Microcosm: Flask experiment of phytoplankton-bacteria interaction in a natural community using control and WAF treatments; radiolabeling experiment; activities of bacteria, phytoplankton, oil

This dataset was collected from two laboratory flask experiments (short term and long term) using natural seawater collected from Galveston Bay, Texas (29.31305°N; 94.81666°W) for triplicate treatments for control and oil (4ppm). Each experiment was run in parallel with radioactive control and radioactive oil (4ppm) triplicate treatments. Included are measurements of the interactions of bacteria (3H-Leucine) and phytoplankton (sodium bicarbonate, NaH14CO3) by tracking the exchange of radio-labeled metabolites between different size fractions (3 um for phytoplankton and associated phycosphere; 0.2 um for free-living bacteria; 3 kDa for extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) colloidal material).

Associated datasets: UDI:R6.x807.000:0023 (DOI 10.7266/n7-n5p6-p566); UDI: R6.x807.000:0024 (DOI 10.7266/n7-321d-vj38); UDI:R6.x807.000:0029 (DOI 10.7266/n7-sj41-vw18); and UDI: R6.x807.000:0030.