Dataset: Experimental results: Remineralization experiments to assess the ability of natural assemblages of bacteria to utilize DOM produced under Si and N limitation (SBDOM project, SBC LTER project)

Culture studies of diatoms that dominate spring blooms in the Santa Barbara Channel were used to examine the effects of N and Si stress on the magnitude of production and the chemical composition of DOM (see the BIB Experiments dataset). The ability of natural assemblages of bacteria to utilize DOM produced under Si and N limitation was then assessed using remineralization experiments. Species examined in the remineralization experiments include: Skeletonema marinoi, Chaetoceros socialis, Thalassiosira weissflogii, and Odontella aurita.