Dataset: Suspension feeder size data

Name: Ciona intestinalis, Mercenaria mercenaria and Mya arenaria size data from specimens used in stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (PIV) experiments (Inhalant flows project)
Published: 2016-08-25
Keywords: biota, oceans

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Temporal Extent: 2014-12-09

Project:

A framework to characterize inhalant siphon flows of aquatic benthos (Inhalant flows)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Peter Jumars (University of Maine, U Maine DMC)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Dr John Crimaldi (University of Colorado, CU)

Student:

Kevin Du Clos (University of Maine, U Maine DMC)

Contact:

Kevin Du Clos (University of Maine, U Maine DMC)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version Date:

2016-08-25

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Ciona intestinalis, Mercenaria mercenaria and Mya arenaria size data from specimens used in stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (PIV) experiments (Inhalant flows project)

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Description

Measurements of the individuals used in the stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (PIV) experiments, including inhalant and exhalant siphon size, body length, wet and dry weight, and ash free dry weight.

Related Dataset: Suspension feeder PIV data

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date, reference information
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard

Data Files

File
susp_feed_sizes_all.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 2.65 KB) MD5:64c69c893ca1b958c2dfa70e3f4267cd Primary data file for dataset ID 655604

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1260232
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1260199

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Jumars_2014		2014-11-11	lab University of Maine	Dr Peter Jumars (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

scale

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: scale

Acronym: balance

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB13/

Generic Description:

An instrument used to measure weight or mass.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
species	species used in PIV experiment	unitless	species
experiment	experiment identification number	unitless	exp_id
date	experiment date formatted as yyyy-mm-dd	year-month-day	date
inh_siphon_d1	inhalant siphon mouth long axis diameter	mm	width
inh_siphon_d2	inhalant siphon mouth short axis diameter	mm	width
no_name	to be described	nd	no_bcodmo_term
inh_siphon_area	inhalant siphon mouth cross-sectional area	mm^2	no_bcodmo_term
inh_siphon_ECD	inhalant siphon mouth equivalent circular diameter = sqrt(in d1 * in d2)	mm	width
exh_siphon_d1	exhalant siphon mouth long axis diameter	mm	width
exh_siphon_d2	exhalant siphon mouth short axis diameter	mm	width
exh_siphon_area	exhalant siphon mouth cross-sectional area	mm^2	no_bcodmo_term
exh_siphon_ECD	exhalant siphon mouth equivalent circular diameter = sqrt(in d1 * in d2)	mm	width
length	Ciona total length or mollusc shell length	mm	length
width_shell	Mollusc shell width	mm	width
area_shell	Mollusc shell area	mm	no_bcodmo_term
wet_wgt	wet weight	g	weight
dry_wgt	dry weight	g	dry_wgt_globec
AFDW	ash free dry weight	g	weight
AFDW_no_shell	ash free dry weight minus shell	g	weight

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Dataset: Suspension feeder size data