Phytoplankton community composition in the water column of the West Greenland shelf, July 2021

Camilla Svensen; Anna Maria Dąbrowska; Ingrid Wiedmann

doi:10.15468/sfxd3c

Phytoplankton community composition in the water column of the West Greenland shelf, July 2021

Citation

Svensen C, Dąbrowska A M, Wiedmann I (2024). Phytoplankton community composition in the water column of the West Greenland shelf, July 2021. Version 1.3. UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/sfxd3c accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-07.

Description

The community composition of suspended phytoplankton cells was investigated at 10 stations on the West Greenland continental shelf as part of the EU project ECOTIP. Water was collected with a 12 L Niskin bottle at or close to the fluorescence maximum (between 20 and 50 m). Onboard the ship, the water was gently transferred into a carboy. From each carboy, a subsample of 100 mL was transferred into a glass bottle, preserved with 1 mL acidic Lugol’s solution for later microscopic analysis. From this field campaign, a cruise report is publicly available on Zenodo (https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5913276). In addition, the following data sets are available: 1) the concentration of suspended chlorophyll a (Chl a >0.7 and >10 micrometre), phaeophtin (Phaeo >0.7 and >10 micrometre), particulate organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON) in the water column (https://doi.org/10.11582/2024.00039), 2) the downward flux of Chl a (>0.7 and >10 micrometre), Phaeo (>0.7 and >10 micrometre), POC and PON at three stations (https://doi.org/10.11582/2024.00041), and 3) the community composition of sinking protist cells on (https://doi.org/10.15468/kw3rs9).

Sampling Description

Study Extent

At each of the 10 sampling stations on the West Greenland continental shelf, water was collected at or close to the sub-surface fluorescence maximum.

Sampling

At each station, the water was collected using a 12 L Niskin bottle attached to a sampling rosette. The water was gently transferred from the Niskin bottles to carboys (using a silicon hose) and a subsample of 100 mL was preserved with 1 mL acidic Lugol’s solution and the sample was stored cool (+4 C) and in darkness until further analysis ashore.

Method steps

The microscopic analysis was later conducted at the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN) in Sopot, Poland and the phytoplankton taxa were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level.

Taxonomic Coverages

N/A

Oligotrichida
rank: order
Chattonellales
rank: order
Lohmanniellidae
rank: family
Leptocylindraceae
rank: family
Gymnodiniaceae
rank: family
Dinophyceae
rank: class
Fragilariaceae
rank: family
Acanthoecida
rank: order
Katablepharidaceae
rank: family
Chromista
rank: kingdom
Ostreopsidaceae
rank: family
Gonyaulacales
rank: order
Dinophysales
rank: order
Chromulinales
rank: order
Tontoniidae
rank: family
Bacillariales
rank: order
Eutintinnidae
rank: family
Chrysophyceae
rank: class
Raphidophyceae
rank: class
Cryptophyceae
rank: class
NA
rank: kingdom
Gymnodiniales
rank: order
Protozoa
rank: kingdom
Coscinodiscales
rank: order
Leegaardiellidae
rank: family
Fragilariales
rank: order
Dinophysaceae
rank: family
Coscinodiscaceae
rank: family
Ascampbelliellidae
rank: family
NA
rank: order
Chattonellaceae
rank: family
Gymnodiniales incertae sedis
rank: family
Attheyaceae
rank: family
Leptocylindrales
rank: order
Litostomatea
rank: class
Acanthoecidae
rank: family
Chaetocerotanae incertae sedis
rank: order
Cryptophyta incertae sedis
rank: class
Choanoflagellatea
rank: class
Euglenozoa
rank: phylum
Cladopyxidaceae
rank: family
Oligotrichea
rank: class
Mesodiniidae
rank: family
Cyclotrichiida
rank: order
Myzozoa
rank: phylum
Hemiaulaceae
rank: family
0
rank: order
Bacillariophyta
rank: phylum
Hemiaulales
rank: order
Amphidiniales
rank: order
Bacillariophyceae
rank: class
Euglenoidea
rank: class
Cryptophyta
rank: phylum
Ochrophyta
rank: phylum
NA
rank: class
Choanozoa
rank: phylum
Strombidiidae
rank: family
Amphidiniaceae
rank: family
Dinobryaceae
rank: family
Chaetocerotaceae
rank: family
NA
rank: family
Ciliophora
rank: phylum
Bacillariaceae
rank: family
NA
rank: phylum
Choreotrichida
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Continental shelf off West Greenland/ Davis Strait

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Camilla Svensen
originator
position: Professor
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Tromsø
NO
email: camilla.svensen@uit.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9577-3935

Anna Maria Dąbrowska
originator
position: Researcher
Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN)
Sopot
PL
email: mrs.annamariadabrowska@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0911-3082

Ingrid Wiedmann
originator
position: Researcher
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Tromsø
NO
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9274-3084

Camilla Svensen
metadata author
position: Professor
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Tromsø
NO
email: camilla.svensen@uit.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9577-3935

Ingrid Wiedmann
metadata author
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Tromsø
NO
email: Ingrid.wiedmann@uit.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9274-3084

Camilla Svensen
point of contact
position: Professor
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Tromsø
NO
email: camilla.svensen@uit.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9577-3935

Ingrid Wiedmann
processor
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Tromsø
NO
email: Ingrid.wiedmann@uit.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9274-3084

Camilla Svensen
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Tromsø
NO
email: camilla.svensen@uit.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9577-3935