[RNA taxonomy from PUPCYCLE II Iron incubation experiment] - RNA taxonomy data from an iron incubation experiment during the PUPCYCLE II cruise (R/V Sally Ride) within the California Current System in May and June of 2023 (CAREER: An integrated molecular and physiological approach to examining the dynamics of upwelled phytoplankton in current and changing oceans)

PUPCYCLE II (Phytoplankton response to the UPwelling CYCLE) took place onboard the R/V Sally Ride from May 29th to June 10th, 2023. Freshly upwelled seawater for the incubation experiment was collected within the northern CCS and placed into designated cubitainers.

Three cubitainers were immediately harvested for the initial timepoint (T0). The remaining twenty-seven cubitainers were assigned treatments: nine were unamended (Ctrl), nine were amended with 5 nM FeCl2 (Fe), and nine were amended with 200 nM Desferrioxamine B, a strong iron chelator (DFB). Three cubitainers from each treatment were harvested for each of the three subsequent timepoints: 48 hours (T1), 168 hours (T2), and 264 hours (T3) after incubation.