Data Package Metadata View Summary

Abundance, biovolume, and biomass of Synechococcus and eukaryote pico- and nano- plankton from continuous underway flow cytometry during NES-LTER Transect cruises, ongoing since 2018

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

knb-lter-nes.17.1

Title:

Abundance, biovolume, and biomass of Synechococcus and eukaryote pico- and nano- plankton from continuous underway flow cytometry during NES-LTER Transect cruises, ongoing since 2018

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

These data represent the abundance, biovolume, and biomass of prokaryotic and eukaryotic picoplankton and nanoplankton sampled continuously underway during Northeast U.S. Shelf Long-Term Ecological Research (NES-LTER) Transect cruises, ongoing since 2018. Samples were obtained with an Attune NxT Flow Cytometer sampling at approximately 2-min intervals from the underway science seawater. Cells were identified and enumerated from the flow cytometry data files based on their scattering, phycoerythrin (575 nm) and chlorophyll (680 nm) fluorescence signals.

Publication Date:

2023-02-17

For more information:
Visit:	DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period

Begin:

2018-01-31

End:

2022-02-21

People and Organizations
Contact:	Nes-Lter Information Manager (Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER) [ email ]
Creator:	Stevens, Bethany (Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER)
Creator:	Sosik, Heidi M (Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER)
Creator:	Peacock, Emily (Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER)
Creator:	Crockford, E. Taylor (Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER)
Associate:	Futrelle, Joe (Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER, softwareDeveloper)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	attune-transect-underway-continuous
Description:	Data table with picoeuk and Syn cell, biovolume, and biomass concentration and time and position sampled
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Description:	Metadata for instrument settings configuration per cruise
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Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise EN608
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Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise AR28B
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Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise AR29
Other Name:	nes_lter_attune_fcs_20180720_EN617.tar.bz2
Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise EN617
Other Name:	nes_lter_attune_fcs_20181020_AR31A.tar.bz2
Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise AR31A
Other Name:	nes_lter_attune_fcs_20190201_EN627.tar.bz2
Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise EN627
Other Name:	nes_lter_attune_fcs_20190414_AR34B.tar.bz2
Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise AR34B
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Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise RB1904
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Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise TN368
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Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise EN644
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Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise EN649
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Description:	raw FCS datafiles from Cruise AR43
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Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-nes/17/1/639a8c02cbf3667db7145edb9d640e32
Name:	attune-transect-underway-continuous
Description:	Data table with picoeuk and Syn cell, biovolume, and biomass concentration and time and position sampled
Number of Records:	61420
Number of Columns:	26

Table Structure

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Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

cruise

date_time_utc

latitude

longitude

depth_m

syn_cells_per_ml

redeuk_leq_2um_cells_per_ml

redeuk_leq_3um_cells_per_ml

redeuk_leq_5um_cells_per_ml

redeuk_leq_10um_cells_per_ml

redeuk_leq_20um_cells_per_ml

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redeuk_leq_2um_biovolume_concentration

redeuk_leq_3um_biovolume_concentration

redeuk_leq_5um_biovolume_concentration

redeuk_leq_10um_biovolume_concentration

redeuk_leq_20um_biovolume_concentration

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redeuk_leq_2um_carbon_concentration

redeuk_leq_3um_carbon_concentration

redeuk_leq_5um_carbon_concentration

redeuk_leq_10um_carbon_concentration

redeuk_leq_20um_carbon_concentration

volume_analyzed_ml

filename

size_calibration_flag

Definition:

identifier for research cruise generally including abbreviation for research vessel and voyage number

date and time in UTC for the sample

ships latitude in decimal degrees

ships longitude in decimal degrees

depth of underway seawater intake below sea surface http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/DEPH/

abundance per unit volume of Synechococcus (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160572) equivalent to Orange fluorescing prokaryote picophytoplankton http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SDBIOL01/ https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/F02/current/F0200003/

abundance per unit volume of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) picophytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 2 um in diameter

abundance per unit volume of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 3 um in diameter including cells counted in previous column

abundance per unit volume of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 5 um in diameter including cells counted in previous columns

abundance per unit volume of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 10 um in diameter including cells counted in previous columns

abundance per unit volume of all measured eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton including cells counted in previous columns http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SDBIOL01/ http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/F02/current/F0200004/ http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/F02/current/F0200005/

cubic micrometers per milliliter of seawater of Synechococcus (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160572) equivalent to Orange fluorescing prokaryote picophytoplankton https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/F02/current/F0200003/

cubic micrometers per milliliter of seawater of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) picophytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 2 um in diameter

cubic micrometers per milliliter of seawater of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 3 um in diameter including cells counted in previous column

cubic micrometers per milliliter of seawater of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 5 um in diameter including cells counted in previous columns

cubic micrometers per milliliter of seawater of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 10 um in diameter including cells counted in previous columns

cubic micrometers per milliliter of seawater of all measured eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton including cells counted in previous columns http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/F02/current/F0200004/ http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/F02/current/F0200005/

micrograms of carbon per liter of seawater of Synechococcus (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160572) equivalent to Orange fluorescing prokaryote picophytoplankton https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/F02/current/F0200003/

micrograms of carbon per liter of seawater of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) picophytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 2 um in diameter

micrograms of carbon per liter of seawater of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 3 um in diameter including cells counted in previous column

micrograms of carbon per liter of seawater of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 5 um in diameter including cells counted in previous columns

micrograms of carbon per liter of seawater of eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton cells estimated from scattering signal to be less than 10 um in diameter including cells counted in previous columns

micrograms of carbon per liter of seawater of all measured eukaryote (urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86701) phytoplankton including cells counted in previous columns http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/F02/current/F0200004/ http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/F02/current/F0200005/

volume of seawater analyzed per sample

name of the original .fcs file which the sample corresponds to

flag to indicate suspicious size estimates based on comparison to concurrent IFCB data. A value of 1 indicates that data is flagged; 0 indicates it is trusted. Size estimates influence bin delineations for redeuk groups, as well as biovolume and carbon products for all groups

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Measurement Type:

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identifier for research cruise generally including abbreviation for research vessel and voyage number

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Unit	numberPerMilliliter
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Unit	numberPerMilliliter
Type	real
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Unit	numberPerMilliliter
Type	real
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Unit	numberPerMilliliter
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Unit	numberPerMilliliter
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Unit	numberPerMilliliter
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Unit	micrometerCubedPerMilliter
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Unit	micrometerCubedPerMilliter
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Unit	micrometerCubedPerMilliter
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Unit	micrometerCubedPerMilliter
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Unit	micrometerCubedPerMilliter
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Unit	microgramsPerLiter
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Unit	microgramsPerLiter
Type	real
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Unit	microgramsPerLiter
Type	real
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Unit	microgramsPerLiter
Type	real
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Unit	microgramsPerLiter
Type	real
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Unit	microgramsPerLiter
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Source

Code Definition

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Source

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Code	NaN
Expl	Missing value

Code	NaN
Expl	Missing value

Code	NaN
Expl	Missing value

Code	NaN
Expl	Missing value

Code	NaN
Expl	Missing value

Code	NaN
Expl	Missing value

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Expl	Missing value

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Code	NaN
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Code	NaN
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Code	NaN
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Code	NaN
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Code	NaN
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This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Core Research Areas	populations, organic matter
LTER Controlled Vocabulary	phytoplankton, abundance, marine, oceanography
Marine Microbial Flow Cytometry Standardised Group Names	Red only fluorescing eukaryote picophytoplankton, Red only fluorescing eukaryote nanophytoplankton, Orange fluorescing prokaryote picophytoplankton
NODC Data Types Thesaurus	phytoplankton
NODC Observation Types Thesaurus	biological, continuous, plankton
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords	flow cytometry
SeaVoX water bodies	Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

# Underway science seawater supplied to the instrument

Underway science seawater was supplied from 2 (RV Armstrong) to 5 (RV Atlantis; RV Endeavor) meter water depth continuously using a diaphragm pump (gentler than an impeller pump for fragile cells). A ThermoFisher Attune NxT Flow Cytometer equipped with two lasers, green (532 nm, 100mW) and blue (488 nm, 50mW), was configured to sample automatically at approximately two minute intervals from its discrete sampling intake (SIP). It was connected to an inline sampling tee in line with the underway flowing seawater supply. At the intake, water was pulled through a 150-micrometer Nitex mesh pre-filter (except for EN608 where 80-micrometer Nitex mesh was used) to avoid aspirating overly large particles that might clog the system. The focus fluid (sheath) was milli Q water with 3% Sodium chloride (30 ppt), and starting in the spring of 2019 (AR34), 0.1% 2-Phenoxyethanol. The instrument pulled 400 μl samples from the underway flowing seawater. The samples were analyzed at 200 μl per minute. The instrument was manually stopped approximately once per day to run a cleaning cycle and performance test with standard beads (as recommended by the manufacturer). Starting in the spring of 2019 on AR34, an additional bead mix was run multiple times daily (FCB bead mix). Cleaning cycle solution originally used 10% bleach, but starting in the spring of 2019 on AR34 we switched to a 25% Hellmanex detergent solution.

# Instrument configuration and calibration

Instrument configuration settings and calibration are provided in the Settings_configuration_history file. The table has a row for each research cruise, showing relevant instrument settings or major changes in optical filter configuration, and bead runs for calibration.

Recipe for bead mix:

- 100 ml salt sheath with 0.1% 2 phenoxyethanol

- 400 ul diluted stock 0.5 um beads Polysciences Inc #19507

- 5 ul 1-um beads Polysciences Inc #23517

- 5 drops invitrogen Alignflow plus flow cytometry alignment beads, 6 um #C47397

# Data processing and quality control

Cells were identified and enumerated from the flow cytometry data files based on their scattering, phycoerythrin (575 nm) and chlorophyll (680 nm) fluorescence signals. Data were organized by cruise (.fcs files b-zipped in this data package) and batch processed using the scripts available at https://github.com/hsosik/NES-LTER/tree/master/Attune.

The size of each cell was estimated from side-angle light scattering. Side scattering signals were normalized using the side scattering signal of 1-um beads (Flow Check High Intensity Alignment Grade Particles, Polysciences) which were part of the bead mix that was run between cruises and periodically during cruises beginning in April 2019. Bead-normalized scattering signals were converted to cell volume estimates based on a calibration curve derived from phytoplankton cultures independently sized on a Coulter Multisizer. Size estimates were additionally quality controlled through comparison to concurrent measurements by an Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB; https://mclanelabs.com/imaging-flowcytobot/) over the size ranges at which the instruments overlap (8-20 um). Cruises for which these overlapping data do not agree are flagged with a size_calibration_flag. Finally, cell volume was converted to cell carbon following the relationships described by Menden-Deuer and Lessard (2000).

# Data package assembly

Code for data package assembly, including metadata from templates, is available on GitHub (https://github.com/WHOIGit/nes-lter-attune-transect-continuous).

# References

CNRS, NERC-BODC, VLIZ and ICES Working Group WP9.5.2 (2019) Ingesting, validating, long-term storage and access of Flow Cytometer data. Deliverable number D9.13. https://www.seadatanet.org/content/download/3721/file/SDC_WP9_D9.13_FlowCytometryDataManagement.pdf

Menden-Deuer, S. and Lessard, E.J. (2000) Carbon to volume relationships for dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other protist plankton. Limnology and Oceanography. 45(3): 569–579.

Neeley, A.R., Soto-Ramos, I., and Proctor, C. (2022) Standards and best practices for reporting flow cytometry observations. A Technical Manual. Version 1.0. Greenbelt, MD., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 31pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1864

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@edirepository.org

Web Address:

https://edirepository.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Individual:

Bethany Stevens

Organization:

Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER

Email Address:

bstevens@whoi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8655-7253

Individual:

Heidi M Sosik

Organization:

Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER

Email Address:

hsosik@whoi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4591-2842

Individual:

Emily Peacock

Organization:

Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER

Email Address:

epeacock@whoi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0194-7282

Individual:

E. Taylor Crockford

Organization:

Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER

Email Address:

ecrockford@whoi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2122-0462

Contacts:

Organization:

Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER

Position:

Nes-Lter Information Manager

Email Address:

lter-nes-info@whoi.edu

Associated Parties:

Individual:

Joe Futrelle

Organization:

Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER

Email Address:

jfutrelle@whoi.edu

Role:

softwareDeveloper

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

2018-01-31

End:

2022-02-21

Geographic Region:

Description:

NES-LTER Transect

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	41.5869	Southern:	38.94373
Western:	-71.5704	Eastern:	-69.427

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Northeast U.S. Shelf LTER

Personnel:

Individual:

Heidi Sosik

Email Address:

hsosik@whoi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4591-2842

Role:

Principal Investigator

Individual:

Stace Beaulieu

Email Address:

sbeaulieu@whoi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2609-5453

Role:

Co-Principal Investigator

Individual:

Changsheng Chen

Email Address:

c1chen@umassd.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8715-6101

Role:

Co-Principal Investigator

Individual:

Rubao Ji

Email Address:

rji@whoi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8839-5427

Role:

Co-Principal Investigator

Individual:

Steven Lentz

Email Address:

slentz@whoi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7498-0281

Role:

Co-Principal Investigator

Individual:

Joel Llopiz

Email Address:

jllopiz@whoi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7584-7471

Role:

Co-Principal Investigator

Individual:

Susanne Menden-Deuer

Email Address:

smenden@uri.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8434-4251

Role:

Co-Principal Investigator

Individual:

Michael Neubert

Email Address:

mneubert@whoi.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8820-5008

Role:

Co-Principal Investigator

Individual:

Tatiana Rynearson

Email Address:

rynearson@uri.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2951-0066

Role:

Co-Principal Investigator

Individual:

Rachel Stanley

Email Address:

rstanle2@wellesley.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4860-2476

Role:

Co-Principal Investigator

Abstract:

The Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) project integrates observations, experiments, and models to understand and predict how planktonic food webs are changing, and how those changes impact the productivity of higher trophic levels. The NES-LTER is co-located with the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem, spanning the Middle Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine. Our focal cross-shelf transect extends about 150 km southward from Martha’s Vineyard, MA, to just beyond the shelf break. Our overarching question is: How is climate change impacting the pelagic NES ecosystem and, in particular, affecting the relationship between compositional (e.g., species diversity and size structure) and aggregate (e.g., rates of primary production, and transfer of energy to important forage fish species) variability?

Funding:

NSF Award OCE-1655686

Related Project:

Title:

Collaborative Research: Shelfbreak frontal dynamics: mechanisms of upwelling, net community production, and ecological implications (SPIROPA)

Personnel:

Individual:

Dennis McGillicuddy

Email Address:

dmcgillicuddy@whoi.edu

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

NSF Award OCE-1657489

Related Project:

Title:

Ocean Twilight Zone (OTZ) project

Personnel:

Individual:

Heidi Sosik

Email Address:

hsosik@whoi.edu

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

The Audacious Project housed at TED

Related Project:

Title:

RAPID: Collaborative Research: Autumn transition in plankton ecology during an ocean heatwave on the Northeast U.S. Shelf

Personnel:

Individual:

Heidi Sosik

Email Address:

hsosik@whoi.edu

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

NSF Award OCE-2102434

Maintenance

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Description:	ongoing
Frequency:

Additional Info


Additional Information:
	This data package includes data collected for other projects with award numbers acknowledged as “related projects” in the metadata: SPIROPA (AR29, RB1904, TN368), OTZ (AR43), RAPID (EN657). This data package includes data collected on cruises funded by other projects: we’d like to thank Chief Scientist Magdalena Andres for WHOI Access to the Sea cruise (AR62), Chief Scientist Joel Llopiz for MIT-WHOI Joint Program (JP) cruise funded by WHOI Academic Programs Office (AR63), and the Ocean Observatories Initiative for other cruises on R/V Neil Armstrong funded by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. 1743430.

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