This data is from three cruises on R/V Cape Hatteras taken in Aug and October 2001, and March 2002 from Boothbay Harbor Maine to the Sargasso Sea. The purpose of these cruises was to study single-cell bacterial activity using the CTC assay (Sieracki et al. 1999) in context with other microplankton parameters. Onboard flow cytometry (B-D FACScan instrument) was used to count pico- and nanoplankton, including total bacteria and CTC-active bacteria. Pico- and nanophytoplankton were measured live (no sample preservation). CTD data is reported here along with the pico- and nanoplankton abundances. The CTD data is from the bottle trip depths only. The SeaBird CTD was provided by the ship. At stations a drifting drogue, marking the water at 15m, was deployed and the CTD vertical profiles were taken at the drogue.

Data collected from plankton collecting gear aboard the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER during cruise #NF0805, March 11th - March 24th, 2008 as part of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER) project and from inshore larval collections in St. Thomas April 1-8th, 2008. Data are in spreadsheet format. Each file contains a header that describes the column data within.

Ocean biology data were collected in Southern Drake Passage and Scotia Sea during two research cruises supported by NSF awards. These two cruises, namely LMG0402 and NBP0606, were conducted during February to March 2004 and July to August 2006, respectively. Dataset includes concentration of pigments in phytoplankton, particulate organic matter concentration, macronutrients, primary productivity and microbial biomass and productivity.

Physical, chemical and biologic parameters were measured in the Western Sargasso Sea and Northeast U.S. shelf aboard R/V Endeavor from 13 May to 31 May, 2004 and aboard R/V Oceanus from 24 May to 11 June, 2005. Ocean properties surveyed include temperature, salinity, PAR, fluorescence from CTD; picoplankton abundance, chlorophyll-a and nutrients from bottle samples.

Bacteria, taxonomic code, and other data were collected using sediment sampler and other instruments in the North Atlantic Ocean from G.W. PIERCE. Data were collected from 20 February 1976 to 23 March 1976 by Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester Point with support from the Ocean Continental Shelf - Mid Atlantic (OCS-Mid Atlantic) project. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bacteriology (F009) format. The F009 format is designed to support bacteriological studies of the water column and ocean bottom. Information on environmental conditions, physical measurements of the water and sediment, and density of heterotrophic, hydrocarbonoclastic, and halophilic bacteria are presented. The format contains five data record types, each 80 characters in length, sorted by station ad sequence numbers. The first nine columns for all records are to be used for file name (columns 1-3) and file identifier (columns 4-9). The file identifier, to be assigned by the originator, is a unique originator id for each data submission. After submission, the NODC reassigns to this field a unique NODC identifier for internal use.

PLEASE NOTE there is discrepancy between the content of actual data in this accession and the abstract information that was present in Thaila folder for this accession. Following abstract is based on the information from Thaila folder. MECCAS II (Microbial Exchanges and Coupling in Coastal Atlantic Systems) cruise data collected by the R/V Gyre at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Each of four MECCAS cruise data sets is divided into 3 files: File 1 contains underway surface mapping data. 12 parameters measured included location, temperature, salinity, ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, and silicate at +/- 0.03-0.1 uM. File 2 contains vertical profiles at stations along mapping routes; the same 12 parameters as described above were measured. File 3 contains vertical profiles at drogue stations; 96 parameters were measured. Parameters include CTD data, zooplankton data (biomass, heterotrophic and autotrophic grazing rates, and production rate estimates), bacteria data (cell count, estimated volume, nutrient assimilation, and production rate estimates), and nanoplankton data (abundance of pigmented and non-pigmented eukaryotes and estimates of bacterial removal rates). Nutrient data contained in File 3 includes dissolved free amino acids (carbon content in free glutamic acid, serine, glycine, and alanine). Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) format. The C116/C118 format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB.

This dataset includes bacterial abundance, cell volume and activity data collected using CTD rosette and bottle sampler. These data were collected aboard Nathaniel B. Palmer during cruises 96-4a (OCT 17-NOV 06, 1996), 97-01 (Jan 14 - Feb 06, 1997), and 97-03 (Apr 12 - 28, 1997), as part of the JGOFS Southern Ocean Project. The principal investigator is Dr. Hugh Ducklow, Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

Bacteriology data were collected using moored buoy casts and other instruments in the Delaware Bay and North Atlantic Ocean from November 5, 1976 to August 16, 1977. Data were submitted by Virginia Institute of Marine Science - Gloucester Point as part of the Ocean Continental Shelf (OCS-Mid Atlantic Ocean) project. Data has been processed by NODC to the standard NODC F009 Bacteriology formats. The F009 format is designed to support bacteriological studies of the water column and ocean bottom. Information on environmental conditions, physical measurements of the water and sediment, and density of heterotrophic, hydrocarbonoclastic, and halophilic bacteria are presented. The format contains five data record types, each 80 characters in length, sorted by station ad sequence numbers. The first nine columns for all records are to be used for file name (columns 1-3) and file identifier (columns 4-9). The file identifier, to be assigned by the originator, is a unique originator id for each data submission. After submission, the NODC reassigns to this field a unique NODC identifier for internal use.

This dataset contains temperature, pressure/depth, and multiple nutrients values from bottle casts and CTD casts in the Weddell Sea from the R/V MELVILLE during the March 1986 field season. This cruise was funded by the US National Science Foundation as one of several projects funded under the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Research at the Ice Edge Zone (AMERIEZ) program.

Marine animal sightings, sea birds, benthic animals, trace metal concentrations in fish, chlorophyll a and phaeophytin, physical and chemical characterization of sewage sludge, marine toxic substances and pollutants, salinity, water temperature, and other data were collected using visual observations, bottle casts, and other instruments from GYRE and other platforms in the New York Bight and North Atlantic Ocean. Data were collected from 01 August 1984 to 26 May 1990 by Battelle Marine Research Laboratory in New England with support from Ocean Dumping project.