Bio-GO-SHIP Plankton and Ocean Chemistry Measurements

Bio-GO-SHIP is an international collaboration led by NASA to measure and predict the role of pelagic plankton communities in ocean biogeochemistry. The project leverages the global GO-SHIP platform, integrating omics, imaging, particle chemistry, and optical sampling with standard hydrographic measurements. Its mission is to quantify plankton diversity, size, composition, and abundance across large spatial and vertical scales.

Use Cases

• Analyzing plankton molecular diversity and size spectra from omics and imaging data.
• Correlating plankton abundance and chemical composition with concurrent hydrographic measurements like temperature and salinity.
• Modeling how biological processes influence carbon, oxygen, and nutrient cycles across ocean basins.
• Studying the vertical distribution of plankton communities in relation to optical properties.

Strengths

• Project is designed for systematic, high-quality, and calibrated sampling across multiple techniques.
• Integration with the established global GO-SHIP platform provides complementary physical and chemical environmental data.
• Cross-platform presence on Data.gov and NASA EarthData indicates institutional importance and data sharing.

Limitations

• Specific column names, row counts, and dataset size are not provided on any platform.
• The listed update date of 2026-03 13 on Data.gov is a future date, indicating a metadata error or placeholder.
• License information is inconsistently reported as 'other-license-specified' or null.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Systematic ship-based sampling using omics, plankton imaging, particle chemistry, and optical techniques integrated with GO-SHIP hydrographic cruises.

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-03-13 08:07:50.056897 (Note: This is a future date, likely a metadata error.)

Geography

Global ocean coverage via the GO-SHIP platform.