Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2019
DOI
10.1038/s41597-019-0292-2
Publication Title
Scientific Data
Volume
6
Pages
277 (8 pg.)
Abstract
SeaFlow is an underway flow cytometer that provides continuous shipboard observations of the abundance and optical properties of small phytoplankton (<5 μm in equivalent spherical diameter, ESD). Here we present data sets consisting of SeaFlow-based cell abundance, forward light scatter, and pigment fluorescence of individual cells, as well as derived estimates of ESD and cellular carbon content of picophytoplankton, which includes the cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus and small-sized Crocosphaera (<5 μm ESD), and picophytoplankton and nanophytoplankton (2–5 μm ESD). Data were collected in surface waters (≈5 m depth) from 27 oceanographic cruises carried out in the Northeast Pacific Ocean between 2010 and 2018. Thirteen cruises provide high spatial resolution (≈1 km) measurements across 32,500 km of the Northeast Pacific Ocean and 14 near-monthly cruises beginning in 2015 provide seasonal distributions at the long-term sampling site (Station ALOHA) of the Hawaii Ocean Time-Series. These data sets expand our knowledge of the current spatial and temporal distributions of picophytoplankton in the surface ocean.
Original Publication Citation
Ribalet, F., Berthiaume, C., Hynes, A., Swalwell, J., Carlson, M., Clayton, S., . . . Armbrust, E. V. (2019). SeaFlow data v1, high-resolution abundance, size and biomass of small phytoplankton in the North Pacific. Scientific Data, 6, 277. doi:10.1038/s41597-019-0292-2
Repository Citation
Ribalet, François; Berthiaume, Chris; Hynes, Annette; Swalwell, Jarred; Carlson, Michael; Clayton, Sophie; Hennon, Gwenn; Poirier, Camille; Shimabukuro, Eric; White, Angelicque; and Armhurst, E. Virginia, "SeaFlow Data V1, High-Resolution Abundance, Size and Biomass of Small Phytoplankton in the North Pacific" (2019). OEAS Faculty Publications. 371.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_fac_pubs/371
ORCID
0000-0001-7473-4873 (Clayton)
Comments
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