Core Measurements at BATS
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| Parameter |
Depth Range (m) |
Method/Instrument |
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| Continuous electronic
measurements |
| Temperature |
0 - 4200 |
Dual SBE-03f sensors |
| Conductivity |
0 - 4200 |
Dual SBE04 sensors |
| Pressure |
0 - 4200 |
SeaBird Digiquartz |
| Dissolved Oxygen |
0 - 4200 |
SBE43 polarographic membrane sensors |
| Fluorescence |
0 - 4200 |
Chelsea Instruments |
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| Discrete Samples |
| Salinity |
0 - 4200 |
Guildline Autosal 8400B |
| Dissolved Oxygen |
0 - 4200 |
Winkler Titration, UV endpoint |
| Total CO2 |
0 - 500 |
Automated coulometric analysis |
| Alkalinity |
0 - 500 |
High precision titration |
| Nitrate, Nitrite |
0 - 4200 |
CFA colorometric using Technicon-2 |
| Phosphate |
0 - 4200 |
CFA colorometric using Technicon-2 |
| Silicate |
0 - 4200 |
CFA colorometric using Technicon-2 |
| Dissolved Organic Carbon |
0 - 4200 |
High temperature catalytic oxidation |
| Dissolved Organic Nitrogen |
0 - 4200 |
UV oxidation |
| Particulate Organic Carbon |
0 - 1000 |
High temperature combustion CHN analyzer |
| Particulate Organic Nitrogen |
0 - 1000 |
High temperature combustion CHN analyzer |
| Particulate Silicate |
0 - 1000 |
Chemical digestion, colorometric analysis |
| Phytoplankton Pigments |
0 - 250 |
HPLC |
| Fluorometric Chlorophyll a |
0 - 250 |
Turner fluorometer |
| Bacteria Enumeration |
0 - 4000 |
DAPI stained, fluorescence microscopy |
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| Rate Measurements |
| Primary Production |
0 - 140 |
in-situ incubation , 14C uptake |
| Bacterial activity |
0 - 300 |
Thymidine incorporation |
| Particle Fluxes |
150, 200, 300 |
Free drifting surface tethered MultiPITs |
| Mass flux |
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Gravimetric analysis |
| Total Carbon flux |
|
Swimmer removal, CHN analysis |
| Organic carbon flux |
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Swimmer removal, acidification , CHN |
| Organic nitrogen flux |
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Swimmer removal, CHN analysis |
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