HLY-08-03 Lipofuscin and Euphausiid Aging
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.155

Summary
Age determination in crustaceans relies on quantification of a fluorescent
"age pigment," lipofuscin, that accumulates in eye stalks of krill over time.
Lipofuscin includes a mixture of protein oxidation products formed in neural
tissues. The extracted products are quantified using a fluorescence detector.
The concentration of lipofuscin is normalized to the protein content from the
same tissues. The ratio of lipofuscin to protein concentration is the
Lipofuscin Index and is calculated for each individual organisms. In order for
the index to reflect chronological age, a calibration is required using
euphausiids of known age. A comparison of the calculated ages to the specific
lengths for each krill provides the ages for those krill analyzed during each
cruise. These data were collected aboard the United States Coast Guard
Icebreaker Healy. Data were collected during the Bering Sea Ecosystem
Study-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BEST-BSIERP).
BEST-BSIERP together are the Bering Sea project.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 102.155
 * doi:10.5065/D68S4MWZ
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D68S4MWZ

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Harvey, H., Pleuthner, R., Pleuthner, R. 2010. HLY-08-03 Lipofuscin and
 Euphausiid Aging. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.5065/D68S4MWZ Accessed 19 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
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please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * BEST: Bering Ecosystem Study
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/BEST

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: no set schedule
 * Language: English

ISO Topic Categories
 * biota
 * oceans

Categories
 * Arctic
 * Biology
 * Chemistry

Platforms
 * Ships
 * USCGC Healy - HLY

Instruments
 * Spectrometers

Events
 * HLY-08-03

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON

Related links
 * info: BEST Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/data-policy-1
 * homepage: BEST Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/best
 * info: BEST Catalog
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/best/

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2008-07-07 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2008-07-07 23:59:00 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 55.5626
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 55.5626
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -167.7029
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -167.7029

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: H. Rodger Harvey <rharvey@odu.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/402

Additional contact information
 * author: H. Rodger Harvey <rharvey@odu.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/402
 * principalInvestigator: H. Rodger Harvey <rharvey@odu.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/402
 * author: Rachel Pleuthner <pleuthne@cbl.umces.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/831
 * originator: Rachel Pleuthner <pleuthne@cbl.umces.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/831

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.155?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.155?format=isotc211