Totten and Mertz Glacier Voyages - Phytoplankton Pigments - 2014/15 and 2016/17

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

This dataset contains phytoplankton pigment measurements for the Totten and Mertz Glacier regions, analysed using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). There were two voyages to this region. For the first voyage in 2014/15 a suite of pigments were analysed including chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, chlorophyll c (c1, c2, c3), fucoxanthin, alloxanthin, gyroxanthin diester, 19'-butanoyloxyfucoxanthin, 19'-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin, peridinin, prasinoxanthin, crocoxanthin, violaxanthin and zeaxanthin. For the second voyage in 2016/17 chlorophyll a was analysed only. Measurements were taken at 6 depths throughout the water-column at each station. Additional samples were taken whilst the ship was in transit to and from Antarctica (transit samples) using the underway seawater line with the intake at 7 m depth. The data are in two separate spreadsheets – one for each voyage (2014/15 and 2016/17). All pigment concentrations are in µg L-1. At CTD stations data is provided for 3-6 depths.

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Title Totten and Mertz Glacier Voyages - Phytoplankton Pigments - 2014/15 and 2016/17
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/5b738e7a-091c-4497-ad36-042f2531a44b
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/07/2014 - 30/06/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Totten and Mertz Glacier Voyages - Phytoplankton Pigments - 2014/15 and 2016/17". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/totten-and-mertz-glacier-voyages-phytoplankton-pigments-2014-15-and-2016-17