Quantifying pelagic primary production and respiration via automated in-situ incubation system

Abstract

We developed and validated a novel automated water incubator that measures in-situ rates of photosynthesis and respiration. This dataset includes raw data, Monte-Carlo simulation method, and processed results from field deployments in Summer, 2021. Deployment of the incubator was conducted near Ucantena Island, Massachusetts, USA. The dataset includes timeseries of automated incubation experiments, reporting dissolved oxygen concentration (DO), temperature, and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). There are four deployments spanning from late august to early October, 2021. Each deployment lasted approximately 72 hours. Hourly DO fluxes from photosynthesis/respiration are calculated and reported for each deployment respectively. Data of derivative analysis are also included for various validation on the automated incubator and data analysis techniques.