Dataset: Fecal pellet sinking rate experiment and calculated density for the study: Gut dissolution of coccoliths by Acartia/effect on fecal pellet sinking.

Final no updates expectedVersion 1 (2017-12-15)Dataset Type:experimental

Principal Investigator: William M. Balch (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)

Co-Principal Investigator: David Fields (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)

Contact: Meredith White (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Megan Switzer (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Program: Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment (SEES): Ocean Acidification (formerly CRI-OA) (SEES-OA)

Project: Effects of ocean acidification on Emiliania huxleyi and Calanus finmarchicus; insights into the oceanic alkalinity and biological carbon pumps (OA_Copes_Coccoliths)

Cite Dataset

Results for fecal pellet sinking rate experiment and calculated density. This experiment was performed at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME.  These data are presented in:

White, M. M., L. C. Lubelczyk, J. Waller, D. T. Drapeau, B. C. Bowler, A. Vermont, D. M. Fields, and W. M. Balch (2017), Testing the Tums hypothesis: Dissolution of coccoliths buffers copepod guts., Nature, in prep.

Please see paper for complete description and methods. Data are restricted until publication of manuscript. 

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Balch, W. M., Fields, D. (2017) Fecal pellet sinking rate experiment and calculated density for the study: Gut dissolution of coccoliths by Acartia/effect on fecal pellet sinking.. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2017-12-15 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/720671 [access date]

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