Primary productivity data from four research cruises off the Washington and Oregon coast from 2004 to 2006. The dataset includes surface, profile, and depth-integrated values determined using radio-carbon incubations on the R/V Wecoma. It was collected for the NSF Coastal Ocean Processes and River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems projects and archived by NOAA NCEI.
Use Cases
- Modeling coastal carbon budgets based on primary productivity measurements.
- Analyzing seasonal and spatial variability of phytoplankton production off the Columbia River.
- Correlating biological productivity with physical oceanographic data from separate CTD casts.
Strengths
- Data collected during four dedicated research cruises from 2004-2006.
- Includes surface, profile, and depth-integrated primary productivity values.
- Associated with major NSF-funded projects (CoOP and RISE).
Limitations
- Last updated 2006-06-13 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Discrete water samples collected by CTD Niskin bottle on the R/V Wecoma, with primary productivity determined via 24-hour deckboard radio-carbon incubations.
- Time Range
- 08 July 2004 to 13 June 2006
- Freshness
- 2006-06-13 00:00:00
- Geography
- Coastal waters off Washington and Oregon, centered on the Columbia River.