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 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. 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)