William M. Balch

Synonyms:

Barney

Affiliation:

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Address:

60 Bigelow Drive
East Boothbay, ME
USA 04544

ORCiD:

0000-0003-4926-195X

Activities reported for William M. Balch:

Program coordination

None

Project coordination

Coccolithophores of the Patagonian Shelf 2008 (COPAS08)	Lead Principal Investigator, Contact
The Great Southern Coccolithophore Belt (Great Calcite Belt)	Principal Investigator, Contact
Effects of ocean acidification on Emiliania huxleyi and Calanus finmarchicus; insights into the oceanic alkalinity and biological carbon pumps (OA_Copes_Coccoliths)	Lead Principal Investigator, Contact
Coccolithophore Mixotrophy (Cocco-Mix)	Principal Investigator
Collaborative Research: Biogeochemical and Physical Conditioning of Sub-Antarctic Mode Water in the Southern Ocean (Conditioning_SAMW)	Principal Investigator, Contact

Deployment coordination

Deployment	Synonyms	Platform	Role
Balch_2013		Bigelow	Principal Investigator
EN616	Cocco-Mix	Endeavor	Chief Scientist
KNOX22RR	COPAS08	Roger Revelle	Chief Scientist
MV1101	GB1	Melville	Chief Scientist
RR1202	GB2	Roger Revelle	Chief Scientist
RR2004	SAMW	Roger Revelle	Chief Scientist
TN376	SAMW	Thomas G. Thompson	Chief Scientist
TT053	TTN053, TN053, TTN-053	Thomas G. Thompson	Chief Scientist

Datasets

Project: Collaborative Research: Biogeochemical and Physical Conditioning of Sub-Antarctic Mode Water in the Southern Ocean

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
CTD-associated variables, bottle salinity measurements, oxygen titrations, nutrient analyses, biogeochemical/biological variables, and DIC chemistry variables from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TN376 from January to March 2020 Principal Investigator	2024-04-17	Final no updates expected
1-decibar binned CTD data from 103 stations collected during R/V Roger Revelle cruise RR2004 along the 150W meridian from 30S to 60S Principal Investigator	2023-09-22	Final no updates expected
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 Principal Investigator	2023-08-31	Final no updates expected

Project: Coccolithophore Mixotrophy

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Coccolithophore counts from polarized microscopy birefringence measurements of samples collected in the Northwest Atlantic during R/V Endeavor cruise EN616 in July 2018 Principal Investigator	2023-02-05	Final no updates expected
Ambient concentrations of acetate, glycerol, and mannitol measured from samples collected during R/V Endeavor cruise EN616 in the northwest Atlantic in July 2018 Principal Investigator	2023-02-26	Final no updates expected
Hydrography and environmental conditions measured with CTD at nine stations during R/V Endeavor cruise EN616 in July 2018 Principal Investigator	2023-02-24	Final no updates expected
FlowCAM enumeration of phytoplankton classes from samples taken during R/V Endeavor cruise EN616 in July 2018 Principal Investigator	2023-01-27	Final no updates expected
DOC uptake rates by coccolithophores and scintillation counts from field experiments in the North Atlantic during R/V Endeavor cruise EN616 in July 2018 Principal Investigator	2023-03-22	Final no updates expected
Results for radiolabeled acetate, mannitol, and glycerol kinetic uptake and pulse-chase experiments for the species Cruciplacolithus neohelis and Chrysotila carterae (Cocco-Mix project) Principal Investigator	2022-03-09	Final no updates expected
Coccolithophore survival in darkness from batch growth experiments (Cocco-Mix project) Principal Investigator	2022-01-21	Final no updates expected
Results from 14C-labeled uptake experiments determining uptake of specific dissolved organic compounds which showed high potential for osmotrophy Principal Investigator	2021-10-05	Final no updates expected
Metabolic potential for heterotrophic utilization of a large array of organics by coccolithophores determined through experiments at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences using BioLog Eco-plates Principal Investigator	2021-10-05	Final no updates expected
Along track temperature, salinity, backscatter, chlorophyll fluorescence, CDOM fluorescence, Es, Lt and Li, absorption and attenuation from R/V Endeavor cruise EN616 in July 2018 Principal Investigator	2021-03-08	Final with updates expected
Measurements of Chlorophyll, NO2, NO3, PO4, Silicate, NH4, PIC, POC, PON, BSi from CTD casts on R/V Endeavor cruise EN616 in July 2018 Principal Investigator	2021-03-08	Final no updates expected

Project: Effects of ocean acidification on Emiliania huxleyi and Calanus finmarchicus; insights into the oceanic alkalinity and biological carbon pumps

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Fecal pellet sinking rate experiment and calculated density for the study: Gut dissolution of coccoliths by Acartia/effect on fecal pellet sinking. Principal Investigator	2017-12-15	Final no updates expected
Coccolith dissolution experiment for the study: Gut dissolution of coccoliths by Acartia/effect on pellet sinking. Principal Investigator	2017-12-15	Final no updates expected
Light-dark calcification rates of Pleurochrysis carterae analyzed at Bigelow Laboratory in 2013 (OA Copes Coccoliths project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2016-11-04	Final no updates expected
Pleurochrysis carterae growth cycle culture dynamics analyzed at Bigelow Laboratory from 2013 (OA Copes Coccoliths project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2016-09-29	Final no updates expected
Pleurochrysis carterae diel culture dynamics analyzed at Bigelow Laboratory from 2013 (OA Copes Coccoliths project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2016-09-29	Final no updates expected
Experimental data on growth rates of Pleurochrysis carterae analyzed at Bigelow Laboratory from 2013. (OA Copes Coccoliths project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2016-09-28	Final no updates expected
Laboratory experiment analyzing the photosynthetic and calcification rates of Pleurochrysis carterae (Ocean acidification effects on copes and coccoliths project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2016-07-11	Final no updates expected

Project: The Great Southern Coccolithophore Belt

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Dilution experiment data from R/V Melville, R/V Roger Revelle cruises MV1101, RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S); 2011-2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2015-06-30	Final no updates expected
CarBoy experiment data from R/V Melville, R/V Roger Revelle cruises MV1101, RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S); 2011-2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2015-06-29	Final no updates expected
Incubation experiment data from R/V Melville, R/V Roger Revelle cruises MV1101, RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S); 2011-2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2015-06-22	Final no updates expected
Incubation experiment data from R/V Melville, R/V Roger Revelle cruises MV1101, RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S); 2011-2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) Co-Principal Investigator	2015-06-17	Final no updates expected
CTD - Discrete Samples from R/V Melville, R/V Roger Revelle cruises MV1101, RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S); 2011-2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2015-06-10	Final no updates expected
Underway Data from R/V Melville, R/V Roger Revelle cruises MV1101, RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S); 2011-2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2015-06-08	Final no updates expected
CTD and bottle data from R/V Roger Revelle RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S) in 2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2014-01-08	Final no updates expected
CTD and bottle sample data from R/V Melville cruise MV1101 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S) in 2011 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2014-01-08	Final no updates expected
CTD cast data from R/V Roger Revelle cruise RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S) in 2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2014-01-08	Final no updates expected
CTD cast data from R/V Melville cruise MV1101 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S) in 2011 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2014-01-08	Final no updates expected
CTD station locations from R/V Melville, R/V Roger Revelle cruises MV1101, RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S); 2011-2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2014-01-07	Final no updates expected
Cruise track position data from cruises MV1101 and RR1202 (Great Calcite Belt project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2013-12-19	Final no updates expected

Project: Coccolithophores of the Patagonian Shelf 2008

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Bottle Nutrients from R/V Roger Revelle KNOX22RR in the Patagonian Shelf (SW South Atlantic) from December 2008 (COPAS08 project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2011-11-29	Final no updates expected
Discrete samples from CTD casts from R/V Roger Revelle KNOX22RR in the Patagonian Shelf (SW South Atlantic) from December 2008 (COPAS08 project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2010-07-27	Final no updates expected
Underway Data (SAS) from R/V Roger Revelle KNOX22RR in the Patagonian Shelf (SW South Atlantic) from 2008-2009 (COPAS08 project) Principal Investigator, Contact	2010-06-28	Final no updates expected
Cruise Report from R/V Roger Revelle KNOX22RR in the Patagonian Shelf (SW South Atlantic) from Dec. 2008 - Jan. 2009 (COPAS08 project) Chief Scientist	2009-06-15	Final no updates expected

Project: U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Arabian Sea cruise reports from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruises in the Arabian Sea in 1995 (U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea project) Chief Scientist	1996-01-12	Final no updates expected
Suspended calcite, calcification and photosynthesis from R/V Thomas G. Thompson TT049, TT053 cruises in the Arabian Sea in 1995 (U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea project) Principal Investigator	2002-12-16	Final no updates expected
Underway fluorescence measurements along the ship track from R/V Thomas G. Thompson TT049, TT053 cruises in the Arabian Sea in 1995 (U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea project) Principal Investigator	1996-11-04	Final no updates expected
Particulate Organic Carbon and Particulate Organic Nitrogen from R/V Thomas G. Thompson TT043, TT045, TT049, TT053, TT054 cruises in the Arabian Sea in 1995 (U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea project) Principal Investigator	2001-05-03	Final no updates expected
Scientific sampling event logs from R/V Thomas G. Thompson TT043, TT045, TT049, TT050, TT053, TT054 cruises in the Arabian Sea in 1995 (U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea project) Chief Scientist	1999-01-04	Final no updates expected

Project: U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Calcification data from Trace Metal (TM) casts from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TT011 in the Equatorial Pacific in 1992 during the U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac) project Principal Investigator	2000-04-10	Final no updates expected
Underway temperature, salinity and total chlorophyll from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TT011 in the Equatorial Pacific in 1992 during the U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac) project Principal Investigator	1995-02-24	Final no updates expected
Simulated in situ primary production, incubated on deck (Carbon uptake) from cruise TT011 in the Equatorial Pacific in 1992 during the U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac) project Principal Investigator	1995-02-22	Final no updates expected
Particulate Inorganic Carbon as calcite from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TT011 in the Equatorial Pacific in 1992 during the U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac) project Principal Investigator	1995-02-24	Final no updates expected
In situ primary production (Carbon uptake) from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TT011 in the Equatorial Pacific in 1992 during the U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac) project Principal Investigator	1995-02-22	Final no updates expected
Productivity, PIC, Chl-a and phaeo pigments along ship's track from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TT011 in the Equatorial Pacific in 1992 during the U.S. JGOFS Equatorial Pacific (EqPac) project Principal Investigator	1995-02-24	Final no updates expected

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