Dataset: nutrient utilization traits and citations
Deployment: Litchman_2014

Phytoplankton nutrient traits and data sources

Principal Investigator:

Elena Litchman (Michigan State University, MSU)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Kyle F. Edwards (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, SOEST)

Christopher Klausmeier (Michigan State University, MSU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Phytoplankton Traits, Functional Groups and Community Organization: A Synthesis (Phytoplankton Traits)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

2016-01-21

Version Date:

2016-01-21

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/636299/data

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Description

This dataset combines Tables 1 and 2 from Edwards et al (2015) Ecology. Cell volume measurements for nearly all species in the nutrient trait data set is also available, see Table 3. Nutrient utilization traits. Each row presents a single species/strain from one publication. If multiple traits were measured on that strain in that publication, they are all listed in the same row. If the same strain was tested at multiple temperatures, the measurements from each temperature are recorded in different rows. Temperature of the experiment, irradiance, day length, taxon, system (freshwater/marine), isolate ID, cell volume, C per cell, and citation source are all included as well.

These data were obtained from http://www.esapubs.org/archive on 2016-01-21.

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Related Reference:

Kyle F. Edwards, Christopher A. Klausmeier, and Elena Litchman. 2015. Nutrient utilization traits of phytoplankton. Ecology 96:2311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-2252.1

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Data acquisition, methodology, and criteria for inclusion: We comprehensively searched the literature for studies that used unialgal cultures to measure how phytoplankton growth, nutrient content, and nutrient uptake rate respond to nutrient supply. We focused on experiments using nitrate, ammonium, or phosphate as the limiting nutrient. We only compiled studies where light was not strongly limiting, and where only a single nutrient was limiting. For one diazotroph (Trichodesmium), the experiments compiled here did not include nitrogen in the medium.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO data manager processing notes

* Version 2 (2021-06-10) replaces version 1 (2016-01-21). There was an unsupported character in the source file. Converted to utf-8. Author's name in comment now reads "Toxic Marine Phytoplankton vol. 4, eds. A. Gran´li, B. Sundstr_m, and L. Edler."

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-0928819	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
species	Species name	text	species
isolate	Isolate ID	text	no_bcodmo_term
taxon	Taxon name	text	taxon
system	Freshwater/marine	text	no_bcodmo_term
temperature	Culture temperature	degrees Celsius	temperature
irradiance	Culture irradiance	umol photons/m^2/s^1	irradiance
light_hours	Culture daylength	hr	length_day
synonym	Former species name	text	species
volume	Cell volume	um3	volume
c_per_cell	Carbon per cell	umol cell-1	no_bcodmo_term
c_citation	C per cell citation	integer	reference_paper
mu_inf_amm	u(infinity) for ammonium-limited growth	day-1	growth
mu_amm	umax for ammonium-limited growth	day-1	growth
k_amm_m	Km for ammonium-limited growth	umol L-1	growth
k_amm	K for ammonium uptake	umol L-1	no_bcodmo_term
vmax_amm	Vmax for ammonium uptake	umol N cell-1 day-1	no_bcodmo_term
vmax_amm_c	Vmax:C for ammonium uptake	umol N umol C-1 day -1	no_bcodmo_term
qmin_amm	Qmin for ammonium-limited growth	umol N cell-1	growth
qmin_amm_c	Qmin:C for ammonium-limited growth	umol N umol C-1	growth
qmax_amm	Qmax for ammonium-limited growth	umol N cell-1	growth
qmax_amm_c	Qmax:C for ammonium-limited growth	umol N umol C-1	growth
mu_inf_nit	u(infinity) for nitrate-limited growth	day-1	growth
mu_nit	umax for nitrate-limited growth	day-1	growth
k_nit_m	Km for nitrate-limited growth	umol L-1	growth
k_nit	K for nitrate uptake	umol L-1	no_bcodmo_term
vmax_nit	Vmax for nitrate uptake	umol N cell-1 day-1	no_bcodmo_term
vmax_nit_c	Vmax:C for nitrate uptake	umol N umol C-1 day-1	no_bcodmo_term
qmin_nit	Qmin for nitrate-limited growth	umol N cell-1	growth
qmin_nit_c	Qmin:C for nitrate-limited growth	umol N umol C-1	growth
qmax_nit	Qmax for nitrate-limited growth	umol N cell-1	growth
qmax_nit_c	Qmax:C for nitrate-limited growth	umol N umol C-1	growth
mu_inf_p	u(infinity) for phosphate-limited growth	day-1	growth
mu_p	umax for phosphate-limited growth	day-1	growth
k_p_m	Km for phosphate-limited growth	umol L-1	growth
k_p	K for phosphate uptake	umol L-1	no_bcodmo_term
vmax_p	Vmax for phosphate uptake	umol P cell-1 day-1	no_bcodmo_term
vmax_p_c	Vmax:C for phosphate uptake	umol P umol C-1 day-1	no_bcodmo_term
qmin_p	Qmin for phosphate-limited growth	umol P cell-1	growth
qmin_p_c	Qmin:C for phosphate-limited growth	umol P umol C-1	growth
qmax_p	Qmax for phosphate-limited growth	umol P cell-1	growth
qmax_p_c	Qmax:C for phosphate-limited growth	umol P umol C-1	growth
citation_code	Publication code	integer	reference_paper
full_citation	Citation for the original publication	string	reference_paper

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Dataset: nutrient utilization traits and citations
Deployment: Litchman_2014