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Powell, Jessica: Gephyrocapsa huxleyi growth rates during thermal performance curve laboratory experiment [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995596 (dataset in review)

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Abstract:
Subantarctic water off the east coast of New Zealand was collected in December 2023. Half of the water collected was incubated under 12.2°C (Control), and the other half was exposed to a 14-day mixed species marine heatwave simulation (15.8°C). Three individual populations of G. huxleyi were isolated from each treatment. After five months of maintenance under 12.2°C, a thermal performance curve experiment was performed. Triplicates of the Control and Heatwave populations were grown in 30mL polycarbonate tubes (Oakridge) in Aquil medium (Price et al., 1989). The tubes were incubated in aluminium heatblocks (Thomas et al., 1963), with circulating water baths (Julabo), cooling one end and heating the other to create a thermal gradient with 10 temperatures from 10-20°C. The block was lit from below at ~86 µmol(photons)/m²/s on a 12:12 light:dark cycle. To account for minor variation in light levels, the replicates were rotated through the block each day at the same temperature. Chlorophyll was measured daily using a Turner 10-AU fluorometer. Growth rates were calculated from the slope of the natural log of the chlorophyll a against time while the replicates were in the exponential growth phase. The data was collected and analysed in 2024 as part of a Master's research project investigating the impacts of marine heatwaves on subantarctic phytoplankton.
Keyword(s):
Cylindrotheca sp.; G. huxleyi; growth rates; Laboratory experiment; phytoplankton; subantarctic
Supplement to:
Powell, Jessica; Armstrong, Evelyn; Law, Cliff S (submitted): Subantarctic phytoplankton response to simulated marine heatwave conditions. Scientific Reports
References:
Price, Neil M; Harrison, Gail I; Hering, Janet G; Hudson, Robert J; Nirel, Pascale M V; Palenik, Brian; Morel, François M M (1989): Preparation and Chemistry of the Artificial Algal Culture Medium Aquil. Biological Oceanography, 6(5-6), 443-461, https://doi.org/10.1080/01965581.1988.10749544
Thomas, William H; Scotten, Harold L; Bradshaw, John S (1963): Thermal gradient incubators for small aquatic organisms. Limnology and Oceanography, 8(3), 357-360, https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1963.8.3.0357
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -45.850402 * Median Longitude: 171.026709 * South-bound Latitude: -45.864803 * West-bound Longitude: 170.512418 * North-bound Latitude: -45.836000 * East-bound Longitude: 171.541000
Date/Time Start: 2023-12-18T02:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-09-28T01:00:00
Event(s):
New_Zealand_SAW * Latitude: -45.836000 * Longitude: 171.541000 * Date/Time: 2023-12-18T02:00:00 * Location: New Zealand * Method/Device: Water pump (PUMP)
New_Zealand_SAW_LabExp * Latitude: -45.864803 * Longitude: 170.512418 * Date/Time Start: 2023-12-19T23:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-09-28T01:00:00 * Method/Device: Laboratory experiment
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Type of studyStudy typePowell, Jessica
2Date/time start, experimentDate/time start expPowell, Jessica
3Date/time end, experimentDate/time end expPowell, Jessica
4Treatment: photoperiodT:photoperiodhPowell, JessicaDay/Night cycle [12h:12h]
5Treatment: light intensityT:Ioµmol/m2/sPowell, Jessica
6MediumMediumPowell, JessicaAccording to Price et al. (1989)Aquil 19.4
7Treatment: dissolved ironT:Fe dissnmol/lPowell, Jessica
8Experimental treatmentExp treatPowell, Jessica
9Treatment: temperatureT:temp°CPowell, JessicaAccording to Thomas et al. (1963)In aluminium heat block
10Gephyrocapsa huxleyi, growth rateG. huxleyi µ1/dayPowell, JessicaFluorometer, Turner Designs, 10-AUGrowth rate calculated from slope of the natural log of in vivo fluorescence vs time during exponential growth phase
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
600 data points

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