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Fernández-Carrera, Ana; Montoya, Joseph P; Subramaniam, Ajit (2023): Biological nitrogen fixation and stable isotopes of carbon in seston during Meteor cruise M130 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.962553

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Abstract:
Biological nitrogen fixation is a key process balancing the loss of combined nitrogen in the marine nitrogen cycle. Its relevance in upwelling systems is not fully resolved. This dataset contains rates of nitrogen fixation through the euphotic layer in two size fractions measured following Montoya et al (1996) technique. It also contains the stable isotopes of carbon in seston expressed in delta notation (δ13C, ‰, VPDB). We sampled in the region of the Guinea Dome and Equatorial Atlantic Ocean along 23°W during Meteor cruise M130 in August-September 2016. Water samples were collected by niskin bottles attached to a rosette equipped with CTD sensors. Incubations were done in on-deck incubators refrigerated by running surface water continuously and simulating the light intensity of each depth by neutral density filters or meshes.
Keyword(s):
biological nitrogen fixation; diazotrophs; Equatorial Atlantic; Guinea Dome
Supplement to:
Fernández-Carrera, Ana; Kiko, Rainer; Hauss, Helena; Hamilton, Douglas S; Achterberg, Eric Pieter; Montoya, Joseph P; Dengler, Marcus; Brandt, Peter; Subramaniam, Ajit (2023): Nitrogen fixation rates in the Guinea Dome and the equatorial upwelling regions in the Atlantic Ocean. Biogeochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01089-w
Related to:
Dengler, Marcus; Krahmann, Gerd (2019): Physical oceanography (CTD) during METEOR cruise M130 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.904367
References:
Montoya, Joseph P; Voss, Maren; Kähler, Paul; Capone, D G (1996): A Simple, High-Precision, High-Sensitivity Tracer Assay for N2 Fixation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 62(3), 986-993, https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.62.3.986-993.1996
Funding:
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, grant/award no. GBMF4886: Nitrogen Fixation in the Equatorial Atlantic Upwelling System
Xunta de Galicia, grant/award no. POS-A/2013/142: Xunta de Galicia 2013 postdoctoral fellowship
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 6.407904 * Median Longitude: -22.381609 * South-bound Latitude: -5.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -24.213830 * North-bound Latitude: 17.702830 * East-bound Longitude: -18.997500
Date/Time Start: 2016-08-30T19:20:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-09-19T01:51:00
Minimum Elevation: -5860.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -2042.3 m
Event(s):
M130_941-1 * Latitude: 17.702833 * Longitude: -24.213833 * Date/Time: 2016-08-30T19:20:00 * Elevation: -3598.5 m * Campaign: M130 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: CTD/Rosette (CTD-RO)
M130_949-1 * Latitude: 15.000333 * Longitude: -22.999667 * Date/Time: 2016-09-02T10:19:00 * Elevation: -2712.3 m * Campaign: M130 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: CTD/Rosette (CTD-RO)
M130_952-1 * Latitude: 14.499667 * Longitude: -22.999833 * Date/Time: 2016-09-02T15:55:00 * Elevation: -4091.4 m * Campaign: M130 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: CTD/Rosette (CTD-RO)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEventSubramaniam, Ajit
2GearGearSubramaniam, Ajit
3AbbreviationAbbrevSubramaniam, Ajit
4DATE/TIMEDate/TimeSubramaniam, AjitGeocode
5LATITUDELatitudeSubramaniam, AjitGeocode
6LONGITUDELongitudeSubramaniam, AjitGeocode
7ELEVATIONElevationm a.s.l.Subramaniam, AjitGeocode
8LocationLocationSubramaniam, Ajit
9DEPTH, waterDepth watermSubramaniam, AjitCTD, Sea-Bird, SBE 11 plusGeocode
10Temperature, waterTemp°CSubramaniam, AjitCTD, Sea-Bird, SBE 11 plusdata from Dengler and Krahmann (2019)
11SalinitySalSubramaniam, AjitCTD, Sea-Bird, SBE 11 pluswater, PSU (data from Dengler and Krahmann 2019)
12δ13C, sestonδ13C sest‰ PDBSubramaniam, AjitContinuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (CF-IRMS), Micromass, Isoprime; coupled with Elemental analyser, Carlo Erba, NA 2500VPDB
13Trichodesmium, carbon in sestonTrichodesmium C sest%Subramaniam, AjitCalculated according to Fry (2006)Percent contribution of Trichodesmium to C in seston derived by two-end-member mixing model. End members δ13C Tricho = -12.9‰, δ13C Phytoplankton = -22‰
14NitrogenN%Subramaniam, AjitContinuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (CF-IRMS), Micromass, Isoprime; coupled with Elemental analyser, Carlo Erba, NA 2500atom%N at the beginning of incubation, natural abundance (time 0)
15Sample volumeSamp volmlSubramaniam, AjitV incubated
16Nitrogen, 15N labeled15N2mlSubramaniam, Ajitadded: Cambridge Isotopes98 atom%, Cambridge Isotopes Lot. #I-19168A
17Incubation durationInc durhSubramaniam, Ajit
18Nitrogen, particulate, size fraction <10 µmPN <10 µmµmol/lSubramaniam, AjitContinuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (CF-IRMS), Micromass, Isoprime; coupled with Elemental analyser, Carlo Erba, NA 2500Small T24, avg: Average of Particulate Nitrogen in the <10µm size fraction at the end of incubation (time 24)
19Nitrogen, particulate, size fraction <10 µm, standard deviationPN <10 µm std dev±Subramaniam, AjitContinuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (CF-IRMS), Micromass, Isoprime; coupled with Elemental analyser, Carlo Erba, NA 2500Small T24 SD: Standard Deviation of Particulate Nitrogen in the <10µm size fraction at the end of incubation (time 24)
20Nitrogen, particulate, size fraction > 10 µmPN >10 µmµmol/lSubramaniam, AjitContinuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (CF-IRMS), Micromass, Isoprime; coupled with Elemental analyser, Carlo Erba, NA 2500Large T24, avg: Average of Particulate Nitrogen in the >10µm size fraction at the end of incubation (time 24)
21Nitrogen, particulate, size fraction > 10 µm, standard deviationPN >10 µm std dev±Subramaniam, AjitContinuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (CF-IRMS), Micromass, Isoprime; coupled with Elemental analyser, Carlo Erba, NA 2500Large T24 SD: Standard Deviation of Particulate Nitrogen in the >10µm size fraction at the end of incubation (time 24)
22Nitrogen fixation rate, size fraction < 10 µmN2 fix <10 µmnmol/l/daySubramaniam, AjitCalculated according to Montoya et al. (1996)BNF small, avg: Average of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) of the <10µm size fraction. Detection limit 0.05 nmol N L-1 d-1
23Nitrogen fixation rate, size fraction < 10 µm, standard deviationN2 fix <10 µm std dev±Subramaniam, AjitCalculated according to Montoya et al. (1996)BNF small SD: Standard Deviation of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) of the <10µm size fraction. Detection limit 0.05 nmol N L-1 d-1
24Nitrogen fixation rate, size fraction > 10 µmN2 fix >10 µmnmol/l/daySubramaniam, AjitCalculated according to Montoya et al. (1996)BNF large, avg: Average of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) of the >10µm size fraction. Detection limit 0.05 nmol N L-1 d-1
25Nitrogen fixation rate, size fraction > 10 µm, standard deviationN2 fix >10 µm std dev±Subramaniam, AjitCalculated according to Montoya et al. (1996)BNF large SD: Standard Deviation of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) of the >10µm size fraction. Detection limit 0.05 nmol N L-1 d-1
26Nitrogen fixation rate, totalN2 fix totalnmol/l/daySubramaniam, AjitCalculated according to Montoya et al. (1996)BNF total, avg: Standard Deviation of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) of the sum of both size fractions. Detection limit 0.05 nmol N L-1 d-1
27Nitrogen fixation rate, total, standard deviationN2 fix total std dev±Subramaniam, AjitCalculated according to Montoya et al. (1996)BNF total SD: Average of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) of the sum of both size fractions. Detection limit 0.05 nmol N L-1 d-1
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
1101 data points

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