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This dataset includes the concentrations of dissolved inorganic macronutrients (phosphate, nitrate plus nitrite (N+N), silicic acid, and nitrite), chlorophyll a and phaeophytin, dissolved trace metals (iron, manganese, nickel, zinc, copper), and labile dissolved nickel, as well as pH and total alkalinity measurements, from discrete depth profile samples collected on the FeOA cruise SKQ202209S on R/V Sikuliaq in the Northeast Pacific from June to July 2022. This project investigates the effects of ocean acidification on the associations between iron and organic ligands in seawater and on iron bioavailability to marine phytoplankton communities. The project used a combination of shipboard incubation experiments and depth profiles to characterize iron speciation and cycling across coastal upwelling, oligotrophic open ocean, and iron-limited subarctic oceanographic regimes in the NE Pacific. Surface seawater was incubated at pH of 8.1, 7.6, and 7.1 with natural iron and with dissolved iron amendments in order to investigate interactions between pH and iron bioavailability across the different regimes. Understanding how pH influences iron and its relationship with ligands provides important information for assessing the impacts of ocean acidification on primary production and biogeochemical processes.
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Concentrations of dissolved inorganic macronutrients, chlorophyll a, phaeophytin, PON, and POC measured during phytoplankton shipboard incubation experiments on the FeOA cruise SKQ202209S on R/V Sikuliaq in the NE Pacific from June to July 2022
This dataset includes the concentrations of dissolved inorganic macronutrients (phosphate, nitrate plus nitrite (N+N), silicic acid, and nitrite), chlorophyll a and phaeophytin, and particulate organic nitrogen and carbon measured shipboard in samples collected from phytoplankton shipboard incubation experiments conducted on the FeOA cruise SKQ202209S on R/V Sikuliaq in the Northeast Pacific from June to July 2022. This project investigates the effects of ocean acidification on the associations between iron and organic ligands in seawater and on iron bioavailability to marine phytoplankton communities. The project used a combination of shipboard incubation experiments and depth profiles to characterize iron speciation and cycling across coastal upwelling, oligotrophic open ocean, and iron-limited subarctic oceanographic regimes in the NE Pacific. Surface seawater was incubated at pH of 8.1, 7.6, and 7.1 with natural iron and with dissolved iron amendments in order to investigate interactions between pH and iron bioavailability across the different regimes. Understanding how pH influences iron and its relationship with ligands provides important information for assessing the impacts of ocean acidification on primary production and biogeochemical processes.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1829753
- PAR ID:
- 10559199
- Publisher / Repository:
- Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
- Date Published:
- Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
- macronutrients particulate organic carbon chlorophyll ocean acidification incubation experiments
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- North East Pacific, Ocean Station PAPA; (East Bound Longitude:-125.56; North Bound Latitude:50; South Bound Latitude:35; West Bound Longitude:-145)
- Right(s):
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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