Chlorophyll-a Measurements from RV Investigator Voyage IN2024_T01

Fluorometric chlorophyll-a analyses collected during the RV Investigator voyage IN2024_T01 from 9 to 20 March 2024. The dataset provides indicators of phytoplankton biomass from underway seawater and CTD collections along a transit from Fremantle to Hobart. It is contributed by the Australian Ocean Data Network to support studies of marine primary productivity.

Use Cases

• Modeling spatial patterns of marine primary productivity based on chlorophyll-a concentration.
• Analyzing phytoplankton biomass variability along a ship transit track.
• Correlating chlorophyll-a levels with oceanographic conditions from CTD collections.
• Studying biogeochemical cycles in southern Australian waters using in vitro pigment data.

Strengths

• Data collected during a defined research voyage from 9 to 20 March 2024.
• Includes measurements from both underway seawater sampling and discrete-depth CTD collections.
• Focuses on a key biological indicator (chlorophyll-a) for phytoplankton studies.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single transit voyage.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

In vitro fluorometric analyses of phytoplankton pigments from underway and CTD seawater samples.

Time Range

9 March 2024 to 20 March我们发现2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 12:56:43.789070; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Australian waters, transit from Fremantle to Hobart.