Phytoplankton pigment concentrations of seawater sampled during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) during the Austral Summer of 2016/2017.

• Main Authors: Antoine, David, Thomalla, Sandy, Berliner, David, Little, Hazel, Moutier, William, Olivier-Morgan, Alexandra, Robinson, Charlotte, Ryan-Keogh, Thomas, Schuback, Nina
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: phytoplankton; phytoplankton pigments; high performance liquid chromatography; chlorophyll a; pigments; Southern Ocean; sub-Antarctic; Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition; ACE; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Pacific; Mueller; Hooker; Balch; Skarstad; Antarc*; Swiss Polar Institute
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3406983; https://zenodo.org/record/3406983

***** Dataset abstract ***** This dataset contains phytoplankton pigment concentrations sampled during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) Leg 1-3 and analysed using high performance liquid chromatography. Water samples were collected from the underway seawater supply every 4 hours and at multiple depths from select CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth) rosette deployments. Pigment concentrations have been quality controlled. This circumpolar dataset contains the main pigment concentrations of phytoplankton and can be used to infer phytoplankton biomass and class composition. ***** Dataset contents ***** - ace_phytoplankton_pigments_20190906CURRSGCMR.csv, data file, comma-separated values - ace_phytoplankton_pigments_lod.csv, metadata, comma-separated values - data_file_header.txt, metadata, text - README.txt, metadata, text Pigment concentration values below the limit of detection are reported with fill value ‘NaN’. Any null values are reported with fill value ‘NaN’. : The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition was made possible by funding from the Swiss Polar Institute and Ferring Pharmaceuticals. This research was partially supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding scheme (project DP DP160103387). : {"references": ["Hooker S.B., Clementson L., Thomas C.S., Schluter L., Allerup M., Ras J., Claustre H., Normandeau C., Cullen J, Kienast M., Kozlowski W., Vernet M., Chakraborty S., Lohrenz S., Tuel M., Redalje D., Cartaxana P., Mendes C.R., Brotas V., Prabhu Matondkar S.G., Parab S.G., Neeley A. and Skarstad Egeland E. (2012). The fifth SeaWiFS HPLC Analysis Round-Robin Experiment (SeaHARRE-5), NASA/TM-2012-217503, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 108 pp.", "Mueller J.L., Fargion G.S., McClain C.R., Trees C.C., Perl J., Bidigare R.R., Karl D.M., Dore J., Balch W.M.m Drapeau D.T. and Van Heukelem L. (2003). Ocean Optics Protocols for Satellite Ocean Color Sensor Validation 5, Revision 5, Volume V: Biogeochemical and Bio-Optical Measurements and Data Analysis Protocols, NASA TM 2003, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 43 pp.", "Ras J., Uitz J., and Claustre H. (2008). Spatial variability of phytoplankton pigment distributions in the Subtropical South Pacific Ocean: comparison between in situ and modelled data. Biogeosciences, 5, 353-369", "Van Heukelem L. and Thomas C.S. (2001). Computer-assisted high-performance liquid chromatography method development with applications to the isolation and analysis of phytoplankton pigments. Journal of Chromatography A, 910, 31-49."]}