Parameter: Transparent Exopolymer Particles

Short Description:

Transparent Exopolymer Particles

Short Name:

TEP

Official Name:

Transparent Exopolymer Particles

Units:

various

Graphable:

Yes

No Data Value:

Description

Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP): A class of particulate acidic polysaccharides, which are large, transparent organic particles, and commonly found in seawater, surface water, and wastewater.

Operationally TEP are defined as transparent particles that are formed from acid polysaccharides and are stainable with alcian blue (Alldredge, Passow & Logan, 1993)

Units include:

picograms xanthan gum equivalents per cell (pg GXeq. per cell)
micrograms xanthan gum equivalents per milliliter (ug XG mL-1)

Datasets associated with this parameter

Dataset Name	Brief Description	Project	PI-Supplied Parameter Name
Data set 4: TEP production and aggregation of Chaetoceros sp. as a function of light climate, pCO2, and temperature	Experiment with the diatom Chaetoceros sp. on the impact of temperature, light climate, and carbonate chemistry on TEP production and aggregation processes	OA - Effects of High CO2	AGG_TEP, SSW_TEP
MesoHux TEP		E huxleyi Mortality	TEP
Minutocellus polymorphus TEP and Microaggregate Formation: TEP Concentration		Marine Plankton Aggregation	TEP_Conc_rep1, TEP_Conc_rep2, TEP_Conc_rep3
Picocyanobacteria TEP: TEP Concentration		Marine Plankton Aggregation	TEP_Concentration_rep1, TEP_Concentration_rep2
Sargasso Sea Plankton Aggregation: TEP		Marine Plankton Aggregation	TEP_rep1, TEP_rep2
Series 1: Abiotic TEP Formation - DIC Perturbation	Series 1: Abiotic TEP Formation - DIC Perturbation	OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation	TEP_T0, TEP_T24
Series 1: Abiotic TEP Formation - TA Perturbation	Series 1: Abiotic TEP Formation - TA Perturbation	OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation	TEP_avg, TEP_std
Series 2: CO2 Aggregation Experiment - BioChemical	Series 2: CO2 Aggregation Experiment - BioChemical	OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation	avgTEP_ug_GX_per_l, stdTEP_ug_GX_per_l, avgTEP_mg_GX_per_tank, stdTEP_mg_GX_per_tank
Series 3: Skeletonema marinoi growth and aggregation - Aggregation Phase	Series 3: Skeletonema marinoi growth and aggregation - Aggregation Phase	OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation	TEP_Background, TEP_Aggregates
Series 3: Skeletonema marinoi growth and aggregation - Cell Growth Phase	Series 3: Skeletonema marinoi growth and aggregation - Cell Growth Phase	OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation	TEP
Series 4: Aggregation of Thalassiosira weissflogii as a function of pCO2, temperature and bacteria: Aggregation Phase - Carbonate System + TEP	Series 4: Aggregation of Thalassiosira weissflogii as a function of pCO2, temperature and bacteria: Aggregation Phase - Carbonate System + TEP	OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation	TEP_Avg, TEP_Std
Series 5: pCO2 as one of multiple stressors for Thalassiosira weissflogii - cell characteristics: TEP per cell	Series 5: pCO2 as one of multiple stressors for Thalassiosira weissflogii - Cell Characteristics: TEP per cell	OA - Ocean Acidification and Aggregation	Tp3_Repl3, Tp1_Repl1, Tp3_Repl4, Tp1_Repl2, Tp4_Repl1, Tp1_Repl3, Tp4_Repl2, Tp1_Repl4, Tp4_Repl3, Tp2_Repl1, Tp4_Repl4, Tp2_Repl2, Tp2_Repl3, Tp2_Repl4, Tp3_Repl1, Tp3_Repl2, Data

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Parameter: Transparent Exopolymer Particles