Dataset: TPC, PIC, POC, TPN, and Th-234 from in-situ pumps at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) site in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean during RRS Discovery cruise DY077 in April of 2017

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.765850.2Version 2 (2019-06-26)Dataset Type:Cruise Results

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

Co-Principal Investigator: Margaret L. Estapa (Skidmore College)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Collaborative Research: Are all traps created equal? A multi-method assessment of the collection and detection of sinking particles in the ocean (Are Traps Equal)


Abstract

TPC, PIC, POC, TPN, and Th-234 from in-situ pumps at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) site in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean during RRS Discovery cruise DY077 in April of 2017.

This dataset contains TPC, PIC, POC, TPN, and Th-234 from in-situ pumps at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory (PAP-SO) site in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean during RRS Discovery cruise DY077 in April of 2017.

Related datasets collected during the same cruise:
Water column Th-234 activities: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/765859
Sediment trap fluxes: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/765835


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