Phytoplankton pigment concentrations sampled during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) during the Austral Summer of 2016/2017.

Data files: ace_phytoplankton_pigments_20190806CURRSGCM.csv, ace_phytoplankton_pigments_lod.csv

File header:

Cruise_or_Project [string]: Research voyage name
Ship [string]: Ship name
Latitude [decimal_deg_N]: Latitude of seawater sample collection [decimal degrees North]
Longitude [decimal_deg_E]: Longitude of seawater sample collection [decimal degrees South]
Sampling_DateTime_UTC [YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+HH:MM]: DateTime sample was collected from underway seawater supply or datetime of CTD bottle firing is ISO8601 format [UTC]
Leg [string]: Leg of ACE voyage sample was collected, 1-3.
ACE_Sample_Number [string]: Sample ID Code in standard ACE format
Sample_code [string]: Project 1 sample ID code
STNNBR [string]: ACE station number 
CASTNO [string]: ACE CTD cast number
BTLNBR [string]: ACE CTD bottle number
Depth [m]: Depth sample was collected from [metres]
Filtered_Volume [L]: Volume of seawater filtered [litres]
Chlorophyll_c3 [mg/m^3]: pigment concentration for chlorophyll c3 [milligrams per cubic metre]
Chlc3QA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Chlorophyll_c1c2 [mg/m^3]: sum of pigment concentration for chlorophyll c1 and chlorophyll c2 [milligrams per cubic metre]
Chlc1c2QA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Chlorophyllide_a [mg/m^3]: pigment concentration for chlorophyllide a and chlorophyllide a-like pigment [milligrams per cubic metre]
ChldaQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Peridinin [mg/m^3]: peridinin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
PeriQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Phaeophorbid_a [mg/m^3]: pigment concentration for phaeophorbide a and phaeophorbide a-like pigment [milligrams per cubic metre]
PhdaQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
19Butanoyloxyfucoxanthin [mg/m^3]: 19'-Butanoloxyfucoxanthin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
ButQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Fucoxanthin [mg/m^3]: Fucoxanthin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
FucoQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Neoxanthin [mg/m^3]: Neoxanthin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
NeoQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Prasinoxanthin [mg/m^3]: Prasinoxanthin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
PrasQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Violaxanthin [mg/m^3]: Violaxanthin pigment concentration  [milligrams per cubic metre]
ViolaQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
19Hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin [mg/m^3]: 19'-Hexanoloxyfucoxanthin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
HexQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Diadinoxanthin [mg/m^3]: Diadinoxanthin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
DiadinoQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Antheraxanthin [mg/m^3]: Antheraxanthin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
AntheraQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Alloxanthin [mg/m^3]: Alloxanthin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
AlloQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Diatoxanthin [mg/m^3]: Diatoxanthin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
DiatoQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Zeaxanthin [mg/m^3]: Zeaxanthin pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
ZeaQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Lutein [mg/m^3]: Lutein pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
LutQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Bacteriochlorophyll_a [mg/m^3]: Bacteriochlorophyll a pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
BchlaQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Chlorophyll_b [mg/m^3]: Chlorophyll b pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
TChlbQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Divinyl_Chlorophyll_a [mg/m^3]: Divinyl chlorophyll a pigment concentration [milligrams per cubic metre]
DVChlaQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Chlorophyll_a [mg/m^3]: Sum of pigment concentration for chlorophyll a, chlorophyll a allomers and chlorophyll a epimers [milligrams per cubic metre]
ChlaQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Total_Chlorophyll_a [mg/m^3]: Sum of pigment concentration for chlorophyll a, divinyl chlorophyll a and chlorophyllide a and chlorophyllide a-like pigments [milligrams per cubic metre]
TchlaQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Phaeophytin_a [mg/m^3]: Sum of pigment concentration for phaeophytin a and phaeophytin a like pigments [milligrams per cubic metre]
PhytnaQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Sum_Carotenes [mg/m^3]: Sum of pigment concentrations for beta carotene and alpha carotene pigments [milligrams per cubic metre]
TcarQA [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.
Observations [string]: Notes recorded during pigment analyses.
accept_reject [Flag]: Quality flag. See README file for description.

Pigment [string]: Name of pigment concentration
LOD [ng/inj]: Limit of detection calculated as nanograms per injection
LOD for 2 L filtered [mg/m^3]: Limit of detection calculated as the concentration for a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 for a filtered volume of 2 L [milligrams per cubic metre]

Pigment concentration values below the limit of detection are reported with fill value ‘NaN’. Any null values are reported with fill value ‘NaN’.