Near-surface Nutrients Data from Gulf of Alaska Fjords, 2004-2011

• Main Authors: Mayumi Arimitsu (ORCID: 0000-0001-6982-2238), U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist, John Piatt, U.S. Geological Survey research wildlife biologist, Brielle Heflin, U.S. Geological Survey biological science technician
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: biota; oceans; depth; phosphates; nitrates; silicic acid; ammonium; nitrites; water samples; Glacier Bay; Icy Bay; Yakutat Bay; Prince William Sound; Gulf of Alaska; Alaska; glacier; Yakutat
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/f98b17b7-6a2f-46be-8e12-86f3d304765c

This dataset contains nutrient data collected at stations within four fjords in the coastal area of the Gulf of Alaska. Sea water samples were collected with a Seabird Electronics Ecosampler SBE55 attached to a conductivity-temperature-depth profiler. Bottles were fired at the surface (0 m) and from 8 m (in Glacier Bay, AK in 2004) or 10 m (in Prince William Sound, AK in 2010 and in Icy Bay and Yakutat Bay, AK in 2011). Samples were processed for nitrite (NO2), nitrate (NO3), ammonium (NH4), phosphate (PO4), and silicic acid (SIOH4).