25 Mar 2013
25 Mar 2013
The MAREDAT global database of high performance liquid chromatography marine pigment measurements
J. Peloquin1 , C. Swan1 , N. Gruber1 , M. Vogt1 , H. Claustre2,3 , J. Ras2,3 , J. Uitz2,3 , R. Barlow4,5 , M. Behrenfeld6 , R. Bidigare7 , H. Dierssen8 , G. Ditullio9 , E. Fernandez10 , C. Gallienne11 , S. Gibb12 , R. Goericke13 , L. Harding14 , E. Head15 , P. Holligan16 , S. Hooker17 , D. Karl7 , M. Landry7 , R. Letelier18 , C. A. Llewellyn11 , M. Lomas19 , M. Lucas5 , A. Mannino17 , J.-C. Marty2,3 , B. G. Mitchell13 , F. Muller-Karger20 , N. Nelson21 , C. O'Brien1 , B. Prezelin22 , D. Repeta23 , W. O. Jr. Smith24 , D. Smythe-Wright16 , R. Stumpf25 , A. Subramaniam26 , K. Suzuki27 , C. Trees28 , M. Vernet13 , N. Wasmund29 , and S. Wright30
J. Peloquin et al.
J. Peloquin1 , C. Swan1 , N. Gruber1 , M. Vogt1 , H. Claustre2,3 , J. Ras2,3 , J. Uitz2,3 , R. Barlow4,5 , M. Behrenfeld6 , R. Bidigare7 , H. Dierssen8 , G. Ditullio9 , E. Fernandez10 , C. Gallienne11 , S. Gibb12 , R. Goericke13 , L. Harding14 , E. Head15 , P. Holligan16 , S. Hooker17 , D. Karl7 , M. Landry7 , R. Letelier18 , C. A. Llewellyn11 , M. Lomas19 , M. Lucas5 , A. Mannino17 , J.-C. Marty2,3 , B. G. Mitchell13 , F. Muller-Karger20 , N. Nelson21 , C. O'Brien1 , B. Prezelin22 , D. Repeta23 , W. O. Jr. Smith24 , D. Smythe-Wright16 , R. Stumpf25 , A. Subramaniam26 , K. Suzuki27 , C. Trees28 , M. Vernet13 , N. Wasmund29 , and S. Wright30
1 Environmental Physics Group, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 2 Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, UMR7093, CNRS, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France 3 Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR7093, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France 4 Bayworld Centre for Research and Education, Rogge Bay 8012, Cape Town, South Africa 5 Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa 6 Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA 7 Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA 8 Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, USA 9 Grice Marine Lab, College of Charleston, SC, USA 10 Departamento Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain 11 Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK 12 Environmental Research Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK 13 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA 14 University of Maryland Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, USA 15 Ecosystem Research Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada 16 Ocean and Earth Science University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK 17 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA 18 College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA 19 Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St. George's GE 01, Bermuda 20 Institute for Marine Remote Sensing/IMaRS, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA 21 Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 22 Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 23 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA 24 Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Pt., VA, USA 25 NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, USA 26 Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA 27 Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 28 NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy 29 Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, 18119 Warnemünde, Germany 30 Australian Antarctic Division, and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, 203 Channel Hwy Kingston, Tasmania 7050, Australia
1 Environmental Physics Group, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 2 Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, UMR7093, CNRS, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France 3 Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR7093, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France 4 Bayworld Centre for Research and Education, Rogge Bay 8012, Cape Town, South Africa 5 Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa 6 Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA 7 Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA 8 Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, USA 9 Grice Marine Lab, College of Charleston, SC, USA 10 Departamento Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain 11 Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK 12 Environmental Research Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK 13 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA 14 University of Maryland Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, USA 15 Ecosystem Research Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada 16 Ocean and Earth Science University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK 17 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA 18 College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA 19 Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St. George's GE 01, Bermuda 20 Institute for Marine Remote Sensing/IMaRS, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA 21 Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 22 Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 23 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA 24 Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Pt., VA, USA 25 NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, USA 26 Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA 27 Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 28 NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy 29 Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, 18119 Warnemünde, Germany 30 Australian Antarctic Division, and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, 203 Channel Hwy Kingston, Tasmania 7050, Australia
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Received: 06 Dec 2012 – Discussion started: 20 Dec 2012 – Revised: 01 Mar 2013 – Accepted: 03 Mar 2013 – Published: 25 Mar 2013
A global pigment database consisting of 35 634 pigment suites measured by high performance liquid chromatography was assembled in support of the MAR ine E cosytem DAT a (MAREDAT) initiative. These data originate from 136 field surveys within the global ocean, were solicited from investigators and databases, compiled, and then quality controlled. Nearly one quarter of the data originates from the Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), with an additional 17% and 19% stemming from the US JGOFS and LTER programs, respectively. The MAREDAT pigment database provides high quality measurements of the major taxonomic pigments including chlorophylls a and b , 19'-butanoyloxyfucoxanthin, 19'-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin, alloxanthin, divinyl chlorophyll a , fucoxanthin, lutein, peridinin, prasinoxanthin, violaxanthin and zeaxanthin, which may be used in varying combinations to estimate phytoplankton community composition. Quality control measures consisted of flagging samples that had a total chlorophyll a concentration of zero, had fewer than four reported accessory pigments, or exceeded two standard deviations of the log-linear regression of total chlorophyll a with total accessory pigment concentrations. We anticipate the MAREDAT pigment database to be of use in the marine ecology, remote sensing and ecological modeling communities, where it will support model validation and advance our global perspective on marine biodiversity. The original dataset together with quality control flags as well as the gridded MAREDAT pigment data may be downloaded from PANGAEA: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.793246 .
