©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.A new triple-sensor aquatic eddy covariance instrument was deployed at ~10 meters water depth in the Florida Keys, USA to quantify seasonal oxygen fluxes over a coral sand platform. The non-invasive measurements revealed the influences of light and bottom currents on magnitude and dynamics of the benthic metabolism.
A new aquatic eddy covariance instrument was deployed that reduces flux errors through parallel measurements with three oxygen sensors positioned around the flow measuring volume (Merikhi et al. 2021).
All data were recorded with the aquatic eddy covariance instrument and reference sensors (light, oxygen, temperature) carried by the instrument tripod. The instrument tripod was lowered from the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) Florida Keys Marine laboratory research vessel "Diodon" into the water at the study site and then placed by SCUBA divers at the exact location indicated by the lat/long coordinates provided (24° 43.523' N, 80° 49.855' W). Each of the deployments lasted one day; start and end times are provided in the dataset. After completion of the measuring period, the instrument was recovered by divers and returned to the FIO Florida Keys Marine laboratory for data download and sensor replacement.
Huettel, M., Merikhi, A., Berg, P. (2025) Benthic oxygen fluxes and associated environmental data collected in the Florida Keys from 2016 to 2018. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-06-26 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.965718.1 [access date]
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