Silicate content and stable silicon isotopic composition in seawater sampled during James Clark Ross cruise JR15003 in 2015

• Main Authors: Cassarino, Lucie, Hendry, Katharine R, Henley, Sian Frances, MacDonald, Ellen, Arndt, Sandra, de Freitas, Felipe Sales, Pike, Jennifer, Firing, Yvonne L
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2020
• Subjects: Benthic flux; Campaign; continental shelf; DATE/TIME; DEPTH; water; early diagenesis; Event label; James Clark Ross; JR15003; JR15003_1; JR15003_2; JR15003_3; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; MULT; Multiple investigations; Silicate; Silicon cyle; Station label; West Antarctic Peninsula; δ30Si; silicic acid; standard deviation; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.920055; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.920055

The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a highly productive shelf region during austral summer, supporting a rich ecosystem that has a significant impact on carbon sequestration. This ecosystem is heterogeneous, and characterised by biological "hotspots" fuelled largely by diatom production....