MCR LTER: Coral Reefs: KM14-16 Cruise BioGeoChemistry

Data products from biogeochemical analyses of bottle sample data collected during the July 2014 UNOLS cruise on the Kilo-Moana around Moorea.We sought to resolve the extent, variability, and magnitude of productivity enrichment around a high tropical island consistent with the phenomenon of an Island Mass Effect (IME). Key biogeochemical constituents and physical oceanographic parameters were measured offshore over the upper 500 m from July 27 to August 7, 2014 around the Society Island of Moorea in French Polynesia in association with the nearshore measurements of the Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research program. High-resolution synoptic sampling in a rectangular grid around the island revealed vertical and horizontal patterns in hydrographic conditions, inorganic nutrients, rates of productivity, and concentrations of organic matter that are characteristic of oligotrophic gyre ecosystems. This study was supported in part by the National Science Foundation grants OCE-1236905 to MCR-LTER, OCE-1538428 to CC, OCE-1538393 to CN and OCE-1535203 to JL, and NASA grant NNX11AE87G (The Science of Terra and Aqua) to SM. Data products biogeochemical analyses of bottle sample data during the July 2014 UNOLS cruise on the Kilo-Moana around Moorea.