The Data Access Portal has information in 3 columns. An outline of the content in these columns is provided above. When first entering the search interface, all potential datasets are listed. Datasets are indicated in the map and results tabulation elements which are located in the middle column. The order of results can be modified using the "Sort by" option in the left column. On top of this column is normally relevant guidance information to user presented as collapsible elements.
If the user want to refine the search, this can be done by constraining the bounding box search. This is done in the map - the listing of datasets is automatically updated. Date constraints can be added in the left column. For these to take effect, the user has to push the button marked search. In the left column it is also possible to specific text elements to search for in the datasets. Again pushing the button marked "Search" is necessary for these to take action. Complex search patterns can be constructed using logical operators and phrases embedded in quotation marks. Logical operators include AND, OR and NOT. Remember to add space around operators. Text strings that are not quoted are trated as separate words and will match any of the words (i.e. assuming the OR operator). E.g. in order to find WMO synoptic weather station data from Verlegenhuken use the search phrase: [synop AND verlegenhuken]. Searches are case insensitive.
Other elements indicated in the left and right columns are facet searches, i.e. these are keywords that are found in the datasets and all datasets that contain these specific keywords in the appropriate metadata elements are listed together. Further refinement can be done using full text, date or bounding box constraints. Individuals, organisations and data centres involved in generating or curating the datasets are listed in the facets in the right column.
Collections
Collections allows the user to search in subsets of the existing catalogue. The collections are primarily data management projects that have been incorporated in the ADC catalogue after the project has ended. In this context the ADC is the long term access solution for these data. The collections currently served through ADC include (datasets may belong to multiple data collections):
ADC is the full collection of this service CC is the CryoClim collection
In order to search a specific data collection select that collection. If no data collection is selected all collections are searched.
AeN are data related to the Nansen Legacy project and are better explored through the SIOS Data Access Point using the collection defined there which is available through this URL.
SIOS, InfraNOR, SIOSCD, SIOSAP, SESS_* are collections related to SIOS. These are better explored through the SIOS Data Access Portal
Some cleaning is pending between InfraNOR and SIOSIN, for some of the SESS collections.
Citation of data and service
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Citation information for individual datasets is often provided in the metadata. However, not all datasets have this information embedded in the discovery metadata. On a general basis a citation of a dataset include the same components as any other citation:
author,
title,
year of publication,
publisher (for data this is often the archive where it is housed),
edition or version,
access information (a URL or persistent identifier, e.g. DOI if provided)
The information required to properly cite a dataset is normally provided in the discovery metadata the datasets.
If you use data retrieved through this portal, please acknowledge the Norwegian Meteorological Institute/Arctic Data Centre.
Institutions: Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norwegian Meteorological Institute / Arctic Data Centre
Last metadata update: 2020-06-25T12:00:00Z
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Output data from HARMONIE AROME - Wave Wacth III Coupling Experiment. This file contains output variables from the Wave model(Wave Watch III) for the fully coupled experiment
Institutions: Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norwegian Meteorological Institute / Arctic Data Centre
Last metadata update: 2020-06-25T12:00:00Z
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Output data from HARMONIE AROME - Wave Wacth III Coupling Experiment. This file contains output variables from the Wave model(Wave Watch III) for the Uncoupled control experiment
Institutions: Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norwegian Meteorological Institute / Arctic Data Centre
Last metadata update: 2020-06-25T12:00:00Z
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Output data from HARMONIE AROME - Wave Wacth III Coupling Experiment. This file contains output variables from the Atmosphere model(HARMONIE-AROME) for the Uncoupled control experiment.
Institutions: Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norwegian Meteorological Institute / Arctic Data Centre
Last metadata update: 2020-06-25T12:00:00Z
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Output data from HARMONIE AROME - Wave Wacth III Coupling Experiment. This file contains output variables from the Atmosphere model(HARMONIE-AROME) for the fully coupled experiment.
Institutions: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Last metadata update: 2024-01-19T11:29:43Z
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An X-ray scan of Priapulopsis bicaudatus. Sample collected by Bodil Bluhm in field (2019-08-16), preserved in 70% EtOH, then stored as a voucher specimen at The Arctic University Museum of Norway with collection number TSZY 427. Before scanning the specimen was encapsuled in wax, then imaged in a Zeiss Xradia Versa 620.
The Nansen Legacy (Arven etter Nansen), The Nansen Legacy
Last metadata update: 2023-02-06T15:15:09Z
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The Nansen Legacy cruise Q1 was part of the seasonal investigation of the northern Barents Sea and adjacent Arctic Basin. The cruise was conducted in 2-24 March 2021 onboard R/V Kronprins Haakon, and focused on studying the physical, chemical and biological conditions along the Nansen Legacy main transect in open waters and within the sea ice. While in sea ice we conducted ten regional scale sea ice helicopter-borne surveys of ice conditions along the Nansen Legacy transect using a helicopter-borne electromagnetic instrument (HEM) EM-bird. This dataset presents processed EM-bird data on total snow and sea-ice thickness along the flight tracks.
This is a contribution to the Research Council of Norway project “Nansen Legacy” (https://arvenetternansen.com/), WP RF-1 “Physical drivers”.
Quality
See the attached docuement “AeN_Q1_202103_HEM_icethickness_metadata_v1.0.pdf” for details on the data acqusition, processing and structure.
The dataset includes water column measurements of spectral beam attenuation and absorption coefficients by non-water constituents. Measurements were collected in May 2021 during cruise 2021704, Q2, in the northern Barents Sea as part of the Nansen Legacy project. The WET Labs ac-s spectrophotometer (Seabird Scientific) were used to collect in situ profiles, with a constant descent velocity (∼0.3 m/s) down to a depth of 350 m, or ~10 m below the ocean floor. Measurements were corrected for temperature and salinity effects. The proportional method was used to correct the scattering error of the absorption measurements, assuming zero absorption at 709 nm. The measurements were binned with 2.0 m (dbar) spacing, applying the median to average the data. See the referenced article for more information.
The data has been collected during the Q2: Nansen Legacy Seasonal Study Q2 from 27 April - 20 May 2021 on research vessel Kronprins Haakon (cruise number 2021704), along a transect in the northern Barents Sea from 76N to 82N. The dataset contains abundance of ice algae marine protists, including ice algae (autotrophic) and protozoa (heterotrophic). Protists were identified and counted with light microscopy using the Utermöhl method and the result are given as cells per liter (cells/L) called organismQuantity.
Quality
Sampling method:
The samples were collected with a slurp gun underneath the ice. The samples were collected by swimming a given distance (the distance is given in the fieldNotes) and sucking up the ice algae attached to the sea ice in this given transect. The mix of ice sluch and ice algae was melted at 4°C. When melted, 95 mL of the sample was transferred into 100 ml brown glass bottle. The samples were preserved using an aldehyde mixture of glutaraldehyde and hexamethylenetetramine-buffered formalin at final concentrations of 0.1% and 1% respectively.
Analysis method:
All samples have been analysed at Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN). The organisms were identified and counted under an inverted microscope according to the Utermöhl method.
Header name index - events
- expedition: cruise number for R/V Kronprins Haakon
- eventID: UUID for the sample
- parentID: UUID for the gear deployment (each ice core has a unique parentID)
- eventDate: the date-time when an event occurred, using ISO 8601-1:2019 format (2020-07-27T07:16:03.446Z).
- fieldNumber: human-readable sample ID (e.g. IAT-001)
- locationID: station name
- decimalLongitude: geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodetic datum)
- decimalLatitude: geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum)
- maximumDepthInCentimeters: bottom depth of the core section in cm
- minimumDepthInCentimeters: upper depth of the core section in cm
- eventRemarks: comments or remarks about the event (free text field)
- gearType: the gear used to take the sample e.g. Ice corer 9 cm
- samplingDepthInMeters: depth sampled
- sampleType: description of the sample type according to a standard list
- recordedBy: name of the person who took the samples
- principalInvestigatorName: name of the person in charge of the sample collection
- principalInvestigatorEmail: email address of the person in charge of the sample collection
- principalInvestigatorInstitution: affiliated institution of the person in charge of the sample collection
Header name index - occurrence
- scientificName: full scientific name of the identified organism at the lowest taxonomic level that can be ascertained. The scientificName should be selected from a drop-down menu linked to the list in taxonomy sheet. (e.g Nitzschia frigida).
- identificationQualifier: A standard term (sp., spp., and indet.) to express the determiner’s doubts about the Identification.
- lifeStage: the life stage (e.g. resting spore) of the organism
- sizeGroupOperator: describes if the size group is less than or greater than a value (It = less than, gte = greater or equal to)
- sizeGroup: the size group in µm.
- organismRemark: indicates e.g. varieties, colony type
- identificationRemarks: a free text field for adding information relevant to the analysis
- identifiedBy: person who did the lab-analyse
- identifiedBy: Drop-down menu linked to list in people-sheet
- dateIdentified: Date for the analysis
- fieldsInCount: Number of fields counted in the microscope
- magnificationMicroscope: The magnification setting used during analysis. Selected from a drop-down menu linked to vocab-sheet
- maxFields: Number of fields in the entire sedimentation chamber (Related to magnification used)
- takenVolumeML: The volume taken for sedimentation in the Utermöhl chamber (the sub-sample taken for analysis)
- totalMeltedVolumeL: The total melted volume in L recorded during sampling.
- addedFSWvolumeL: Volume in L of filtered sea water added to the sample during melting.
- initialVolumeL: The total volume in L of the melted core, measured during sampling. If it wasn’t measured one can use the theoretical calculated core volume based on diameter of the core. initialVolumeL=(totalMeltedVolumeL-addedFSWvolumeL)) or teoreticalCoreVolumeL = coreAreM*(maxDepthCM-minDepthCM)
- sampleSizeValue=((fieldsInCount/maxFields)(takenVolumeML/conversionMLtoL))(dilutionFactorFormaldehyde*dilutionFactorFSW)), dilutionFactorFormaldehyde = 0.95, dilutionFactorFSW=
- sampleSizeUnit: liter (l)
- organismQuantity: the quantity of the organism per volume water in the environment (organismQuantity = individualCount/sampleSizeValue)
- organismQuantityType: cells/l
- cellsPerM2: The quantity (number of cells) of the organism per area (m2). cellsPerM2 = ((individualCount/(sampleSizeValue/initialVolumeL))/coreAreaM
Funding:
The Nansen Legacy is funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. They provide 50% of the budget while the participating institutions contribute 50% in-kind.
Sea ice-associated and pelagic highly branched isoprenoids (HBIs) and sterols in pelagic zooplankton collected during Nansen Legacy cruise Q3
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Extraction of total lipids with chloroform/methanol, saponification with potassium hydroxide in water/methanol, purification via open column chromatography Analysis via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
Ocean data from two ocean moorings, M1 and M2. Both were Nansen Legacy gateway moorings deployed in the northern Barents Sea at potential “gateways” of ocean exchange with the north and east. The moorings were equipped with ADCPs measuring ocean currents, and temperature and conductivity-temperature-pressure sensors at various points along the mooring line:
- Conductivity, temperature, and pressure from RBR Concerto and SBE16plus v2 instruments.
- Temperature from RBR Solo instruments.
- Near-surface ocean currents from upward-looking Nortek Signature 500 kHz ADCP instruments.
- Water column currents from upward-looking RDI 150 kHz ADCP instruments.
The current version of the dataset (V1) contains data from the two first deployments of M1 and M2, covering the period from October 2018 to September 2020.
The document “M1_M2_data_processing_details_2018_2020.pdf” contains further details about the data and processing, as well as important information for users of the data.
The Norwegian Polar Institute is the owner of all the instrumentation described in this document, and was responsible for data processing and documentation. Data are freely available under a CC-BY 4.0 license.
VERSION HISTORY:
V1 (27-07-2022): Created dataset, uploaded raw and processed data for M1 and M2 (2018-2020) with documentation.
Processed data are organized per mooring and deployment. E.g., “m1_2.zip” contain processed data from deployment 2 (2019-2020) of the M1 mooring, etc. All raw data are collected in “raw_m1m2_2018_2020.zip”.
Quality
Data are available both in raw form and as netCDF files with processed data. The document “M1_M2_data_processing_details_2018_2020.pdf” contains further details about the data and processing, as well as important information for users.
Useful Arctic Knowledge, Nansen Legacy, The Nansen Legacy
Last metadata update: 2021-03-30T07:44:46Z
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Inherent optical data collected in Storfjorden (Svalbard) in June 2020 onboard the coast guard vessel KV Svalbard during the Useful Arctic Knowledge project summer school. This data was collected as part of the Nansen Legacy project. Optical data collected includes in situ measurements of absorption and attenuation, accompanied by in situ profiles of salinity, temperature, pressure (CTD) and dissolved organic matter fluorescence (3-channel fluorometer).
Water samples were collected for measurements of dissolved (colored dissolved organic matter, CDOM) absorption, and material was collected on filters for determination of particulate absorption by phytoplankton and non-algal particles, and the stable oxygen isotopic composition of seawater.
The data is available in netcdf files or individual CSV files.
Absorption_Cruise_UAK2020.nc: contains the measurements of CDOM and particulate absorption from water samples. In_Situ_Absorption_Attenution_Cruise_UAK2020: contains the in situ measurements of spectral absorption and attenuation
The CSV files in this collection include the spectral measurements of optical properties as follows:
icam_aphy.csv: Phytoplankton absorption coefficient (in 1/m) as measured with the QFT-ICAM technique
icam_anap.csv: Non-algal particle absorption coefficient (in 1/m) as measured with the QFT-ICAM technique
Perkin_ap.csv: Total particle absorption coefficient (1/m) as measured with the QFT_Perkin technique
O18.csv: Oxygen isotope ratio (δ18O, in ‰ against VSMOW)
acs_fdom_ctd: High vertical resolution in situ cast data: total non-water absorption (1/m) and attenuation (1/m), Fluorescence by Dissolved Organic Matter (FDOM, raw digital signal counts), water salinity (practical salinity scale) and temperature (degrees Celsius).
FDOM was measured at three excitation/emission pairs as follows: Channel 1 (Ch1, 310/450 nm) that represents marine ultraviolet humic-like and marine humic-like material; for Channel 2 (Ch2, 280/450 nm) represents terrestrial humic-like material; and for Channel 3 (Ch3, 280/350 nm) represents protein-like tryptophane type material.
The details of the data processing are described in the published paper (see link below).
The data has been collected during the Nansen Legacy Joint Cruise 2-1 from 12 - 29 July 2021 on the research vessel RV Kronprins Haakon (cruise number 2021708), along a transect in the northern Barents Sea from 76N to 82N. The dataset contains abundance of pelagic marine protists, including phytoplankton (autotrophic) and protozooplankton (heterotrophic). Protists were identified and counted with light microscopy using the Utermöhl method and the result are given as cells per liter (cells/L) called organismQuantity.
Quality
Sampling method:
The samples were collected with Niskin bottles attached to a CTD rosette at the following depths: 5, 10, 30, 60, 90 m and deep chlorophyll max (DCM). The samples were preserved using an aldehyde mixture of glutaraldehyde and hexamethylenetetramine-buffered formalin at final concentrations of 0.1% and 1% respectively.
Analyse method:
All samples have been analysed at Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN). The organisms were identified and counted under an inverted microscope according to the Utermöhl method.
Header name index - events
- expedition: cruise number for R/V Kronprins Haakon
- eventID: UUID for the sample
- parentID: UUID for the gear deployment (each Niskin has a unique parentID)
- eventDate: the date-time when an event occurred, using ISO 8601-1:2019 format (2020-07-27T07:16:03.446Z).
- fieldNumber: human-readable sample ID (e.g. PHT-001)
- locationID: station name
- decimalLongitude: geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodetic datum)
- decimalLatitude: geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum)
- bottomDepthInMeters: bottom depth in meters
- eventRemarks: comments or remarks about the event (free text field)
- gearType: the gear used to take the sample e.g. Niskin bottle
- samplingDepthInMeters: depth sampled
- sampleType: description of the sample type according to a standard list
- recordedBy: name of the person who took the samples
- principalInvestigatorName: name of the person in charge of the sample collection
- principalInvestigatorEmail: email address of the person in charge of the sample collection
- principalInvestigatorInstitution: affiliated institution of the person in charge of the sample collection
Header name index - occurrence
- scientificName: full scientific name of the identified organism at the lowest taxonomic level that can be ascertained. The scientificName should be selected from a drop-down menu linked to the list in taxonomy sheet. (e.g Thalassiosira hyalina).
- identificationQualifier: A standard term (sp., spp., and indet.) to express uncertainty in identification.
- lifeStage: the life stage (e.g. resting spore) of the organism.
- sizeGroupOperator: describes if the size group is less than or greater than a value (It = less than, gte = greater or equal to)
- sizeGroup: the size group in µm.
- organismRemark: indicates e.g. varieties, colony type
- identificationRemarks: a free text field for adding information relevant to the analysis
- identifiedBy: person who did the lab-analyse
- fieldsInCount: Number of fields counted in the microscope
- magnificationMicroscope: The magnification setting used during analysis. Selected from a drop-down menu linked to vocab-sheet
- maxFields: Number of fields in the entire sedimentation chamber (Related to magnification used)
- takenVolumeML: The volume taken for sedimentation in the Utermöhl chamber (the sub-sample taken for analysis)
- identifiedBy: Drop-down menu linked to list in people-sheet
- dateIdentified: Date for the analysis
- sampleSizeValue=(fieldsInCount/maxFields)*(takenVolumeML/convertionMLtoL)*dilutionFactorFormaldehyde), dilutionFactorFormaldehyde = 0.95
- sampleSizeUnit: liter (l)
- organismQuantity: the quantity of the organism per volume water in the environment (organismQuantity = individualCount/sampleSizeValue)
- organismQuantityType: cells/l
Funding:
The Nansen Legacy is funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. They provide 50% of the budget while the participating institutions contribute 50% in-kind. The total budget for the Nansen Legacy project is 740 mill. NOK.
This dataset compiles Fatty Acid composition (relative proportions) of 4-day old Calanus hyperboreus nauplii from mothers collected in the Northern Barents Sea. Gravid Calanus hyperboreus females were collected from the Northern Barents Sea during the Q1 Nansen Legacy Seasonal Cruise in March 2021. After hatching, 4-day old Calanus hyperboreus nauplii were used for a short-term incubation assay (24h), exposing the nauplii to acidification (pH 8.01 and 7.50) and warming (0°C and 3°C), both individually and in combination. Nauplii larvae were added to each replicate at a density of ~0.6 larvae mL-1. The bottles were kept in the dark in incubators at the target temperature for 24 hours. After the incubation, all larvae from each treatment were extracted and checked for survival, and the remaining individuals were stored in Eppendorf tubes, freeze-dried, and kept at -80°C for lipid content analysis.
Quality
The lipid content and fatty acid compositions of the copepod nauplii obtained from the incubation assays were analysed at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. To acquire sufficient sample material for the analysis, between 100 to 148 individual larvae were pooled per sample. Triplicate samples (except for Treatment 3, which had duplicates) were analysed for each treatment. Before lipid extraction, the samples were freeze-dried for 24 h at -80 °C and then mechanically homogenized using a Potter-Elvehjem homogenizer. Total lipids were extracted by using a modified protocol from Folch et al., (1957), with dichloromethane/methanol (2:1, v/v), followed by cleaning with 0.88% potassium chloride solution. The extracted lipids were then transformed into fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) and free fatty alcohols derived from wax esters by transesterification in methanol containing 3% concentrated sulfuric acid, at 80 °C for 4 h. The FAMEs and alcohols were separated via an Agilent 6890N Network gas chromatograph (Agilent Technologies, USA) with a DB-FFAP capillary column (30 m, 0.25 mm I.D., 0.25 µm film thickness), equipped with a flame-ionization detector using a temperature program (160 to 240 °C). The samples were injected at 160 °C with helium as the carrier gas. The FAMEs were identified using standard mixtures, and the total lipid content was quantified as the sum of FAs and fatty alcohols using an internal standard (23:0) that was added prior to lipid extraction. The fatty acids are expressed in the nomenclature A:Bn-X, where A represents the number of carbon atoms, B the amount of double bonds, and X is the position of the first double bond starting from the methyl end of the carbon chain. The proportions of individual FAs are expressed as mass percentages of the total FA content.
The data has been collected during the Nansen Legacy Joint Cruise 2-2 from 24 August - 29 September 2021 on the research vessel RV Kronprins Haakon (cruise number 2021710), along a transect in the northern Barents Sea from 76N to 82N. The dataset contains abundance of pelagic marine protists, including phytoplankton (autotrophic) and protozooplankton (heterotrophic). Protists were identified and counted with light microscopy using the Utermöhl method and the result are given as cells per liter (cells/L) called organismQuantity.
Quality
Sampling method:
The samples were collected with Niskin bottles attached to a CTD rosette at the following depths: 5, 10, 30, 60, 90 m and deep chlorophyll max (DCM). The samples were preserved using an aldehyde mixture of glutaraldehyde and hexamethylenetetramine-buffered formalin at final concentrations of 0.1% and 1% respectively.
Analyse method:
All samples have been analysed at Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN). The organisms were identified and counted under an inverted microscope according to the Utermöhl method.
Header name index - events
- expedition: cruise number for R/V Kronprins Haakon
- eventID: UUID for the sample
- parentID: UUID for the gear deployment (each Niskin has a unique parentID)
- eventDate: the date-time when an event occurred, using ISO 8601-1:2019 format (2020-07-27T07:16:03.446Z).
- fieldNumber: human-readable sample ID (e.g. PHT-001)
- locationID: station name
- decimalLongitude: geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodetic datum)
- decimalLatitude: geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum)
- bottomDepthInMeters: bottom depth in meters
- eventRemarks: comments or remarks about the event (free text field)
- gearType: the gear used to take the sample e.g. Niskin bottle
- samplingDepthInMeters: depth sampled
- sampleType: description of the sample type according to a standard list
- recordedBy: name of the person who took the samples
- principalInvestigatorName: name of the person in charge of the sample collection
- principalInvestigatorEmail: email address of the person in charge of the sample collection
- principalInvestigatorInstitution: affiliated institution of the person in charge of the sample collection
Header name index - occurrence
- scientificName: full scientific name of the identified organism at the lowest taxonomic level that can be ascertained. The scientificName should be selected from a drop-down menu linked to the list in taxonomy sheet. (e.g Thalassiosira hyalina).
- identificationQualifier: A standard term (sp., spp., and indet.) to express uncertainty in identification.
- lifeStage: the life stage (e.g. resting spore) of the organism.
- sizeGroupOperator: describes if the size group is less than or greater than a value (It = less than, gte = greater or equal to)
- sizeGroup: the size group in µm.
- organismRemark: indicates e.g. varieties, colony type
- identificationRemarks: a free text field for adding information relevant to the analysis
- identifiedBy: person who did the lab-analyse
- fieldsInCount: Number of fields counted in the microscope
- magnificationMicroscope: The magnification setting used during analysis. Selected from a drop-down menu linked to vocab-sheet
- maxFields: Number of fields in the entire sedimentation chamber (Related to magnification used)
- takenVolumeML: The volume taken for sedimentation in the Utermöhl chamber (the sub-sample taken for analysis)
- identifiedBy: Drop-down menu linked to list in people-sheet
- dateIdentified: Date for the analysis
- sampleSizeValue=(fieldsInCount/maxFields)*(takenVolumeML/convertionMLtoL)*dilutionFactorFormaldehyde), dilutionFactorFormaldehyde = 0.95
- sampleSizeUnit: liter (l)
- organismQuantity: the quantity of the organism per volume water in the environment (organismQuantity = individualCount/sampleSizeValue)
- organismQuantityType: cells/l
Funding:
The Nansen Legacy is funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. They provide 50% of the budget while the participating institutions contribute 50% in-kind. The total budget for the Nansen Legacy project is 740 mill. NOK.
The data has been collected during the Nansen Legacy Seasonal Study Q1 from 2 - 25 March 2021 on research vessel RV Kronprins Haakon (cruise number 2021703), along a transect in the northern Barents Sea from 76N to 82N. The dataset contains abundance of pelagic marine protists, including phytoplankton (autotrophic) and protozooplankton (heterotrophic). Protists were identified and counted with light microscopy using the Utermöhl method and the result are given as cells per liter (cells/L) called organismQuantity.
Quality
Sampling method:
The samples were collected with Niskin bottles attached to a CTD rosette at the following depths: 5, 10, 30, 60, 90 m and deep chlorophyll max (DCM). The samples were preserved using an aldehyde mixture of glutaraldehyde and hexamethylenetetramine-buffered formalin at final concentrations of 0.1% and 1% respectively.
Analyse method:
All samples have been analysed at Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN). The organisms were identified and counted under an inverted microscope according to the Utermöhl method.
Header name index - events
- expedition: cruise number for R/V Kronprins Haakon
- eventID: UUID for the sample
- parentID: UUID for the gear deployment (each Niskin has a unique parentID)
- eventDate: the date-time when an event occurred, using ISO 8601-1:2019 format (2020-07-27T07:16:03.446Z).
- fieldNumber: human-readable sample ID (e.g. PHT-001)
- locationID: station name
- decimalLongitude: geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodetic datum)
- decimalLatitude: geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum)
- bottomDepthInMeters: bottom depth in meters
- eventRemarks: comments or remarks about the event (free text field)
- gearType: the gear used to take the sample e.g. Niskin bottle
- samplingDepthInMeters: depth sampled
- sampleType: description of the sample type according to a standard list
- recordedBy: name of the person who took the samples
- principalInvestigatorName: name of the person in charge of the sample collection
- principalInvestigatorEmail: email address of the person in charge of the sample collection
- principalInvestigatorInstitution: affiliated institution of the person in charge of the sample collection
Header name index - occurrence
- scientificName: full scientific name of the identified organism at the lowest taxonomic level that can be ascertained. The scientificName should be selected from a drop-down menu linked to the list in taxonomy sheet. (e.g Thalassiosira hyalina).
- identificationQualifier: A standard term (sp., spp., and indet.) to express uncertainty in identification.
- lifeStage: the life stage (e.g. resting spore) of the organism.
- sizeGroupOperator: describes if the size group is less than or greater than a value (It = less than, gte = greater or equal to)
- sizeGroup: the size group in µm.
- organismRemark: indicates e.g. varieties, colony type
- identificationRemarks: a free text field for adding information relevant to the analysis
- identifiedBy: person who did the lab-analyse
- fieldsInCount: Number of fields counted in the microscope
- magnificationMicroscope: The magnification setting used during analysis. Selected from a drop-down menu linked to vocab-sheet
- maxFields: Number of fields in the entire sedimentation chamber (Related to magnification used)
- takenVolumeML: The volume taken for sedimentation in the Utermöhl chamber (the sub-sample taken for analysis)
- identifiedBy: Drop-down menu linked to list in people-sheet
- dateIdentified: Date for the analysis
- sampleSizeValue=(fieldsInCount/maxFields)*(takenVolumeML/convertionMLtoL)*dilutionFactorFormaldehyde), dilutionFactorFormaldehyde = 0.95
- sampleSizeUnit: liter (l)
- organismQuantity: the quantity of the organism per volume water in the environment (organismQuantity = individualCount/sampleSizeValue)
- organismQuantityType: cells/l
Funding:
The Nansen Legacy is funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. They provide 50% of the budget while the participating institutions contribute 50% in-kind. The total budget for the Nansen Legacy project is 740 mill. NOK.