Dataset: Sediment trap gel images of settled particles that were collected from the Sargasso Sea between 2013 and 2014.

Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.734359Version 1 (2018-04-17)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Margaret L. Estapa (Skidmore College)

Co-Principal Investigator: Kenneth O. Buesseler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Program: Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

Project: Rapid, Autonomous Particle Flux Observations in the Oligotrophic Ocean (RapAutParticleFlux)

Abstract

Sinking particle sizes span many orders of magnitude and the relative influence of small particles on carbon export compared to large particles has not been resolved. To determine the influence of particle size on carbon export, the flux of both small (11–64 μm) and large (>64 μm) particles in the upper mesopelagic was examined during five cruises of the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS) in the Sargasso Sea using neutrally buoyant sediment traps mounted with tubes containing polyacrylamide gel...

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Sediment trap gel images of settled particles.

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Durkin, C. A., Estapa, M. L., & Buesseler, K. O. (2015). Observations of carbon export by small sinking particles in the upper mesopelagic. Marine Chemistry, 175, 72–81. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2015.02.011
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Estapa, M., Durkin, C., Buesseler, K., Johnson, R., & Feen, M. (2017). Carbon flux from bio-optical profiling floats: Calibrating transmissometers for use as optical sediment traps. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 120, 100–111. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.12.003
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Lamborg, C. H., Buesseler, K. O., Valdes, J., Bertrand, C. H., Bidigare, R., Manganini, S., Pike, S., Steinberg. D., Trull, T.,& Wilson, S. (2008). The flux of bio- and lithogenic material associated with sinking particles in the mesopelagic "twilight zone" of the northwest and North Central Pacific Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 55(14-15), 1540–1563. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.011
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S.A., O., K.O., B., C.H., L., J., V., M.W., L., R.J., J., … D.A, S. (2013). A new time series of particle export from neutrally buoyant sediments traps at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 72, 34–47. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.10.011
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Ebersbach, F., & Trull, T. W. (2008). Sinking particle properties from polyacrylamide gels during the KErguelen Ocean and Plateau compared Study (KEOPS): Zooplankton control of carbon export in an area of persistent natural iron inputs in the Southern Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 53(1), 212–224. doi:10.4319/lo.2008.53.1.0212

Estapa, M., Buesseler, K. (2018) Sediment trap gel images of settled particles that were collected from the Sargasso Sea between 2013 and 2014.. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version working) Version Date 2018-04-17 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.734359 [access date]

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