234Th, 233Pa, 210Pb, 210Po, and 7Be) | Beckman Model 8100 Liquid Scintillation Counter
| Beckman Model 8100 Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Physiological measurements during Cyanobacteria Crocosphaera iron/warming experiments | Wallac System 1400 liquid scintillation counter
| Wallac System 1400 liquid scintillation counter |
| Results from experiments examining efficiency of cellular P for CO2- and gross N2-fixation rates by Crocosphaera watsonii (WH0003) as a function of light and pCO2; conducted in the Hutchins Laboratory, USC | CO2-fixation rates were determined using a Beckman Coulter LS-6500 Multi-purpose Scintillation Counter.
| Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Results of experiments examining CO2 and gross N2 fixation rates by Crocosphaera watsonii (WH0003) under differing levels of phosphate, light, and pCO2; conducted in the Hutchins Laboratory, USC | CO2-fixation rates were determined using a Beckman Coulter LS-6500 Multi-purpose Scintillation Counter.
| Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Results from experiments examining cellular growth, CO2- and N2-fixation by Crocosphaera watsonii (WH0003) as a function of light; conducted in the Hutchins Laboratory, USC | A Beckman Coulter LS-6500 Multi-purpose Scintillation Counter was used to determine CO2-fixation rates.
| Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Elemental stoichiometry for Emiliania huxleyi across a range of 12 temperatures from 8.5-28.6C | Used to process radioactive assays.
| Perkin Elmer (CA) Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Intracellular elemental quotas under low and high temperatures for E. huxleyi in constant and fluctuating thermal environments | Used to process radioactive assays.
| Perkin Elmer (CA) Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Bacterial protein production on particles obtained by gravity filtration of water collected on RV/Endeavor EN556 (Patterns of activities project) | Used to measure incorporated radioactive 3H-leucine
| LSA scintillation counter, PerkinElmer Tri-Carb 2910TR |
| Large volume incubation: DOC, bacterial cell concentration and production from RV/Endeavor EN556, June 2015 (Patterns of activities project) | Used to measure incorporated radioactive 3H-leucine
| LSA scintillation counter, PerkinElmer Tri-Carb 2910TR |
| Measurements of nutrients, bacterial cell concentration and bacterial production from RV/Endeavor EN556, June 2015 (Patterns of activities project) | Used to measure incorporated radioactive 3H-leucine
| LSA scintillation counter, PerkinElmer Tri-Carb 2910TR |
| DOC uptake rates by coccolithophores and scintillation counts from field experiments in the North Atlantic during R/V Endeavor cruise EN616 in July 2018 | The radioactivity of the filters was measured using a Tri-Carb 3110TR time-resolved liquid scintillation counter (PerkinElmer), set for transformed spectral index of external standards.
| Tri-Carb 3110TR time-resolved liquid scintillation counter |
| Bacterial production of bulk water and large volume samples taken aboard the R/V Endeavor EN638, May 2019 in the Northern Atlantic. | | PerkinElmer Tri-Carb 2910TR LSA, PerkinElmer Tri-Carb 3110TR LSA |
| Rates of primary and bacterial production, and chlorophyll concentrations measured experimentally under ambient and elevated pCO2 (750 or 1100 µatm) from Hawaii Ocean Time-series near Station ALOHA from 2010-2011. | | Perkin Elmer 2600 liquid scintillation counter |
| Fall 2011 - Porewater Samples | Porewater samples collected for: Anaerobic Methane Oxidation
Analytical Method: Sediment incubations with 14CH4
Instrument: Scintillation Counter
Method Reference: Orcutt, B., et al. 2005. Molecular biogeochemistry of sulfate reduction, methanogenesis and the anaerobic oxidation of methane at Gulf of Mexico methane seeps. GCA Vol. 69, No. 17, pp. 4267–4281
| Scintillation Counter |
| Fall 2011 - Water Column Samples | Porewater samples collected for: Anaerobic Methane Oxidation
Analytical Method: Sediment incubations with 14CH4
Instrument: Scintillation Counter
Method Reference: Orcutt, B., et al. 2005. Molecular biogeochemistry of sulfate reduction, methanogenesis and the anaerobic oxidation of methane at Gulf of Mexico methane seeps. GCA Vol. 69, No. 17, pp. 4267–4281
| Scintillation Counter |
| Summary geochemistry and radiotracer rates for 30 marine sediment cores covering eight sites and four geochemical regimes | Beckman-Coulter LS6500 Liquid Scintillation Counter, calibrated with unquenched 3H and 14C standards from Perkin-Elmer (pn:6008500)
| Beckman-Coulter LS6500 |
| Metagenomic, metatranscriptomics and 16S rRNA gene sequence data from diel sampling at Groves Creek Marsh, Skidaway Island, GA during July 2014 | Tubes were then placed in to a liquid scintillation counter (Beckman LS-6500) overnight and measured disintegrations per minute (DPM) for live samples were corrected using DPM recorded for killed controls.
| liquid scintillation counter (Beckman LS-6500) |
| Primary productivity measurements for the Hawaii Ocean Time-Series (HOT) program from October 1988 to December 2023 at Station ALOHA | liquid scintillation counter (Packard model 4640; United Technologies Inc.)
| liquid scintillation counter |
| Results of HPLC derived photopigment concentrations for bioassays done in the North Inlet Estuary - Georgetown, South Carolina during 2014 (Photomixotrophy project) | Used to measure chl a
| Flow Scintillation Counter (Packard Radiomatic 525a, 500 ul counting cell) |
| Detection limits for the results of HPLC derived photopigment concentrations for bioassays done in the North Inlet Estuary - Georgetown, South Carolina during 2014 (Photomixotrophy project) | Used to measure chl a
| Flow Scintillation Counter (Packard Radiomatic 525a, 500 ul counting cell) |
| Rates of primary and bacterial production measured in situ under ambient and elevated pCO2 (750 µatm) from the Hawaiian Ocean Time Series near Station ALOHA from 2010-2011. | | Perkin Elmer 2600 liquid scintillation counter |
| Adenosine triphosphate and microbial biomass measurements from the Chesapeake Bay, sampled aboard RV Fay Slover on June 18, 2019 | | perkinElmer Liquid Scintillation Analyzer |
| Partition coefficient of 234Th, 233Pa, 210Pb, 210Po, and 7Be | The 210Po activity was analyzed by liquid scintillation counting (Beckman Model 8100 Liquid Scintillation Counter).
| Beckman Model 8100 Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Maximum rates of microbially mediated sulfate reduction from three hydrothermal vents along the Juan de Fuca Ridge from R/V Atlantis cruise AT15-67 in the Juan de Fuca Ridge in 2010 | The radioactivity of the Zn35S and the remaining sulfate from the supernatant (35SO42-) were measured via liquid scintillation counter in Ultima Gold scintillation cocktail (ThermoFisher Inc., Waltham, MA).
| liquid scintillation counter |
| Sediment geochemical and microbial activity data collected on R/V Oden along the East Siberian Arctic Shelf from 2014 (ESAS Water Column Methane project) | Used to determine activity of tracer substrate
| Liquid scintillation counter |
| Q incubation data from the R/V Melville (MV1405) cruise along the California coast during July 2014 | Scintillation vials with 0.5 mL of 6M HCl, permitted to degas for 24h were counted.
| Beckman Coulter LS 6500 scintillation counter |
| Time-series Niskin-bottle sample data from R/V Hermano Gines cruises in the Cariaco Basin from 1995 through 2017 (CARIACO Ocean Time-Series Program) | These vials were refrigerated until they were ready for analysis on a BetaScout (PerkinElmer) scintillation counter.
| BetaScout (PerkinElmer) scintillation counter |
| Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) fixation and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) release measurements of marine nitrifier cultures grown under different culture conditions | | Beckman Coulter LS6500 Scintillation counter |
| Nitrogen and carbon fixation rates and POC and PON from thermal variation experiment of Trichodesmium GBR strain from 2016-2018 | Used to measure C14 radioactivity for carbon fixation rates.
| Perkin Elmer liquid scintillation counter |
| Standing stocks and rates for organic sulfur compounds during summer in the subarctic Northeast Pacific | | Beckman LS6500 Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Cluster (combined temperature, nutrient concentration, and CO2) results from laboratory experiments with Pseudo-nitzschia australis conducted from 2021 to 2022 | | Wallac System 1400 liquid scintillation counter |
| CO2 experiment physiology and carbonate chemistry from laboratory experiments with Pseudo-nitzschia australis conducted from 2021 to 2022 | | Wallac System 1400 liquid scintillation counter |
| Percent activity of organic fractions from diatoms that bind with radionuclide | The 210Po activity was analyzed by liquid scintillation counting (Beckman Model 8100 Liquid Scintillation Counter).
| Beckman Model 8100 Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Percent amount of organic fractions from diatoms that bind with radionuclides | The 210Po activity was analyzed by liquid scintillation counting (Beckman Model 8100 Liquid Scintillation Counter).
| Beckman Model 8100 Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Size-fractioned primary production (14C-bicarbonate assimilation rates) from samples collected during Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) cruises from 2011-2013 (PhytoNsubResponse project) | | Packard TRI-Carb 4640 |
| Photosynthetic picoplankton abundances from samples collected during Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) cruises from 2011-2013 (PhytoNsubResponse project) | | Packard TRI-Carb 4640 |
| Measurements of inorganic nutrients (nitrate+nitrite, phosphate, silicate, and ammonium) from samples collected during Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) cruises from 2011-2013 (PhytoNsubResponse project) | | Packard TRI-Carb 4640 |
| Phytoplankton pigments from samples collected during Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) cruises from 2011-2013 (PhytoNsubResponse project) | | Packard TRI-Carb 4640 |
| Laboratory experiment analyzing the photosynthetic and calcification rates of Pleurochrysis carterae (Ocean acidification effects on copes and coccoliths project) | measures radioactivity
| Packard Tri-Carb 2750 LL |
| Physiology responses to experimental iron warming interactions of coastal and oceanic Synechococcus collected from the South China Sea | | Beckman System 6500 liquid scintillation counter |
| Data on phytoplankton physiology and iron and temperature interactions collected in the Ross Sea during 2013 (Ross Sea Microb Ecophys project) | Tri-Carb 2500TR (Packard, now Perkin Elmer
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| Size fractionated and group-specific rates of 14C-primary production by Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, and photosynthetic picoeukaryotes from samples collected during Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program cruises 230-252 between 2012 and 2013 | | Packard TRI-Carb 4640 |
| Pigments and Nutrients from ARSV Laurence M. Gould, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer LMG0402, NBP0606 in the Southern Drake Passage and Scotia Sea from 2004-2006 (BWZ project) | | Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Phosphate redox data from cruise AE1409 from R/V Atlantic Explorer AE1409 in the Western Tropical North Atlantic from May 2014 (P Processing by Tricho project) | The 33P-radioacitivity in the vials was determined using a liquid scintillation counter (Perkin Elmer).
| liquid scintillation counter (Perkin Elmer) |
| Radioisotope data from B/O Hermano Gines cruises in the CARIACO Basin Time Series Station from May to November 2014 (CariacoMetaOmics project) | Activity was measured on this scintillation counter
| Tri-Carb 2810TR (Perkin Elmer) scintillation counter |
| Results for radiolabeled acetate, mannitol, and glycerol kinetic uptake and pulse-chase experiments for the species Cruciplacolithus neohelis and Chrysotila carterae (Cocco-Mix project) | Following the micro-diffusion step to separate acid-labile (PIC) versus acid-stabile (POC) fractions, each filter was then placed in the bottom of a clean scintillation vial, and scintillation cocktail was added (Balch et al., 2000). The radioactivity was measured using a Tri-Carb 3110TR liquid scintillation analyzer (PerkinElmer, Waltham, MA, USA).
| Tri-Carb 3110TR liquid scintillation analyzer (PerkinElmer, Waltham, MA, USA) |
| Compilation of primary productivity measurements collected from 1983-2006 from the Ross Sea | Various LSCs were used, depending on the unit on each ship, but all samples were processed at sea.
| various |
| CTD-associated variables, bottle salinity measurements, oxygen titrations, nutrient analyses, biogeochemical/biological variables, and DIC/Freon chemistry variables from R/V Roger Revelle cruise RR2004 along the 150W meridian from 30S to 60S | | Beckman Tricarb liquid scintillation counter |
| Bulk and cell-specific CO2 fixation and PO4 uptake from Atlantic Explorer cruise AE1524 (BATS validation cruise BV50), September 2015 | Used to assay sample radioactivity.
| Packard Tri-Carb 3110 TR liquid scintillation counter with ultra-low-level option kit |
| Experiments evaluating protein size distribution pattern in EPS Si+ and EPS Si2 using sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis | The 210Po activity was analyzed by liquid scintillation counting (Beckman Model 8100 Liquid Scintillation Counter).
| Beckman Model 8100 Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| 3H-leucine and thymidine incorporation of North Atlantic subseafloor sediments from cruise KN223 on R/V Knorr in the North and West Atlantic Ocean in November 2014 | Live incubations were terminated with TCA and an extraction protocol modified from Dixon & Turley (2001, Microb. Ecol. 42:549) was used to isolate the protein + DNA fraction, which was analyzed by liquid scintillation counting for 3H-Leu incorporation.
| liquid scintillation counting |
| Oceanographic data from 12 monthly cruises off the Israeli coast in the east Mediterranean conducted between Feb 2018 and Jan 2019 at a continental shelf station (~140m depth) and an open-deep water station. | TRI-CARB 2100 TR (PACKARD) scintillation counter
| TRI-CARB 2100 TR (PACKARD) scintillation counter |
| Environmental data, nutrients, and leucine and thymidine bacterial production from samples collected by CTD during cruises in the San Pedro Channel on R/V Yellowfin from 2005 to 2018 | | Beckman Coulter LS6500 |
| Sulfate reduction rates at Main Endeavor grotto chimney from samples collected on RV Atlantis (AT18-08) during Jason II dives in the Juan de Fuca Ridge from July to August 2011 | Used to quantify activity
| Liquid scintillation counter |
| Continuous culture studies of Synechococcus elongatus CCMP1629 in nitrate-limited and nutrient-replete cultures plus DNA results | Used to measure the activity of C-14 in the samples
| Packard Tri-Carb model 3100 TR liquid scintillation counter |
| Continuous culture studies of possible climate change effects: Thalassiosira pseudonana CCMP1335 growth in nitrate-limited and nutrient-replete cultures | Used to measure the activity of C-14 in the samples
| Packard Tri-Carb model 3100 TR liquid scintillation counter |
| Experimental results of nitrate-limited or nitrate-replete continuous culture studies of Thalassiosira pseudonana at 5 temperatures with either high or low pCO2 and irradiance | Used to measure the activity of C-14 in the samples
| Packard Tri-Carb model 3100 TR liquid scintillation counter |
| Trichodesmium data from R/V Atlantic Explorer cruise AE1409 in the Western Tropical North Atlantic from May 2014 (P Processing by Tricho project) | After resting for a few hours, the 33P-radioacitivity in the vials was determined using a liquid scintillation counter (Perkin Elmer).
| liquid scintillation counter (Perkin Elmer) |
| Experimental results from a study of CO2 and N2 fixation and trichome length of Trichodesmium erythraeum under varying pCO2 and light conditions (PhytoTM_in_HighCO2 project) | Radioactivity of 14C was determined on a Multi-purpose Scintillation Counter (model: LS-6500, Beckman Coulter, Fullerton, CA, USA).
| Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| Turnover time and uptake rates of phosphate in treatments amended with dissolved inorganic and organic phosphate compounds in bioassay experiments (incubation 48h) with seawater from R/V Savannah cruise SAV-19-02 in the NW Atlantic Ocean in Spring 2019 | Radioactivity was assayed on a Packard Tri-Carb liquid scintillation counter.
| Packard Tri-Carb liquid scintillation counter |
| Water column radiotracer methane oxidation rates in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California from R/V Atlantis cruise AT42-05 in 2018 and R/V Falkor cruise FK190211 in 2019 | | Beckman-Coulter LS6500 liquid scintillation counter |
| Water column radiotracer methane oxidation rates in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California from R/V Atlantis cruise AT42-05 in 2018 and R/V Falkor cruise FK190211 in 2019 | | Perkin Elmer TriCarb liquid scintillation counter |
| Depth profiles of oceanographic parameters in spring and summer from R/V Terrapin, R/V Hugh R. Sharp multiple cruises in Chesapeake Bay, 2010-2011 (LiDZ project) | Radioactivity, expressed as disintegration per minute (DPM), was counted in a liquid scintillation analyzer (Tri-Carb 3100TR, Packard). The Tri-Carb® 3100TR is a computer-controlled
benchtop liquid scintillation analyzer for detecting
small amounts of alpha, beta and gamma radioactivity. (http://shop.perkinelmer.com/Content/relatedmaterials/specificationsheets/spc_tricarb3100trlowactliquidscint.pdf)
| Liquid Scintillation Analyzer |
| [Deprecated] Laboratory growth, photosynthetic, and respiration rates of Thalassiosira pseudonana clone 3H in nitrate limited culture (Stressors on Marine Phytoplankton project) | Used to measure the activity of C-14 in the samples
| Packard Tri-Carb model 3100 TR liquid scintillation counter |
| [Deprecated] Laboratory growth, photosynthetic, and growth rates of Thalassiosira pseudonana clone 3H in nitrate replete culture (Stressors on Marine Phytoplankton project) | Used to measure the activity of C-14 in the samples
| Packard Tri-Carb model 3100 TR liquid scintillation counter |
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