©2026 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Data presented here contain elemental sinking fluxes of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus (C, N, P) from the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site from December 1988 (BATS Cruise 3) through December 2025 (BATS cruise 434). The BATS program uses a method developed by Knauer et al. (1979) which was used extensively in the VERTEX program. In summary, to trap oceanic sediment flux, BATS uses a floating array comprised of polycarbonate tubes (7 cm diameter by 53 cm height) containing a buffered brin...
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Sinking particle data were collected from BATS cruises #3 (December 1988) through BATS cruise #434 (December 2025). Nominal deployment location at BATS site (31°40' N, 64°10' W).
Please see the Supplemental Files section for a listing of the cruises and associated measurements specific to this version of the BATS particle flux data (bats_flux_release_v008_updates.txt)
Research was conducted on many research vessels including:
Numerous chief scientists: Tony Knap, Rachel Dow, Anthony Michaels, Kjell Gundersen, Rodney Johnson, Ann Close, Deborah Steinberg, Paul Lethaby, Julian Mitchell, Vivienne Lochhead, Debra Lomas, Steven Bell, Jonathan Whitefield, Gwyn Evans, James Sadler, Samuel Monk, Samuel Stevens, Afonso Goncalves, Matt Enright, Fernando Pacheco, Zac Anderson, Claire Medley, and Dominic Smith.
Data were derived from the the same sampling events.
Bates, N. R., Johnson, R. J., Lomas, M. W., Steinberg, D. K., Derbyshire, L., Hayden, M. G., Lomas, D., Lethaby, P. J., Lopez, P. Z., May, R., Smith, D., Stuart, E., Enright, M. (2026). Determination of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus content in sinking particles at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site from December 1988 to June 2025 using a Particle Interceptor Trap System (PITS). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 7) Version Date 2026-02-15 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.894099.7 [access date]
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