Lake Bonney Autonomous Lake Profiler and Samplers (ALPS): BBE moldanke Fluoroprobe data

Summary

Abstract: 

Knowledge of the McMurdo Dry Valley (MDV) lakes is limited by winter access, a period which is most relevant in understanding the habitability of other icy worlds and critical to understanding the overall function of these lakes.  Owing to the lack of winter access, data that normally require human presence are incomplete.  Our goal was to conduct the first year-round investigation of the biogeophysics of these unique lakes.  An important part of the McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) is evaluating carbon and nitrogen budgets in perennial ice-covered lakes. This data set addresses this core area of research and quantifies the fluorometric characteristics of phytoplankton species year-round

Date Range: 

Sunday, December 1, 2013 to Friday, December 12, 2014

Details about the data in the spreadsheet container, labels, definitions, units used, missing values. 

Variables (click to expand): 

DATE_TIME
  • Label: DATE_TIME
  • Definition: Date and time sample was collected
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 525nm
  • Label: x525
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 525 nm LED
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 570nm
  • Label: x570
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 570 nm
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 610nm
  • Label: x610
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 610 nm
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 370nm
  • Label: x370
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 370 nm LED
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 590nm
  • Label: x590
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 590 nm LED
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 470nm
  • Label: x470
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 470 nm LED
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
TEMPERATURE
  • Label:
  • Definition: Temperature in celsius
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
TRANSMISSION
  • Label:
  • Definition: Total light transmission
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: 100100
  • Minimum: 1
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
Algal_Group_1
  • Label: algal.1
  • Definition: Calculated concentration of Green Algae (Chlorophyta and Euglenphyta). Pigments: chl-a, chl-b, xantophyll
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramsPerLiter
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified
Algal_Group_2
  • Label: algal.2
  • Definition: Calculated concentration of Blue Algae (Cyanobacteria). Pigments: pycoerythrin, or picocyanin
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramsPerLiter
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .01
  • Missing values: None specified
Algal_Group_3
  • Label: algal.3
  • Definition: Calculated concentration of Brown/Mixed Algae (Haptophyta, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Dinophyceae). Pigments: chl-a, chl-c, xanthophyll (often fucoxanthin or peridinin)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramsPerLiter
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .01
  • Missing values: None specified
Algal_Group_4
  • Label: algal.4
  • Definition: Calculated concentration of Cryptophytes (cryptophyceaea). Pigments: chl-a, phycobilisomes (mainly phycocyanin)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramsPerLiter
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified
Algal_Group_8
  • Label: algal.8
  • Definition: Calculated concentration of Yellow Substances. Not algae, but chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramsPerLiter
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified
Chi Squared Statistic
  • Label: chi
  • Definition: Chi Squared of algal group fits
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified

Details about the data in the spreadsheet container, labels, definitions, units used, missing values. 

Variables (click to expand): 

DATE_TIME
  • Label: DATE_TIME
  • Definition: Date and time sample was collected
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 525nm
  • Label: x525
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 525 nm LED
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 570nm
  • Label: x570
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 570 nm
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 610nm
  • Label: x610
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 610 nm
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 370nm
  • Label: x370
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 370 nm LED
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 590nm
  • Label: x590
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 590 nm LED
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
LED 470nm
  • Label: x470
  • Definition: Raw fluorescence value from 470 nm LED
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: relative fluorescence
  • Maximum: -3
  • Minimum: -63
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
TEMPERATURE
  • Label:
  • Definition: Temperature in celsius
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
TRANSMISSION
  • Label:
  • Definition: Total light transmission
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: 100100
  • Minimum: 1
  • Precision: .0001
  • Missing values: None specified
Algal_Group_1
  • Label: algal.1
  • Definition: Calculated concentration of Green Algae (Chlorophyta and Euglenphyta). Pigments: chl-a, chl-b, xantophyll
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramsPerLiter
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified
Algal_Group_2
  • Label: algal.2
  • Definition: Calculated concentration of Blue Algae (Cyanobacteria). Pigments: pycoerythrin, or picocyanin
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramsPerLiter
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .01
  • Missing values: None specified
Algal_Group_3
  • Label: algal.3
  • Definition: Calculated concentration of Brown/Mixed Algae (Haptophyta, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Dinophyceae). Pigments: chl-a, chl-c, xanthophyll (often fucoxanthin or peridinin)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramsPerLiter
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .01
  • Missing values: None specified
Algal_Group_4
  • Label: algal.4
  • Definition: Calculated concentration of Cryptophytes (cryptophyceaea). Pigments: chl-a, phycobilisomes (mainly phycocyanin)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramsPerLiter
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified
Algal_Group_8
  • Label: algal.8
  • Definition: Calculated concentration of Yellow Substances. Not algae, but chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microgramsPerLiter
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified
Chi Squared Statistic
  • Label: chi
  • Definition: Chi Squared of algal group fits
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified

DOI: 

10.6073/pasta/d5a713692f42cbcbf8e18d136da0164a

Short name: 

LIMNO_ALPS_FLUOROMETRY

Dataset ID: 

305
People

Principal Investigator(s): 

Cristina D. Takacs-Vesbach

Contact: 

Associated Personnel: 

Field Crew
Field Crew
Field Crew
Field Crew
Lab Crew
Lab Crew
Data Manager