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NutrientsPigments 

Data Object Nutrients and Pigments
contact PIs:
name        title
Dr George A. Jackson         Co-Principal Investigator
Dr Bess Ward         Contact
Dr Bess Ward         Principal Investigator
Dr Patricia A. Glibert         Co-Principal Investigator
Dr Jeffrey Cornwell         Co-Principal Investigator
Dr Todd Kana         Co-Principal Investigator
Dr Jonathan P. Zehr         Co-Principal Investigator
Jackie C. Collier         Co-Principal Investigator
Mary A. Voytek         Co-Principal Investigator

Dataset description

BAMS - Nutrients and Pigments data for 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Acquisition description

(none provided to date)

Processing description

Analysis methods:
 ammonium (NH4), nitrate (NO3), nitrite (NO2), silicate (Si), o-phosphate (o-Phos) - Autoanalysis colorimetry

PN, PC - Exeter Analytical, Inc. (EAI) CE-440 Elemental Analyzer

Dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) - fluorescence o-phthalaldehyde method
(modification of the Parsons et al. (1984) and the Keil and Kirkman (1991))

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) - Shimadu 5000A combustion analyzer.

Total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) and total dissolve phosphorus (TDP) - persulfate oxidation technique.

Urea - Enymatic method with detection of ammonium
(McCarthy, J. J. 1970) and direct conversion method (Goeyens, L., N. Kindermans, M. A. Yusuf, and M. Elskens.1998.)

Chlorophyll - fluorometric

Field Names List

ParameterDescriptionUnits
Site_IdAlphanumeric string used as the ID for a sampling site (none)
Site_NameAlphanumeric string used as the name of a sampling site(none)
dateBCO-DMO formatted sample date YYYYMMDD
Sample_DateOriginal spreadsheet formatted sample dateDa-Mon-Yr
Depth_LocAlphanumeric string describing depth at which a sample was collected (Surf, Deep). No actual depth (m) of collection provided.(none)
NH4AmmoniumuM
NO3NitrateuM
NO2NitriteuM
SiSilicauM
o_PhosOrganic PhosphateuM
TDNTotal Dissolved NitrogenuM
TDPTotal Dissolved PhosphorusuM
PCParticulate CarbonuM
PNParticulate NitrogenuM
PC_to_PNRatio of Particulate Carbon to Particulate Nitrogendimensionless ratio
UreaUreauM N
DFAADissolved free amino aciduM
DOCDissolved organic carbonuM C
ChlChlorophyllug/L
DONDissolved Organic NitrogenuM
DOPDissolved Organic PhosphorusuM
total_chl_c3HPLC Pigment - total chlorophyll c3ug/L
chl_c2HPLC Pigment - chlorophyll c2ug/L
chl_c1HPLC Pigment - chlorophyll c1ug/L
chlide_aHPLC Pigment - chlorophyllide aug/L
phide_aHPLC Pigment - phide aug/L
peridininHPLC Pigment - peridininug/L
but_fucoHPLC Pigment - butanoyloxyfucoxanthinug/L
fucoHPLC Pigment - fucoxanthinug/L
neoHPLC Pigment - neoxanthinug/L
prasHPLC Pigment - prasinoxanthinug/L
violaHPLC Pigment - violaxanthinug/L
hex_fucoHPLC Pigment - hexanoyloxyfucoxanthinug/L
diadHPLC Pigment - diadinoxanthinug/L
antheraHPLC Pigment - antheraug/L
alloHPLC Pigment - alloxanthinug/L
myxoHPLC Pigment - myxoxanthinug/L
diatoHPLC Pigment - diatoxanthinug/L
zeaHPLC Pigment - zeaxanthinug/L
lutHPLC Pigment - luteinug/L
canthaHPLC Pigment - canthaxanthinug/L
gyr_diesterHPLC Pigment - gyroxanthin diesterug/L
chl_bHPLC Pigment - chlorophyll bug/L
DV_chl_aHPLC Pigment - divinyl Chlorophyll aug/L
MV_chlaHPLC Pigment - monovinyl Chlorophyll aug/L
phytin_aHPLC Pigment - phytin aug/L
carotenesHPLC Pigment - carotenesug/L
total_chl_aHPLC Pigment - total chlorophyll aug/L
latlatitude, negative denotes Southdecimal degrees
lonlongitude, negative denotes Westdecimal degrees
depthDepth of samplemeters

Platforms List

R/V Cape Henlopen BAMS-multi

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database.    2010-02-09  16:14:02

info app: /home/bco/dbase-v2 v.100108 CLC
Data URL: http://data.bco-dmo.org/jg/serv/BCO/BAMS/multi/NutrientsPigments.