Abstract:

16S rRNA libraries, geochemical data, and process rate data were collected in the vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon before, during, and after the Deepwater Horizon Blowout. Samples were collected between March 2010 - November 2012.

Suggested Citation:

Joye, Samantha. 2016. Water column 16S rRNA libraries, geochemical data, and process rate data collected from the Northern Gulf of Mexico before, during, and after the Deepwater Horizon Event March 2010 - November 2012. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7DV1GWK

Publications:

Kleindienst, S., Grim, S., Sogin, M., Bracco, A., Crespo-Medina, M., & Joye, S. B. (2015). Diverse, rare microbial taxa responded to the Deepwater Horizon deep-sea hydrocarbon plume. ISME J. doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.121

Rogener, M. K., Bracco, A., Hunter, K. S., Saxton, M. A., & Joye, S. B. (2018). Long-term impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout on methane oxidation dynamics in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Elem Sci Anth, 6(1), 73. doi:10.1525/elementa.332

Purpose:

To evaluate the dynamic responses of bacterial assemblages to altered ecological conditions using a large marker genetic dataset combined with environmental parameters.

Data Parameters and Units:

Depth (m); Date (MM/DD/YYYY); colored dissolved organic matter, (CDOM, relative units); Methane (nM); Ethane (nM); Propane (nM); i-Butane (nM); Butane (nM); Pentane (nM); Methane oxidation rate (nmol/L/day); Methane turnover (days); Cell Counts (cells/mL); dissolved organic Carbon (DOC uM); dissolved inorganic Carbon (DIC, uM); delta-DIC (isotopic composition DIC, 13C ‰); NH4 (uM); NOx (NO2+NO3, uM); PO4 (uM); DO (dissolved oxygen, uM); pH; NCBI SRA BioSample Accession numbers

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