Brief description: Bacterial abundance, thymidine & leucine incorporation
Project: Eddies Dynamics, Mixing, Export, and Species composition
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Validated: yes
Version: 26 March 2008

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Description: Bacterial abundance, thymidine & leucine incorporation

 dataset:         Bacterial abundance, thymidine & leucine incorporation
 project/cruise:  EDDIES/WB0409 2004 Transect 1 (EDT1)
                  EDDIES/WB0413 2004 Transect 2 (EDT2)
                  EDDIES/WB0506 2005 Transect 1 (EDT3)
                  EDDIES/WB0508 2005 Transect 2 (EDT4)
 platform:        R/V Weatherbird II
 
 
 Methodology:  all data:
   Ewart, C.S., Meyers, M.K., Wallner, E., McGillicuddy, D.J., and Carlson, C.A. (2008). 
   Microbial dynamics in cyclonic and anticylonic mode-water eddies in the Northwestern Sargasso Sea.
   Deep-Sea Research II, 55: 1334-1347.

   Bacterial abundance:    
   Porter, K.G., Feig, Y.S., 1980. The use of DAPI for identifying and counting aquatic microflora. 
   Limnology and Oceanography 25 (5), 943-948.

   Campbell, L., 2001. Flow cytometric analysis of autotrophic picoplankton. In: Paul, J.H. (Ed.), 
   Methods in Microbiology: Marine Microbiology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 317-341.

   Marie, D., Partensky, F., Jacquet, S., Vaulot, D., 1997. Enumeration and cell cycle analysis of 
   natural populations of marine picoplankton by flow cytometry using the nucleic acid stain 
   SYBR Green I. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63 (1), 186-193.

   Bacterial Production: 
   Fuhrman, J.A., Azam, F., 1982. Thymidine incorporation as a measure of heterotrophic 
   bacterioplankton production in marine surface waters: Evaluation and field results. 
   Marine Biology 66, 109-120.
   
   Smith, D.C., Azam, F., 1992. A simple, economical method for measuring bacterial protein
   synthesis rates in seawater using 3H-leucine. Marine Microbial Food Webs 6, 107-114.
   
   Carbon Conversion factors: 
   Caron, D.A., Dam, H.G., Kremer, P., Lessard, E.J., Madin, L.P., Malone, T.C., Napp, J.M., 
   Peele, E.R., Roman, M.R., Youngbluth, M.J., 1995. The contribution of microorganisms to 
   particulate carbon and nitrogen in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda. 
   Deep-Sea Research 42 (6), 943-972.
   
   Ducklow, H., 2000. Bacterial production and biomass in the ocean. In: Kirchman, D.L. (Ed.),
   Microbial Ecology of the Oceans. Wiley-Liss, Inc, New York, 85-120.
    
 Change history: YYMMDD
    080213: downlaoded Excel file from EDDIES data Web site
    080326: added to OCB database by Nancy Copley and Cyndy Chandler
    090810: metadata records completed; cruise_ID corrected;
    
 
 DMO note: parameter names modified to be consistent with OCB database.

 NSF OCE award: OCE-0425615

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