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String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } Chl_c1c2 { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.006, 0.653; String bcodmo_name "chl_c1_c2"; String description "Chlorophyll c2 + chlorophyll c1 + MGDVP Mg-2,4-divnyl pheoporphyrin a5 monomethyl ester"; String long_name "CHL C1C2"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } Chl_c3 { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.005, 0.102; String bcodmo_name "chl_c3"; String description "Chlorophyll c3"; String long_name "CHL C3"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/CLC3HPP1/"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } Lut { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -8888.0, 0.006; String bcodmo_name "lutein"; String description "Lutein"; String long_name "Lut"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/LUTNHPP1/"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } Neo { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -8888.0, 0.009; 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} Pras { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -8888.0, 0.01; String bcodmo_name "prasinox"; String description "Prasinoxanthin"; String long_name "Pras"; String nerc_identifier "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/PRSXHPP1/"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } Gyro { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range -8888.0, -8888.0; String bcodmo_name "Gyroxanthin-Diester"; String description "Gyroxanthin diester"; String long_name "Gyro"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } TChl { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.07, 5.838; String bcodmo_name "chl_tot"; String description "total chlorophylls; Tot_Chl_a +Tot_Chl_b +Tot_Chl_c"; String long_name "TCHL"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } PPC { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.007, 0.429; String bcodmo_name "car_ppc"; String description "photoprotective carotenoids; allo + diadino + diato + zea + alpha-beta-car"; String long_name "PPC"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } PSC { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.029, 2.209; String bcodmo_name "car_psc"; String description "photosynthetic carotenoids; but-fuco + fuco + hex-fuco + perid"; String long_name "PSC"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } PSP { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.099, 8.047; String bcodmo_name "chl_psp"; String description "photosynthetic pigments; PSC + TChl"; String long_name "PSP"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } TCar { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.036, 2.638; String bcodmo_name "car_psc_psp"; String description "total carotenoids; PPC + PSC"; String long_name "TCar"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } TAcc { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.059, 3.358; String bcodmo_name "pig_tot_acc"; String description "total accessory pigments; PPC + PSC + Tot_Chl_b + Tot_Chl_c"; String long_name "TAcc"; String units "milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m^3)"; } TPg { Float32 _FillValue NaN; 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} TChla_TPg { Float32 _FillValue NaN; Float32 actual_range 0.35, 0.61; String bcodmo_name "chla_tot_to_pigtot"; String description "ratio of total chlorophyll a to total pigments; [TChla]/[TPg]"; String long_name "TChla TPg"; String units "unitless (ratio)"; } } NC_GLOBAL { String access_formats ".htmlTable,.csv,.json,.mat,.nc,.tsv,.esriCsv,.geoJson,.odvTxt"; String acquisition_description "The samples were collected using a CTD rosette and an appropriate volume of water was filtered through a 25mm GF/F filter soon after collection. The filters were then stored in liquid nitrogen until analyzed. The analysis and duplicate filter precision details as well as calibration details are provided in [may18atl_HPLC_readme.pdf](\\\\\"https://datadocs.bco- dmo.org/docs/Amazon_River_Plume_Nitrogen/data_docs/may18atl_hplc_readme.pdf\\\\\"). The samples were run at NASA GSFC by Crystal Thomas. The diagnostic pigments were measured using High-performance liquid chromatography as detailed in Van Heukelem and Thomas (2001) and Hooker et al (2005). The HPLC used for pigment analysis is an Agilent RR1200 with a programmable autoinjector (900 ul syringe head), refrigerated autosampler, degasser, and photo-diode array detector with deuterium and tungsten lamps. The HPLC is controlled by Agilent Chemstation software. 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The Amazon Plume region supports diverse plankton communities in a dynamic system driven by nutrients supplied by transport from the river proper as well as nutrients entrained from offshore waters by physical mixing and upwelling. This creates strong interactions among physical, chemical, and biological processes across a range of spatial and temporal scales. The field program will link direct measurements of environmental properties with focused experimental studies of nutrient supply and nutrient limitation of phytoplankton, as well as the transfer of phytoplankton nitrogen to the zooplankton food web. The Amazon Plume exhibits a close juxtaposition of distinct communities during the high-flow season, making it an ideal site for evaluating how nutrient availability, nutrient supply, and habitat longevity interact to drive offshore ecosystem dynamics and function. This project will include German collaborators and will seamlessly integrate education and research efforts. The investigators and their institutions have a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education and to increasing the diversity of the ocean science community through active recruiting and training efforts. The team has a strong track record of involving both undergraduate and graduate students in their field and lab research. The two research cruises planned will provide opportunities for students and technicians to interact with an interdisciplinary and international research team. The ultimate objectives of this project are to understand the processes and interactions that promote distinct communities of nitrogen-fixing organisms (diazotrophs) and other phytoplankton around the Amazon Plume and to explore the impacts of these diazotroph-rich communities on zooplankton biomass and production. 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What factors lead to the clear niche separation between diazotrophs within and around the Amazon Plume and how are the distinct diazotroph communities influenced by hydrographic and biogeochemical controls associated with the Amazon River Plume and offshore upwelling processes? C. 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