Dataset: biomass
Deployment: TT008

Biomass by Organism Size Fraction and Depth Interval

Principal Investigator:

Michael R. Roman (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, UMCES/HPL)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Cynthia L. Chandler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac)

Version:

March 6, 1995

Deployment Synonyms:

EqPac Spring Time Series

Version Date:

1995-03-06

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/450880/data

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Description

Biomass by Organism Size Fraction and Depth Interval

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

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Deployment-specific acquisition description

   PI:              Michael Roman
   of:              Horn Point Environmental Laboratory
   dataset:         Biomass by Organism Size Fraction and Depth Interval
   dates:           March 23, 1992 to April 14, 1992
   location:        N: 9.0172  S: -0.101  W: -140.0905  E: -139.8415
   project/cruise:  EQPAC/TT008 - Spring Time Series
   ship:            Thomas Thompson

Data Processing Description

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Instruments

MOCNESS

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: MOCNESS

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/NETT0097/

Generic Description:

The Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System or MOCNESS is a family of net systems based on the Tucker Trawl principle. There are currently 8 different sizes of MOCNESS in existence which are designed for capture of different size ranges of zooplankton and micro-nekton Each system is designated according to the size of the net mouth opening and in two cases, the number of nets it carries. The original MOCNESS (Wiebe et al, 1976) was a redesigned and improved version of a system described by Frost and McCrone (1974).(from MOCNESS manual) This designation is used when the specific type of MOCNESS (number and size of nets) was not specified by the contributing investigator.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
moc	mocness tow number, from event log		no_bcodmo_term
event	event number, from event log		event
range	depth interval sampled	meters	range
depth_mid	mid point of range	meters	depth_mid
bio1000	biomass, organisms greater then 1000um	mgC/m^3	no_bcodmo_term
bio500_1000	biomass, organisms in size fraction 500-1000 um	mgC/m^3	no_bcodmo_term
bio200_500	biomass, organisms in size fraction 200-500 um	mgC/m^3	no_bcodmo_term
bio64_200	biomass, organisms in size fraction 64-200 um	mgC/m^3	no_bcodmo_term
biotot	biomass, total all fractions	mgC/m^3	no_bcodmo_term

Database

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Dataset: biomass
Deployment: TT008

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Dataset: biomass
Deployment: TT008