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Oceanographic profile chlorophyll a and zooplankton biomass measurements collected using bottle in the Southern Oceans from 1995 to 1996 (NCEI Accession 0000980)

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Variability in abundance of virus-like particles (VLP), VLP decay rates and prokaryotic mortality due to viral infection were determined in three Antarctic areas: Bellingshausen Sea, Bransfield Strait and Gerlache Strait, during December 1995 and February 1996. VLP abundance showed very small spatial variability in the three areas (7 X 10^6 - 2 X 10^7 VLP/ml). VLP abundance, on the other hand, decreased one order of magnitude from the surface to the bottom, in two stations where deep vertical profiles were sampled. Low seasonal variability in VLP abundance was found when comparing each area separately. Diel VLP variability was also very low. VLP abundance showed the lowest values when solar irradiation was maximal, in two of the three stations where diel cycles were examined. Viral decay rates (VDR) were determined using KCN in two kinds of experiments. Prokaryotic mortality due to viral infection was always higher than that due to bacterivores in the stations where both factors of prokaryotic mortality were measured. Viral infection accounted for all the prokaryotic heterotrophic production in Bellingshausen Sea and Gerlache Strait and for half of the prokaryotic heterotrophic production in Bransfield Strait. These high values of prokaryotic mortality due to viral infection are difficult to reconcile in nature, and more work is necessary to determine the mechanisms involved in the disappearance of viruses.
  • Cite as: Institut de Ciències del Mar - Madrid (2003). Oceanographic profile chlorophyll a and zooplankton biomass measurements collected using bottle in the Southern Oceans from 1995 to 1996 (NCEI Accession 0000980). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000980. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1995-12-04 to 1996-02-03
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: 60
East: 63
South: -64
North: -63
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2003-04-08
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Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
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Supplemental Information
digitized from NOAA Library "Guixa-Boixereu, Nuria, Dolors Vaque, Josep M. Gasol, Jamie Sanchez-Camara, and Carlos Pedros-Alio. 2002.
Viral distribution and activity in Antarctic waters. Deep-Sea Research II, 49: 827-845. Spatial Coverage: Antarctic Ocean Temporal Coverage: December 4, 1995 - February 3, 1996
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  • Cite as: Institut de Ciències del Mar - Madrid (2003). Oceanographic profile chlorophyll a and zooplankton biomass measurements collected using bottle in the Southern Oceans from 1995 to 1996 (NCEI Accession 0000980). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000980. Accessed [date].
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  • oceanography
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  • Cite as: Institut de Ciències del Mar - Madrid (2003). Oceanographic profile chlorophyll a and zooplankton biomass measurements collected using bottle in the Southern Oceans from 1995 to 1996 (NCEI Accession 0000980). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000980. Accessed [date].
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  • 2003-04-08T12:59:47Z - NCEI Accession 0000980 v1.1 was published.
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  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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  • bottle
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