An 8-year record of phytoplankton productivity and nutrient distributions from surface waters of Saanich Inlet

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Phytoplankton are the base of nearly all marine food webs and mediate the interactions of biotic and abiotic components in marine systems. Understanding the spatial and temporal changes in phytoplankton growth requires comprehensive biological, physical, and chemical information. Long-term datasets are an invaluable tool to study these changes, but they are rare and often include only a small set of measurements. Here, we present biological, physical and chemical oceanographic data measured periodically between March 2010 and November 2017 from the euphotic zone of Saanich Inlet, a temperate fjord on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. The dataset includes measurements of dissolved macronutrients, total and size-fractionated chlorophyll-a, particulate carbon, nitrogen and biogenic silica, and carbon and nitrate uptake rates. This collection describes phytoplankton dynamics and the distribution of biologically-available macronutrients over time in the upper water column of Saanich Inlet. We establish a baseline for future investigations in Saanich Inlet and provide a data collection protocol that can be applied to similar productive coastal regions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

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Scientific data - 9(2022), 1 vom: 04. Juli, Seite 377

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kafrissen, Sile M [VerfasserIn]
Giesbrecht, Karina E [VerfasserIn]
McNabb, Brandon J [VerfasserIn]
Long, Jennifer E [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Curtis [VerfasserIn]
Wyatt, Shea N [VerfasserIn]
Lagunas, Marcos G [VerfasserIn]
Varela, Diana E [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 06.07.2022

Date Revised 25.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41597-022-01434-y

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NLM343092883