Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Supporting Information for
Variability in diatom contributions to biomass, organic matter production and
export across a frontal gradient in the California Current Ecosystem
Jeffrey W. Krause a,b, Mark A. Brzezinski a,c, Ralf Goericke d, Michael R. Landry d, Mark
D. Ohman d, Michael R. Stukel e, f, Andrew G. Taylor d
a Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
b Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama
c Department of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
d Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California
e Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland, Cambridge, Maryland
f Current Address: Florida State University, Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science Department
Tallahassee, Florida
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Introduction
The supporting data files are in tab delimited text format. Each file presents the profile
data collected during the California Current Ecosystem (CCE) Long Term Ecological
Research (LTER) program’s P1106 cruise aboard the R/V Melville from 18 June – 17
July 2011 presented in this manuscript. This cruise used a quasi-Lagrangian approach
to sample three types of water masses associated with a front or on the oceanic or
coastal sides of the front. Six three-day Lagrangian experiments (termed “Cycles”) were
conducted in each water type and a high-resolution spatial transect was conducted
through the frontal region. Supporting data files are separated by Cycle type (i.e.
oceanic, frontal or coastal) and the transect. These data are also available through CCE
LTER data archive at http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/datazoo/ or upon request. This
work was supported by the CCE LTER program under award OCE 1026607 (awarded to
MDO, MRL, RG) by the National Science Foundation.
Data Set S1 (Krauseetal-ds01.txt). Profile data for California Current Ecosystem (CCE)
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) process cruise P1106 Oceanic Cycles (2 and
5). Data include: CTD temperature (°C), salinity (psu) and potential density (kg m-3),
silicic acid (μmol L-1), autoanalyzer phosphate (μmol L-1), autoanalyzer nitrate (μmol L-1),
biogenic silica (μmol Si L-1), Chlorophyll a (μg L-1), biogenic silica production (μmol Si L-1
d-1) and biomass-normalized specific biogenic silica production (d-1). Stations are
denoted by cycle number (i.e. C#), day during a cycle (i.e. D#). Values of “-999” denote
no data.
Data Set S2 (Krauseetal-ds02.txt). Profile data for California Current Ecosystem (CCE)
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) process cruise P1106 Frontal Cycles (1 and 6).
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Data include: CTD temperature (°C), salinity (psu) and potential density (kg m-3), silicic
acid (μmol L-1), autoanalyzer phosphate (μmol L-1), autoanalyzer nitrate (μmol L-1),
biogenic silica (μmol Si L-1), Chlorophyll a (μg L-1), biogenic silica production (μmol Si
L-1 d-1) and biomass-normalized specific biogenic silica production (d-1). Stations are
denoted by cycle number (i.e. C#), day during a cycle (i.e. D#). Values of “-999” denote
no data.
Data Set S3 (Krauseetal-ds03.txt). Profile data for California Current Ecosystem (CCE)
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) process cruise P1106 Coastal Cycles (3 and 4).
Data include: CTD temperature (°C), salinity (psu) and potential density (kg m-3), silicic
acid (μmol L-1), autoanalyzer phosphate (μmol L-1), autoanalyzer nitrate (μmol L-1),
biogenic silica (μmol Si L-1), Chlorophyll a (μg L-1), biogenic silica production (μmol Si
L-1 d-1) and biomass-normalized specific biogenic silica production (d-1). Stations are
denoted by cycle number (i.e. C#), day during a cycle (i.e. D#). Values of “-999” denote
no data.
Data Set S4 (Krauseetal-ds04.txt). Profile data for California Current Ecosystem (CCE)
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) process cruise P1106 transect. Data include:
CTD temperature (°C), salinity (psu) and potential density (kg m-3), silicic acid (μmol L1), autoanalyzer phosphate (μmol L-1), autoanalyzer nitrate (μmol L-1), biogenic silica
(μmol Si L-1) and Chlorophyll a (μg L-1). Values of “-999” denote no data.
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