Diatoms

Data Object diatoms

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Hiroshi Kiyosawa	Principal Investigator
Dr Doug Mackie	Contact

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. 2010-02-09 14:57:15

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.