Seasons of Syn
Authors/Creators
- 1. Marine Biological Laboratory
- 2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole Massachusetts**
- 3. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Description
Synechococcus is a widespread and important marine primary producer. Time series provide critical information for identifying and understanding the factors that determine abundance patterns. Here, we present the results of analysis of a 16‐yr hourly time series of Synechococcus at the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory, obtained with an automated, in situ flow cytometer. We focus on understanding seasonal abundance patterns by examining relationships between cell division rate, loss rate, cellular properties (e.g., cell volume, phycoerythrin fluorescence), and environmental variables (e.g., temperature, light). We find that the drivers of cell division vary with season; cells are temperature‐limited in winter and spring, but light‐limited in the fall. Losses to the population also vary with season. Our results lead to testable hypotheses about Synechococcus ecophysiology and a working framework for understanding the seasonal controls of Synechococcus cell abundance in a temperate coastal system.
Notes
Data is organized into 3 tab-delimited text files:
Synechococcus data and more: lno2019_syn_temp_light.txt
File includes daily values or averages of hourly data for:
- Synechococcus cell concentration (cells per mL)
- estimates of division rate for Synechococcus population (per day)
- calculated loss rate from subtraction of net growth rate from division rate (per day)
- net growth rate calculated from day-to-day change in Synechoocccus cell concentration (per day)
- Minimum mode of cell volume (micrometer3)
- PE fluorescence at dawn
- PE fluorescence at dawn normalized by cell volume at dawn (1/micrometer3)
- Temperature (degree Celsius)
- Daily incident radiation (MJ/m2)
Missing data is denoted as NaNs.
Nutrient data: lno2019_nutrient_data.txt
For available days, file includes:
- Concentration of nitrate+nitrite (microMolar)
- Concentration of ammonium (microMolar)
- Concentration of phosphate (microMolar)
- Concentration of silicate (microMolar)
PAR attenuation coefficeint data: lno2019_attenuation_coefficients.txt
For available days, file inlucdes:
- Station Latitude
- Station Longitude
- Attenuation coefficient (K) for PAR (meters-1)
Please see corresponding paper for more details about data processing or corresponding scripts.
Funding provided by: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000936
Award Number: GGA#934
Funding provided by: WHOI Investment in Science Fund
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Funding provided by: Simons Foundation
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000893
Award Number: 561126
Funding provided by: U.S. Department of Defense
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000005
Award Number: National Defense Science and Engineering graduate fellowship
Funding provided by: Marine Biological Laboratory
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006049
Award Number: Hibbitt Early Career Fellowship
Funding provided by: NSF; Division of Environmental Biology
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000155
Award Number: 1145017
Funding provided by: NSF; Division of Environmental Biology
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000155
Award Number: 1257545
Funding provided by: NSF; Division of Ocean Sciences
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000141
Award Number: 1655686
Funding provided by: NSF; Division of Ocean Sciences
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000141
Award Number: 0530830
Funding provided by: NSF; Division of Ocean Sciences
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000141
Award Number: 0119915
Funding provided by: NSF; Division of Ocean Sciences
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000141
Award Number: 1031256
Funding provided by: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000104
Award Number: NNX13AC98G
Funding provided by: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000104
Award Number: NNX11AF07G
Files
lno2019_attenuation_coefficients.txt
Additional details
Related works
- Is cited by
- 10.1126/science.aaf8536 (DOI)
- 10.1073/pnas.1321421111 (DOI)
- 10.1002/lno.11374 (DOI)