zoop_pelletflux

Data Object zoop_pelletflux

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Debbie Steinberg	Co-Principal Investigator
Ms Stephanie Wilson	Principal Investigator

Dataset description

Zooplankton fecal pellet flux data from NBST deployments

Acquisition description

 Methodology: Methodology
 
 Change history: YYMMDD
    080804: contributed by Debbie Steinberg
    081105: date, lon, lat and ev_code from cruise logs merged with original data
            one single multi-ship dataset generated for both KM0414 and RR_K2 data
    081106: added to OCB database; Steve Gegg (sgegg@whoi.edu), BCO DMO

 DMO Note: Used common event number from these data and from logs to determine sample
           position, date and event code for zooplankton data
           KM0414 event log
           RR_K2 event log

Processing description

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
Cruise_ID	VERTIGO cruise name	text
event	unique sampling event	dimensionless
date	date of sample (GMT)	YYYYMMDD
lon	longitude, negative denotes West	decimal degrees
lat	latitude, negative denotes South	decimal degrees
ev_code	event code from cruise log	alphanumeric
depth	depth of sediment trap	meters
NBST_num	NBST number	dimensionless
dep_num	deployment number	dimensionless
V_num	sample bottle ID number	alphanumeric
dep_dur	deployment duration	decimal days
flux_C_lb	flux in carbon; light brown, light brown mottled, and beige pellets	microgram carbon/meter^2/day
flux_C_db	flux in carbon; brown, mixed browns, and dark brown pellets	microgram carbon/meter^2/day
flux_C_wtm	flux in carbon; white, transparent, and multiple colored pellets	microgram carbon/meter^2/day
flux_C_rd	flux in carbon; red and orange pellets and pellets with red in them	microgram carbon/meter^2/day
flux_C_a	flux in carbon; amorphic and odd-shaped pellets	microgram carbon/meter^2/day
flux_C_c	flux in carbon; cylindrical and cylindrical-bent pellets	microgram carbon/meter^2/day
flux_C_oe	flux in carbon; oval, tear-drop, bean, and elliptical shaped pellets	microgram carbon/meter^2/day
flux_C_s	flux in carbon; spherical pellets	microgram carbon/meter^2/day
flux_C_larv	flux in carbon; larvacean pellets	microgram carbon/meter^2/day
flux_C_total	flux in carbon; total	microgram carbon/meter^2/day
flux_num_lb	flux in number; light brown, light brown mottled, and beige pellets	number/meter^2/day
flux_num_db	flux in number; brown, mixed browns, and dark brown pellets	number/meter^2/day
flux_num_wtm	flux in number; white, transparent, and multiple colored pellets	number/meter^2/day
flux_num_rd	flux in number; red and orange pellets and pellets with red in them	number/meter^2/day
flux_num_a	flux in number; amorphous and odd-shaped pellets	number/meter^2/day
flux_num_c	flux in number; cylindrical and cylindrical-bent pellets	number/meter^2/day
flux_num_oe	flux in number; oval, tear-drop, bean, and elliptical shaped pellets	number/meter^2/day
flux_num_s	flux in number; spherical pellets	number/meter^2/day
flux_num_larv	flux in number; larvacean fecal pellets	number/meter^2/day
flux_num_tot	flux in number; total	number/meter^2/day
pct_broken	percentage of pellets that were damaged	percent
pct_pellet_flux	percentage of total trap flux that consisted of recognizable fecal pellets	percent
num_pellets	number of pellets counted	individual pellets

Platforms List

R/V Kilo Moana KM0414

R/V Roger Revelle RR_K2

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2009-11-22 09:37:02

info app: /home/ocb/dbase v.090827 CLC
Data URL: http://ocb.whoi.edu/jg/serv/OCB/VERTIGO/KM0414/zoop_pelletflux.