Aquatic Microalgae Collection (Sterivex Filters) (NEON-AMIC-SF)

This collection contains bulk aquatic microalgae on 0.22 um pore size Sterivex Filters (NEON sample class: alg_domainLabComp_in.compositeSampleIDarc). Periphyton and phytoplankton samples are collected three times per year at wadeable stream, river, and lake sites during aquatic biology bout windows, roughly in spring, summer, and fall. Benthic samples are collected using the most appropriate sampler for the habitat and substratum type, including rock scrubs, grab samples, and epiphyton. In wadeable streams, periphyton samples are collected in the two most dominant benthic habitat types (e.g. riffles, runs, pools, step pools), and seston samples were collected from the water column near the S2 sensor (seston samples were discontinued in 2018). In lakes, water-column phytoplankton samples are collected near the buoy and littoral sensors using a Kemmerer sampler, and in littoral areas using the best benthic sampling method for the dominant substratum type. In rivers, phytoplankton samples are collected near the buoy and two other deep-water locations using a Kemmerer or Van Dorn sampler, and in littoral areas using the best benthic sampling method for the dominant substratum type. All field-collected samples are split into subsamples in the domain support facility. These bulk, unidentified samples were added to the NEON sampling protocol in 2024. All samples are archived on sterivex filters at -80 C. See related links below for protocols and NEON related data products.

Contacts: NEON Biorepository, biorepo@asu.edu
Collection Manager: Azhar Husain, azhar.husain@asu.edu
Periphyton, seston, and phytoplankton collection data product: https://data.neonscience.org/data-products/DP1.20166.001
Periphyton, seston, and phytoplankton chemical properties data product: https://data.neonscience.org/data-products/DP1.20163.001
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 1785da44-5eee-464f-beeb-1476109caed7
Digital Metadata: EML File
Cite this collection:
Aquatic Microalgae Collection (Sterivex Filters). Occurrence dataset (ID: 1785da44-5eee-464f-beeb-1476109caed7) https://biorepo.neonscience.org/portal/content/dwca/NEON-AMIC-SF_DwC-A.zip accessed via the NEON Biorepository Data Portal, https://biorepo.neonscience.org/, 2024-10-07).
Address:
Arizona State University
Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center
734 W. Alameda Drive Suite 158
Tempe, AZ   85282
Collection Statistics
  • 94 specimen records
  • 94 (100%) georeferenced
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