Coccolith_carbonate species fluxes and environmental data from sediment trap sites CB, M1U, M2U and M4U across the tropical North Atlantic (2012-2014)

• Main Authors: Guerreiro, Catarina V, Baumann, Karl-Heinz, Brummer, Geert-Jan A, Valente, André, Fischer, Gerhard, Ziveri, Patrizia, Brotas, Vanda, Stuut, Jan-Berend W
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2022
• Subjects: coccolith-CaCO₃; Coccolithophores; particle fluxes; PIC/POC; Sediment traps; TRAFFIC; Trophic Transfer Efficiency in the Benguela Current; Tropical North Atlantic; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.940505; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.940505

Data refer to export fluxes of carbonate produced by calcifying phytoplankton (coccolithophores), and coccolith-CaCO₃ percent contribution to total carbonate flux across the tropical North Atlantic, from upwelling affected NW Africa, via three ocean sites along 12°N to the Caribbean. Sampling was undertaken by means of a spatial array of four time-series sediment traps (i.e., CB at 21°N 20°W; M1U at 12°N 23°W; M2U at 14°N 37°W; M4U at 12°N 49°W; Guerreiro et al., 2021) collecting particle fluxes in two-week intervals, from October 2012 to February 2014, allowing to track temporal changes along the southern margin of the North Atlantic central gyre. Auxiliary PIC (Particulate Inorganic Carbon) data from NASA's Ocean Biology Processing Group (https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov) are also provided for the sediment sampling period at all four trap sites. Particle flux data (mg/m²/d) of CaCO₃, organic matter, particulate organic carbon (POC), biogenic silica (bSiO₂) and unspecified residual fraction are provided for sediment trap site CB.