Interested in Pelagic Food Webs? BCO-DMO has your Data.

Cynthia L Chandler1, Robert C Groman2, Danie Kinkade1, Shannon Rauch1, Molly D Allison1, Stephen R Gegg3, Adam Shepherd4, Peter H Wiebe1, David M Glover5 and BCO-DMO the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceangraphic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Computer and Information Services, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Abstract:
Interdisciplinary research collaborations that address complex, global research themes such as the interactive effects of global warming and studies of pelagic food webs require access to a broad range of data types from all disciplines of oceanography, from all platforms (e.g. ships, gliders, floats, moorings), with the in situ observations complementing and being complemented by laboratory and model results. In an effort to build a comprehensive database of marine ecosystem research data, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO; bco-dmo.org) to support the data management requirements of investigators funded by the NSF’s Polar Programs (PLR) and Biological and Chemical Oceanography Sections (OCE). Since 2006, investigators funded by NSF PLR and OCE have been working with support from BCO-DMO data scientists, to build a data system that now includes the full range of ocean biogeochemistry data resulting from decades of research. In addition to data from recently funded PIs, the BCO-DMO data system also serves data from legacy programs (e.g. US Joint Global Ocean Flux Study and US Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics). The data are open-access, available for download in a variety of user-selectable formats, and accompanied by sufficient documentation to enable re-use. This presentation will highlight the diversity of data available from the BCO-DMO system and demonstrate some of the features that enable discovery, access and download of data relevant to studies of pelagic food webs.
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