The following table gives details of the datasets that will be produced as a result of the BIO-Carbon fieldwork that took place in 2024.

These datasets are being produced by the CHALKY, IDAPro and PARTITRICS projects. Dates for the expected availability of the datasets are also given. Scroll down for details of Autosub Long Range (ALR) datasets and a second table detailing datasets for the initial BIO-Carbon projects. 

Data descriptionResponsible person
DY180 Discrete measurements of Calcite Production and Net Primary ProductionSarah Cryer (HW)
DY180 Coccolithophore cell counts and species identification from Scanning Electron MicroscopySarah Cryer (HW)
DY180 Discrete CTD measurements of Particulate Inorganic Carbon from ICP-OES analysisAlex Poulton (HW)
DY180 Discrete UW measurements of Particulate Inorganic Carbon from ICP-OES analysisAlex Poulton (HW)
DY180 ship position, 30sec averagedYvonne Firing (NOC)
DY180 CTD sensor data: Transmissometer, Fluorometer, Dissolved Oxygen sensor, Optical Backscatter sensor, PAR sensorYvonne Firing (NOC)
DY180 MLD and Euphotic Depth from CTDSarah Cryer (HW)
DY180 CTD bottle samples macronutrients, dissolved oxygenEd Mawji (NOC)
DY180 underway temperature, salinity, chlYvonne Firing (NOC)
DY180 DIC & TA from the CTDDorothee Bakker, Emmanuel Atai (UEA)
DY180 DIC & TA from the underwayDorothee Bakker, Emmanuel Atai (UEA)
DY180 pH from CTD (test)Dorothee Bakker (UEA)
DY180 pH from underway (test)Dorothee Bakker (UEA)
pH sensor underway (test)Dorothee Bakker (UEA)
DY180 Discrete measurements of plankton community respiration derived from oxygen consumption - epipelagic watersCarol Robinson (UEA)
DY180 Discrete measurements of plankton community respiration derived from oxygen consumption - mesopelagic watersCarol Robinson (UEA)
DY180 Discrete measurements of plankton community respiration derived from the activity of the electron transport system - epipelagic waters / size fractionsCarol Robinson, Meredith Meyer (UEA)
DY180 Discrete measurements of plankton community respiration derived from the activity of the electron transport system - mesopelagic waters / size fractionsCarol Robinson, Meredith Meyer (UEA)
DY180 Discrete measurements of plankton community respiration derived from the activity of the electron transport system - full water column <200µmCarol Robinson, Meredith Meyer (UEA)
DY180 Discrete measurements of particle associated respiration collected from MSC derived from oxygen consumption (optodes)Cordelia Roberts (Imperial) and Elena Garcia-Martin (NOC)
DY180 Discrete Marine Snow catcher measurements of fast sinking Particulate Organic CarbonCordelia Roberts (Imperial) and Elena Garcia-Martin (NOC)
DY180 discrete prokaryotic abundance/count data via flow cytometryCordelia Roberts (Imperial) and Elena Garcia-Martin (NOC)
DY180 Images of suspended, slow- and fast-sinking particles and particle size data from PlanktoscopeElena Garcia-Martin (NOC) and Cordelia Roberts (Imperial)
DY180 Images of suspended, slow- and fast-sinking particles and particle size data from FlowCamCordelia Roberts (Imperial) and Elena Garcia-Martin (NOC)
DY180 community composition and organic material count data from FlowCamCordelia Roberts (Imperial) and Elena Garcia-Martin (NOC)
DY180 Prokaryotic respiration based on redox sensor green reductase activity assayChie Amano, Marilena Heitger (Univ. of Vienna)
DY180 Prokaryotic extracellular enzymatic activity dataChie Amano, Marilena Heitger (Univ. of Vienna)
DY180 Marine Snow Catcher flux data. Available at BODCWill Major, Chelsey Baker, Sari Giering, Filipa Carvalho (NOC)
DY180 and JC269 In situ images of particles (imaging profiler with several camera systems) (Red Camera Frame, RCF)Will Major, Amanda Elineau, Sari Giering (NOC)
DY180 Discrete POC and PON data from all sources (CTD, MSC, UW, RESPIRE)Nathan Briggs, Filipa Carvalho (NOC)
DY180 size spectrum data from UVP6 on CTDFilipa Carvalho, Nathan Briggs, Hans Hilder, Amanda Elineau (NOC)
DY180 UVP6 images from CTDFilipa Carvalho, Nathan Briggs, Hans Hilder, Amanda Elineau (NOC)
BIO-Carbon calibrated glider (4) CT, oxygen and optical dataFlavien Petit, Hans Hilder, Filipa Carvalho, Nathan Briggs (NOC)
BIO-Carbon calibrated float (6) CT, oxygen and optical dataFlavien Petit, Hans Hilder, Filipa Carvalho, Nathan Briggs (NOC)
BIO-Carbon calibrated ALR (2) CT, oxygen and optical dataFlavien Petit, Hans Hilder, Filipa Carvalho, Nathan Briggs (NOC)
DY180 and JC269 nutrient limitation experimentsMark Moore (UoS), Te Liu (UoS)
DY180 and JC269 active chlorophyll fluorescence dataMark Moore (UoS), Te Liu (UoS)
DY180 and JC269 fluorometric(Turner) chlorophyllMark Moore (UoS)
DY180 and JC269 size fractionated chlorophyllMark Moore (UoS)
DY180 and JC269 Cytosense cell countsTBC
DY180 and JC269 particulate phytoplankton and detrital absorptionHeather Bouman (Oxford)
DY180 and JC269 14C photosynthesis irradiance experimentsHeather Bouman (Oxford)
DY180 and JC269 Dissolved Trace metalsMaeve Lohan, Te Liu (UoS)
DY180 and JC269 Particulate Trace metalsMaeve Lohan, Te Liu (UoS)
DY180 IOP and CTD profilesDavid McKee (Strathclyde)
DY180 Radiometry profilesDavid McKee (Strathclyde)
DY180 Surface remote sensing reflectance spectraDavid McKee (Strathclyde)
DY180 Discrete prokaryotic and eukaryotic abundance data by flow cytometryGlen Tarran (PML)
DY180 Above water remote sensing reflectance spectraBrandy Robinson
DY180 Radiometric flourescence line heightBrandy Robinson
DY180 Transparent Exopolymer Particle DataChelsey Baker (NOC)
DY180 Turbulence ProfilesChelsey Baker (NOC)
DY180 Zooplankton biomass and depth distribution from Mammoth netKathryn Cook (Exeter)
DY180 & JC269 Zooplankton biomass from Bongo netKathryn Cook (Exeter)
DY180 & JC269 Mesozooplankton rate process dataKathryn Cook (Exeter)
DY180 & JC269 Microzooplankton rate process dataFranki Perry (Exeter)
DY180 & JC269 Zooplankton metabolism indices (ETS, AARS)Kathryn Cook (Exeter)
DY180 & JC269 Zooplankton stoichiometric dataFranki Perry (Exeter)
DY180 Zooplankton Respiration Measurement dataVicky Fowler (BAS)
DY180 Zooplankton CHN dataVicky Fowler (BAS)
DY180 morphometric & lipid analysis dataCecilia Liszka (BAS)
DY180 Underway IOP dataCath Mitchell, Farley Miller (BLOS)
DY180 Discrete underway PIC and CDOM absorptionCath Mitchell, Farley Miller (BLOS)
DY180 Fluorometric Chlorophyll-a (Turner fluorometer)Cath Mitchell, Farley Miller (BLOS)
DY180 Discrete underway PIC from ICP-OES analysisCath Mitchell, Farley Miller (BLOS)
DY181 Discrete DIC, TA and pH from the CTDPablo Trucco (NOC)
DY181 Discrete DIC, TA and pH from the underwayPablo Trucco (NOC)
DY181 Underway LoC measurements of pH, TA and DICPablo Trucco (NOC)
DY181 Discrete underway Chl, flow cytometry and SEM (tbc)Alex Poulton (HW)
DY180, DY181 and JC269 UW pCO2Pablo Trucco (NOC)
DY180 and JC269 single cell phytoplankton stoichiometriesJoe Furby (UoS)
DY180 and JC269 bulk meso- and macro-zooplankton stoichiometriesJoe Furby, Maeve Lohan (UoS)
JC269 sub-organismal multi-element imaging of meso- and macro-zooplanktonJoe Furby (UoS)

Post recovery ALR (Autosub Long Range) raw data from ALR4, deployed as part of the BIO-CARBON campaign, in Icelandic Basin June - August 2024. Not quality controlled. https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/4bb7b532-3cc1-18b9-e063-7086abc02c3a

Post recovery ALR (Autosub Long Range) raw data from ALR6, deployed as part of the BIO-Carbon campaign, in Icelandic Basin June 2024. Not quality controlled. https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/4dc5dbe1-605e-e5e7-e063-7086abc077c

The following table gives details and expected availability dates for datasets that will be produced by the initial BIO-Carbon projects; Constraining respiration rates of mesopelagic fishes, C-QWIZ, Fish Gut Carbonates, GLOBESINK and MicroRESPIRE.

Data descriptionResponsible person
Mesopelagic fish otolith isotope dataClive Trueman (UoS)
Mesopelagic fish muscle isotope dataClive Trueman (UoS)
Mesopelagic fish metabolic rate estimatesClive Trueman (UoS)
Mesopelagic fish experienced temperature estimatesClive Trueman (UoS)
Collation of microbial respiration derived from oxygen consumption and the activity of the electron transport system and related environmental variables. Available at BODCCarol Robinson (UEA)
Collation of zooplankton respiration derived from oxygen consumption and the activity of the electron transport system and related environmental variablesCarol Robinson (UEA)
Oxygen consumption and related environmental variables derived from sensors deployed on BGC Argo floatsGiorgio Dall'Olmo (UEA)
Global, depth-resolved climatology of sinking particulate organic carbon flux and mean particle diameter between the surface and 2000 m, gridded at 4°latitude by 8°longitude, derived from BGC Argo float measurements of optical backscatteringNathan Briggs (NOC)
Zooplankton body size and metabolic rate processes (respiration, ingestion, growth) quantified across various thermal regimes following different combinations of short-term incubation and multigenerational acclimation.Dewi Ford, Dan Mayor (Uni. of Exeter)
Calcium carbonate production rates by sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (sampled in UoE's ARC; fasted)Rod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)
Calcium carbonate production rates by sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, (sampled in UoE's ARC; commercial pellet feed)Rod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)
Calcium carbonate production rates by sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, (sampled in UoE's ARC; calcium carbonate-enriched pellet feed)Rod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)
Calcium carbonate production rates by sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, (sampled in UoE's ARC; calcium phosphate-enriched pellet feed)Rod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)
Calcium carbonate mineralogy, composition and morphology (FTIR, SEM, EDX) from sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, under differenct feeding conditionsRod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)
Calcium carbonate mineralogy, composition and morphology (FTIR, SEM, EDX) from sea bream, Sparus aurata, under differenct feeding conditionsRod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)
Calcium carbonate mineralogy, composition and morphology (FTIR, SEM, EDX) from frozen specimens of wild epipelagic fish (several species - UK waters)Rod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)
Calcium carbonate mineralogy, composition and morphology (FTIR, SEM, EDX) from frozen specimens of wild mesopelagic fish (several species - Gulf of Mexico, Norwegian Sea, Tropical Atlantic)Rod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)
FTIR-derived estimates of the ratios of carbonate to phosphate in precipitates from wild and lab-fed fishRod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)
Biometric data (length, weight, intestine length) for sampled epipelagic fishRod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)
Biometric data (length, weight, intestine length) for sampled mesopelagic fishRod Wilson (Uni. of Exeter)