meth_1.4 Pelagic Water Sampling for Integrated Marine Observing System National Reference Stations

Contributor(s): Integrated Marine Observing System

Citation: Davies, C. and Sommerville, E. (Eds.) (2017). National Reference Stations Biogeochemical Operations Manual Version 3.2.1. Integrated Marine Observing System.

DOI: 10.26198/5c4a56f2a8ae3 (http://dx.doi.org/10.26198/5c4a56f2a8ae3)

AM Project ID: AM_IMOS

The pelagic seawater sampling carried out as part of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) National Reference Station (NRS) microbial sampling is conducted as detailed in the NRS Biogeochemical operations manual, see sections 5.5.9 (sampling), 6.7 (filtering) and 7.10 (transport of samples):

https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/content.aodn.org.au/Documents/IMOS/Facilities/national_mooring/IMOS_NRS_BGCManual_LATEST.pdf

A series of methodological videos for sampling can be found at the following link: http://imos.org.au/facilities/nationalmooringnetwork/moorings-documentation/bgcwatersamplingvideos/).

This manual is maintained by the IMOS NRS BGC working group. Previous versions can be found at the DOI in the above citation.