Lynne M. Merchant

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO)

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0000-0002-7680-6436

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Datasets

Project: REU Site: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences - Undergraduate Research Experience in the Gulf of Maine and the World Ocean

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Macrophytes' amelioration of seawater acidity: Water residence time and irradiance of Saccharina latissima from the Gulf of Maine in November 2018 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-08-22	Final no updates expected
Macrophytes' amelioration of seawater acidity: Comparison among four species of marine macrophytes (Ulva lactuca, Zostera marina, Fucus vesiculosus and Saccharina latissima) from the Gulf of Maine from June to July 2015 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-08-22	Final no updates expected

Project: Collaborative Research: Individual Based Approaches to Understanding Krill Distributions and Aggregations

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Swimming kinematics of krill exposed to guano and food odor BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-09-09	Preliminary and in progress

Project: Invertebrate calcification and behavior in seawater of decoupled carbonate chemistry

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Field measurements of periostracum cover of mussels (Mytilus californianus) from focal population at Marshall Gulch Beach, CA in July and August 2022 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-12-26	Final no updates expected
Lab incubations of mussels (Mytilus californianus) examining the influence of simulated abrasion of periostracum on external shell dissolution at Marshall Gulch Beach, CA from August 2021 to March 2022 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-12-28	Final no updates expected
Lab incubations of mussels (Mytilus californianus) examining the influence of periostracum cover and pH on external shell dissolution at Marshall Gulch Beach, CA from August 2021 to March 2022 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-12-28	Final no updates expected

Project: Collaborative Research: Linking iron and nitrogen sources in an oligotrophic coastal margin: Nitrogen fixation and the role of boundary fluxes

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Chlorphyll a and pheophytin from two cruises performed as part of the STING project from R/V Atlantic Explorer AE2305 (Sting I cruise) and R/V Endeavor EN704 (Sting II cruise) in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida from February to July 2023 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-05-28	Final no updates expected

Project: Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Time Series

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Pseudo-nitzschia spp. presence-absence and environmental data in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, USA and the Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES-LTER transect) from 2018-2023 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-10-14	Final no updates expected
Amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) and taxonomy of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. from Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, USA and the Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES-LTER transect) from 2018-2023 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-10-11	Final no updates expected

Project: Predicting impacts of coastal species redistribution in a changing climate

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Intertidal community diversity surveys at 23 sites in California, USA and Baja California, Mexico across tidal elevations from 2022-2023 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-12-31	Preliminary and in progress

Project: RII Track-1: Rhode Island Consortium for Coastal Ecology Assessment, Innovation, and Modeling

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Pseudo-nitzschia spp. presence-absence and environmental data in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, USA and the Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES-LTER transect) from 2018-2023 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-10-14	Final no updates expected
Amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) and taxonomy of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. from Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, USA and the Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES-LTER transect) from 2018-2023 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-10-11	Final no updates expected

Project: Oligotrophic ocean metabolism from underwater glider observations

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Depth profiles from Seagliders 146, 147, 148, 511, 512, and 626 in a total of 18 missions at Station ALOHA in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre from 2008-2023 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2025-01-03	Preliminary and in progress

Project: Collaborative Research: Tracking the interacting roles of the environment, host genotype, and a novel Rickettsiales in coral disease susceptibility

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Acropora cervicornis transcriptomes: nutrient- and disease-exposed from samples collected at Mote Marine Laboratory in situ nursery from June to July 2022 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2025-01-05	Preliminary and in progress
16S rRNA sequences for outplanted Acropora cervicornis sexual recruits collected from Mote Marine Laboratory and Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary from 2020-2022 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2025-01-05	Preliminary and in progress

Project: Concentrations and source assessment of black carbon across tropical Atlantic air and sediment

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Surface Sedimentary Black Carbon Concentrations, Flux, and Carbon Isotopes Values from the R.V. Endeavor EN651 in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean from March 2020 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-09-16	Preliminary and in progress

Project: RAPID: Collaborative Research: Predicting the Spread of Multi-Species Coral Disease Using Species Immune Traits

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
RNAseq data from apparently healthy and Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease-affected Montastraea cavernosa coral collected from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands in 2020 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-12-10	Final no updates expected

Project: Collaborative Research: Quantifying trophic roles and food web ecology of salp blooms of the Chatham Rise

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Plankton size spectra compiled from projects CCE LTER, HOT, CRD FluZIE, BLOOFINZ-GoM, and SalpPOOP in the California Current Ecosystem, North Pacific subtropical gyre, Costa Rica Dome, Gulf of Mexico, and Southern Ocean subtropical front from 2004-2018 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-10-17	Final no updates expected

Project: Bacteria as Biosensors of Carbon and Energy Flow in Marine Ecosystems: Quantitative Links Between Substrates, Transcripts, and Metabolism

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Microbial cellular abundance growth response through epifluorescent microscopy from the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina USA from 2021-2022 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-07-25	Final no updates expected

Project: Northeast U.S. Shelf Long Term Ecological Research site

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Pseudo-nitzschia spp. presence-absence and environmental data in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, USA and the Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES-LTER transect) from 2018-2023 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-10-14	Final no updates expected
Amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) and taxonomy of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. from Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, USA and the Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES-LTER transect) from 2018-2023 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-10-11	Final no updates expected

Project: Collaborative research: The effects of predator traits on the structure of oceanic food webs

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
18s DNA sequences of planktonic animals that are potential prey of siphonophores in water off California USA from 2016-2020 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-12-05	Preliminary and in progress

Project: Collaborative Research: Molecular profiling of the ecophysiology of dormancy induction in calanid copepods of the Northern Gulf of Alaska LTER site

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Multiyear RNA-Seq of Neocalanus flemingeri stages CV and Adult Female from the R/V Tiglax and R/V Sikuliaq in the Northern Gulf of Alaska from 2015-2022 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-07-26	Final no updates expected
Gene expression profiles for Neocalanus flemingeri pre adults (CV) exposed to four different experimental food conditions collected from the M/V Dora in the Gulf of Alaska at station GAK1 from April 2019 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-05-30	Final no updates expected
Annotated de novo transcriptomes generated from six co-occurring species of calanoid copepods from the R/V Tiglax TXF18, TXS19, TXF15, TXF17 in the Gulf of Alaska from 2015-2019 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-07-02	Final no updates expected
Oocytes formation in post-diapause Neocalanus flemingeri females from the R/V Sikuliaq and the R/V Tiglax in the Northern Gulf of Alaska from 2019-06-30 to 2019-09-13 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-06-13	Final no updates expected
Post-diapause Neocalanus flemingeri females morphometric measurements and calculations of lipid fullness and lipid volume taken from the R/V Sikuliaq and the R/V Tiglax in the Northern Gulf of Alaska from 2019-06-30 to 2019-09-13 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-06-13	Final no updates expected

Project: The role of heterotrophic bacteria in protecting cyanobacteria from hydrogen peroxide in coastal ecosystems

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
RNA-Seq sample information and NCBI accession numbers for microbial communities in the western basin of Lake Erie from 2017-2019 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-12-05	Preliminary and in progress
Hydrogen peroxide influence on toxicity of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CHABs) in Lake Erie and other eutrophic waters from 2017 - 2019 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-12-03	Preliminary and in progress

Project: Microbial activity in the crustal deep biosphere

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Collection of subsurface bacteria Nitrospirota and Nitrospinota genome data including IMG and NCBI accessions for sequence datasets in June 2021 (Slow Life in Crust project) BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-12-29	Preliminary and in progress
Single-cell amplified genomes (SAGs) of uncultivated Aminicenantia bacteria from the subseafloor of Juan de Fuca Ridge (JdFR) from deployments of R/V Atlantis AT18-07 and AT42-11 from 2011 and 2019 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-12-27	Preliminary and in progress

Project: Collaborative Proposal: Optimizing Recruitment of Neocalanus copepods through Strategic Timing of Reproduction and Growth in the Gulf of Alaska

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Multiyear RNA-Seq of Neocalanus flemingeri stages CV and Adult Female from the R/V Tiglax and R/V Sikuliaq in the Northern Gulf of Alaska from 2015-2022 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-07-26	Final no updates expected
Annotated de novo transcriptomes generated from six co-occurring species of calanoid copepods from the R/V Tiglax TXF18, TXS19, TXF15, TXF17 in the Gulf of Alaska from 2015-2019 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-07-02	Final no updates expected
Oocytes formation in post-diapause Neocalanus flemingeri females from the R/V Sikuliaq and the R/V Tiglax in the Northern Gulf of Alaska from 2019-06-30 to 2019-09-13 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-06-13	Final no updates expected
Post-diapause Neocalanus flemingeri females morphometric measurements and calculations of lipid fullness and lipid volume taken from the R/V Sikuliaq and the R/V Tiglax in the Northern Gulf of Alaska from 2019-06-30 to 2019-09-13 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2024-06-13	Final no updates expected

Project: Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education

Dataset	Version Date	Current State
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Monterey Bay Time Series - CTD from AUV Makai on 2016-02-03 BCO-DMO Data Manager	2023-08-15	Final no updates expected
Diazotroph abundances (nifH gene) from multiple HOE-DYLAN cruises from July to September 2012 (C-MORE project) BCO-DMO Data Manager	2023-08-15	Final no updates expected
Urea concentrations from multiple HOE-DYLAN cruises, R/V Kilo Moana KM1215, KM1217, KM1219, at Station ALOHA from July to September 2012 (C-MORE project) BCO-DMO Data Manager	2023-08-10	Final no updates expected
Nitrite (NO2) concentrations from multiple HOE-DYLAN cruises, R/V Kilo Moana KM1215, KM1216, KM1217, KM1218, KM1219, KM1220, at Station ALOHA from July to September 2012 (C-MORE project) BCO-DMO Data Manager	2023-08-10	Final no updates expected
Ammonium (NH4) concentrations from multiple HOE-DYLAN cruises from July to September 2012 (C-MORE project) BCO-DMO Data Manager	2023-08-22	Final no updates expected

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