Diatoms

Data Object diatoms

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Hiroshi Kiyosawa	Principal Investigator

Dataset description

SEEDS 2001 Diatoms in the surface mixed layer in the patch
Diatom cell abundance IN patch ONLY at 2-5 m by species.
Total cell abundance also given and dinoflagellate abundance estimated as (total – diatoms).

Acquisition description

Processing description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes
CSV file generated by Doug Mackie from original spreadsheet Diatom.xls

BCO-DMO Edits
- Parameter names modified to conform to BCO-DMO convention
- Parameter name "Total siatoms" edited to "Total_diatoms

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
date	Date UTC	YYYYMMDD
lat	latitude, negative denotes South	decimal degrees
lon	longitude, negative denotes West	decimal degrees
station	Station Id	text
time_start	Start time of station	HHMM
time_end	End time of station	HHMM
depth	Sample depth in meters	meters
Chaetoceros_concavicornis	Abundance of Chaetoceros_concavicornis	cells/ml
Chaetoceros_atlanticus	Abundance of Chaetoceros_atlanticus	cells/ml
Chaetoceros_debilis	Abundance of Chaetoceros_debilis	cells/ml
Pseudo-nitzschia_turgidula	Abundance of Pseudo-nitzschia_turgidula	cells/ml
Neodenticula_seminae	Abundance of Neodenticula_seminae	cells/ml
Rhizosolenia_unknown	Abundance of Rhizosolenia_unknown	cells/ml
Eucampia_groenlandica	Abundance of Eucampia_groenlandica	cells/ml
Leptocylindrus_minimus	Abundance of Leptocylindrus_minimus	cells/ml
Other_diatoms	Abundance of Other_diatoms	cells/ml
Total_diatoms	Abundance of Total_diatoms	cells/ml
Dinoflagellates	Abundance of Dinoflagellates Estimated as (total – diatoms)	cells/ml
Total_cell_density	Total_cell_density	cells/ml

Platforms List

R/V Kaiyo-maru KY0103-02

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2010-09-02 21:41:32

info app: /home/bco/dbase-v2 v.100108 CLC
Data URL: http://data.bco-dmo.org/jg/serv/BCO/Fe_Synthesis/SEEDS/SEEDS_2001/Diatoms.