HLY-09-02 Microzooplankton spring 2009 bloom data. Version 1.0

• Main Authors: Sherr, E., Sherr, B., Lomas, M.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory 2011
• Subjects: biota; oceans; Arctic; Oceanography; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ships; In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS > SHIPS > > 1bb21d0f-bf48-42b5-8e09-cc0d58407e4a; Conductivity, Temperature, Depth - CTD; In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > > > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth > 01cc0beb-7c9a-40ed-ad86-0661b41aee53; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON > 0399b52c-e3de-4dcc-9eb6-b1e3acf2cf1b; BEST; Bering Ecosystem Study; Bering Sea; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/d6x34vgg; https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.251

Microzooplankton biomass as ugC/liter, and general community composition, were determined for the primary production profiles, from 1 to 38 m depth, at five stations in which a diatom bloom was repeatedly sampled. The microzooplankton biomass ranged from 14.3 to 99.8 ugC/liter in the upper 24 m, and was greatest at the station for which the highest chl-a (30-40 ug/liter) was recorded. Heterotrophic dinoflagellates composed from 40% to 93% of the total microzooplankton biomass, and protist cells greater than 40 um in longest dimension composed from 24% to 86% of total microzooplankton biomass. These data were collected aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, during the Bering Sea Ecosystem Study-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BEST-BSIERP). BEST-BSIERP together are the Bering Sea project.