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Abundance, biovolume, and biomass of Synechococcus, eukaryote pico- and nano- phytoplankton, and heterotrophic bacteria from flow cytometry for water column bottle samples on NES-LTER Transect cruises, ongoing since 2018
These data represent the abundance, biovolume, and biomass of prokaryotic phytoplankton, eukaryotic pico- and nano- phytoplankton, and heterotrophic bacteria from discrete flow cytometry samples collected during the Northeast U.S. Shelf Long-Term Ecological Research (NES-LTER) Transect cruises, ongoing since 2018. Samples were collected and preserved from the water column at multiple depths using Niskin bottles on a CTD rosette system along the NES-LTER transect, and analyzed post cruise. Cells were identified and enumerated from the flow cytometry data files based on their scattering, SYBR (525 nm), phycoerythrin (575 nm) and chlorophyll (680 nm) fluorescence signals. Gating was completed manually in the Attune NXT software interface.
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- PAR ID:
- 10512910
- Publisher / Repository:
- Environmental Data Initiative
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- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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