gov.noaa.nodc:CARIACO eng utf8 series NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-03-19T14:30:42Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) CARIACO Ocean Time-Series data collected in the Cariaco Basin since 1995 2001-04-16 publication 2026-02-13 revision 1997 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:CARIACO NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Laura Lorenzoni University of South Florida St. Petersburg laural@marine.usf.edu https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida St. Petersburg website Institution web page information resourceProvider Mary Scranton State University of New York at Stony Brook (SBU) mscranton@notes.cc.sunysb.edu https://www.stonybrook.edu/ HTTPS State University of New York at Stony Brook (SBU) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Michelle McIntyre University of South Florida St. Petersburg mcintyre@seas.marine.usf.edu https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida St. Petersburg website Institution web page information resourceProvider Digna Rueda-Roa University of South Florida (USF) druedaro@mail.usf.edu https://www.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida (USF) website Institution web page information resourceProvider University of South Florida (USF) https://www.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida (USF) website Institution web page information resourceProvider State University of New York at Stony Brook (SBU) https://www.stonybrook.edu/ HTTPS State University of New York at Stony Brook (SBU) website Institution web page information resourceProvider University of South Florida St. Petersburg https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida St. Petersburg website Institution web page information resourceProvider Scranton, Mary SUNY Stony Brook mscranton@notes.cc.sunysb.edu https://www.stonybrook.edu/ HTTPS State University of New York at Stony Brook (SBU) website Institution web page information author Taylor, G. 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SUNY Stony Brook https://www.stonybrook.edu/ HTTPS State University of New York at Stony Brook (SBU) website Institution web page information author Varela, Ramón EDIMAR, Fundacion La Salle rvarela@edimar http://fundacionlasalle.org.ve/ HTTP Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales (FLASA) website Institution web page information author Astor, Yrene EDIMAR, Fundacion La Salle yastor@edimar.org http://fundacionlasalle.org.ve/ HTTP Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales (FLASA) website Institution web page information author Muller-Karger, Frank University of South Florida, College of Marine Science https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida St. Petersburg website Institution web page information author Lorenzoni, Laura University of South Florida, College of Marine Science laural@marine.usf.edu https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida St. Petersburg website Institution web page information author McIntyre, Michelle University of South Florida, College of Marine Science https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida St. Petersburg website Institution web page information author University of South Florida (USF) https://www.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida (USF) website Institution web page information contributor State University of New York at Stony Brook (SBU) https://www.stonybrook.edu/ HTTPS State University of New York at Stony Brook (SBU) website Institution web page information contributor University of South Florida St. Petersburg https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida St. Petersburg website Institution web page information contributor U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) https://www.nsf.gov/ HTTPS U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) website Institution web page information contributor Estacion de Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita (EDIMAR) http://www.edimar.org HTTP Estacion de Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita (EDIMAR) website Institution web page information contributor Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales (FLASA) http://fundacionlasalle.org.ve/ HTTP Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales (FLASA) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This collection includes surface primary production (carbon fixation rates by photosynthesis of planktonic algae), regional hydrography, physical forcing variables (such as the wind), and the settling flux of particulate organic carbon, measured in the Cariaco Basin as part of the Carbon Retention In A Colored Ocean Project (CARIACO) Ocean Time-Series Program. To help elucidate the connection between forcing mechanisms, processes in the water column and how they are translated into the sedimentary record. This ocean time series work was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Venezuela's Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (FONACIT). Funding: NSF Grant OCE-9216626 Funding: NSF Grant OCE-9729284 Funding: NSF Grant OCE-9401537 Funding: NSF Grant OCE-9729697 Funding: NSF Grant OCE-9415790 Funding: NSF Grant OCE-0118566 Funding: NSF Grant OCE-9711318 Funding: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) grant NAG5-6448 Funding: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) grant NAS5-97128 Funding: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnologicas (CONICIT, Venezuela, Grant 96280221) onGoing historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:CARIACO Preview graphic PNG 0000340 0000732 0000737 0000989 0001078 0001345 0002057 0002316 0002481 0002797 0013170 0014920 0038513 0056729 0066503 0069000 0092235 0107209 0119359 0121284 0139312 0147704 0164194 0189595 0191401 0191567 0191571 0201747 9700238 9800045 9900202 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1999-11-08 publication AIR-SEA DIFFERENCE - PARTIAL PRESSURE (OR FUGACITY) OF CARBON DIOXIDE AMMONIA (NH3) AMMONIUM (NH4) bacteria BACTERIA - BACTERIAL DENSITY bacteria - cyanobacteria BACTERIA - HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA - PRODUCTION RATE BEAM ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT BIOCHEMISTRY biological data CARBON - TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON ASSIMILATION CELL COUNTS CHLOROPHYLL CHLOROPHYLL A CHLOROPHYLL A CONCENTRATION DEPTH - BOTTOM DEPTH - OBSERVATION DEPTH - SENSOR DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC) DISSOLVED OXYGEN fatty acids FLUORESCENCE Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE Iron LATITUDE LIGHT TRANSMISSION LONGITUDE MANGANESE Methane (CH4) MICROBIOLOGY NITRATE NITRITE NITROGEN - PARTICULATE OXYGEN partial pressure of carbon dioxide - water PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN (PON) pH PHAEOPIGMENT CONCENTRATION PHAEOPIGMENTS phosphate PHOSPHATE - TOTAL PHYTOPLANKTON Potential temperature (theta) PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY SALINITY SIGMA-T SIGMA-THETA silica silicate Sulfite (SO3 2-) Sulfur (S) suspended solids Thiosulfate (S2O3 2-) total alkalinity TOTAL PHOSPHORUS WATER DENSITY water depth WATER TEMPERATURE ZOOPLANKTON ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES IDENTITIES theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bottle CHN Analyzer chromatograph conductivity sensor CTD fluorometer GPS laboratory analysis microscope net - zooplankton net Niskin bottle nutrient autoanalyzer oxygen sensor pressure gauge salinometer scintillation counter sediment sampler - grab spectrophotometer temperature probe temperature sensor instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological chemical in situ laboratory analyses physical profile survey - biological time series theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS B/O HERMANO GINES platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Estacion de Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales State University of New York at Stony Brook U.S. National Science Foundation University of South Florida University of South Florida St. Petersburg dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS State University of New York at Stony Brook University of South Florida University of South Florida St. Petersburg dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS CArbon Retention In A Colored Ocean (CARIACO) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Caribbean Sea North Atlantic Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Cariaco Basin Cariaco Basin off northeast Venezuela Southeastern Caribbean Sea place Provider Place Names 02H84D 58H31G 5A3LD2 A467XD BHHB6E G45YGN TD1GWA Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: Public otherRestrictions Cite as: Scranton, Mary; Taylor, G. T.; Varela, Ramón; Astor, Yrene; Muller-Karger, Frank; Lorenzoni, Laura; McIntyre, Michelle (2001). CARIACO Ocean Time-Series data collected in the Cariaco Basin since 1995. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/CARIACO. Accessed [date]. 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CARIACO Ocean Time-Series Program 2015 publication http://imars.marine.usf.edu/cariaco HTTP http://imars.marine.usf.edu/cariaco program website information University of South Florida (USF) https://www.usf.edu/ HTTPS University of South Florida (USF) website Institution web page information publisher documentDigital [accessed 2021-09-24] crossReference program Muller-Karger, F. E., Astor, Y. M., Benitez-Nelson, C. R., Buck, K. N., Fanning, K. A., Lorenzoni, L., Montes, E., Rueda-Roa, D. T., Scranton, M. I., Tappa, E., Taylor, G. T., Thunell, R. C., Troccoli, L., & Varela, R. (2019). The Scientific Legacy of the CARIACO Ocean Time-Series Program. Annual Review of Marine Science, 11(1), 413–437. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095150 2019-01-03 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095150 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095150 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095150 related journal article information Muller-Karger, Frank E. College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA; author Astor, Yrene M. Estación de Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita, Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Punta de Piedras, Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela author Benitez-Nelson, Claudia R. Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA author Buck, Kristen N. College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA; author Fanning, Kent A. College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA; author Lorenzoni, Laura College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA; author Montes, Enrique College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA; author Rueda-Roa, Digna T. College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA; author Scranton, Mary I. School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA author Tappa, Eric Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA author Taylor, Gordon T. School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA author Thunell, Robert C. Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA author Troccoli, Luis Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad de Oriente, Boca Del Rio, Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela author Varela, Ramon Estación de Investigaciones Marinas de Margarita, Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Punta de Piedras, Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela author Annual Reviews publisher documentDigital Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. 11(1) ISSN 1941-1405, ISSN 1941-0611, pp. 413-437 crossReference sciencePaper eng; USA utf8 environment oceans biota -67 -64 10 12 1995-08-11 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media. Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions. 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CHN Analyzer CHN Analyzer Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen Analyzer Instrument used for measuring carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen in organic and other types of materials. chromatograph chromatograph Gas, ion, liquid or other chromatograph conductivity sensor conductivity sensor OMEGA non-contact conductivity sensor CDCN-108 or Honeywell DirectLine DL423 Sensor Module, for example Water conductivity sensors are used to measure how well a solution conducts an electrical current. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe fluorometer fluorometer fluorometer GPS GPS Global Positioning System receiver satellite-based instrument used for geo-location, positioning and navigation laboratory analysis laboratory analysis use as an observation type microscope microscope instrument is used in lab analyses A microscope is an instrument used to see objects that are too small for the naked eye. net - zooplankton net net - zooplankton net net - zooplankton net Niskin bottle Niskin bottle Device for obtaining samples of seawater at a specific depth Why special entry for Niskin bottle but no entry for Nansen bottle? nutrient autoanalyzer nutrient autoanalyzer Laboratory Instrument Nutrient Autoanalyzer is a generic term describing an automated flow-thru system used to conduct analyses of several different nutrients (nitrate, ammonium, orthophosphate, and silicate) simultaneously from a seawater sample. For example: SEAL AutoAnalyzer 3 HR Continuous Segmented Flow Analyzer oxygen sensor oxygen sensor Any instrument that measures oxygen content in a compound. pressure gauge pressure gauge pressure gauge pressure gauge used to measure water pressure for use in NODC File Alias F017 salinometer salinometer generic salinometer use salinometer when the instrument type used is unclear but the data include salinity measurements scintillation counter scintillation counter measures ionizing radiation A scintillation counter is an instrument for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation by using the excitation effect of incident radiation on a scintillating material, and detecting the resultant light pulses. sediment sampler - grab sediment sampler - grab grab sampler is used to take a sample of surficial seafloor sediments spectrophotometer spectrophotometer spectrophotometer, optical spectrometer, spectrograph or spectroscope An optical spectrometer (spectrophotometer, spectrograph or spectroscope) is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify materials. Butler, L. R. P.; Laqua, K. (1995). "Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-IX. Instrumentation for the spectral dispersion and isolation of optical radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)". Pure Appl. Chem. IUPAC. 67 (10): 1725–1744. doi:10.1351/pac199567101725. A spectrometer is the general term for describing a combination of spectral apparatus with one or more detectors to measure the intensity of one or more spectral bands." temperature probe temperature probe For example, OMEGA temperature probe PR-11-2-100-1/8-6-e Vaisala HUMICAP® Humidity and Temperature Probe HMP155 temperature sensor temperature sensor A sensor used to measure temperature. B/O HERMANO GINES Built 06.1995; IMO9113185. Operated by Fundacion la Salle, Punta de Piedras, Isla Margarita, Venezuela.