Protist carbon from microscopy samples collected in the Argo Basin of the Eastern Indian Ocean on R/V Roger Revelle cruise RR2202 from Feb to Mar 2022

Abstract

This dataset is from CTD-based water collections of samples for phytoplankton in the Argo Basin in the Eastern Indian Ocean aboard the R/V Roger Revelle cruise in Feb-March 2022 led by Dr. Michael Landry to investigate the plankton community composition and impacts on growth and survival of larval Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT). These samples were stained and fixed for epifluorescence microscopy analysis. The microscopy results include the abundance and carbon-based biomass estimates of nano (2 to 20 µm size) and microplankton (>20 µm) sized autotrophs and heterotrophs.

For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/944892