SBC LTER: Cross-shelf Study 2008-2009: Profiles of CTD, biogeochemistry, primary production, abundance of phytoplankton groups, and abundance and production of bacteria

These data were used by the following papers: Goodman, J., M. A. Brzezinski, E. R. Halewood and C. A. Carlson. 2012. Sources of phytoplankton to the inner continental shelf in the Santa Barbara Channel inferred from cross-shelf gradients in biological, physical and chemical parameters. Continental Shelf Research, 48: 27-39. (DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.08.011) Halewood, E. R., C. A. Carlson, M. A. Brzezinski, D. C. Reed and J. Goodman. 2012. Annual cycle of organic matter partitioning and its availability to bacteria across the Santa Barbara Channel continental shelf. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 67:189-209. (DOI:10.3354/ame01586) These data were collected on monthly day cruises from January 2008 to April 2009 on the RV Kelp Fish at five stations across the shelf starting at Mohawk Reef in the nearshore area of the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA. Data were collected with a SBE19-Plus and rosette sampler. Measurements include standard CTD parameters in 1 m bins (e.g. salinity, temperature, density). At selected depths (1, 5, 10, 20 m), rosette bottle samples were collected for nutrients, pigments, particulate and dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen, and bacterial abundance, community structure and productivity. Phytoplankton abundances (to genus) were obtained from the 5 m sample only.