Cruise Objective:
Examine the relationships between growth rate, grazing
mortality, and relative abundance for two pico-phytoplankton
groups (Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus) over the
well-defined seasonal cycle these two groups experience
in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea.
Science Activities:
- CTD
- Drogue Deployments
Operations Area:
- 32N 64W
- Vicinity of BATS
- 0-200m, occasional deep casts to 3km
Cruise information and original data are available from the NSF R2R data catalog.
Dataset | Brief Description |
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picoeukaryote accession numbers | Links to Accessions for 18S rDNA , chloroplast and metagenomics data |