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Deep sediment trap (3200m) mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean south-west of South Georgia in January 2008 during the marine cruise JR177
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01001

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Summary

Abstract:
Datasets from a deep sediment trap (3200m) mooring deployed in the Southern Ocean, south-west of South Georgia in April 2007 during the marine cruise JR167 and recovered in January 2008 by the marine cruise JR177.

Keywords:
ADCP, CTD, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, deep sediment trap (3200m), mooring, ocean acidification, zooplankton

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Constraints

Access Constraints:  Data will be released in stages, as they become available.
Use Constraints: Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

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Basic Information

Creation Date: 2017-09-18
Dataset Progress: Complete
Dataset Language: English
ISO Topic Categories:  
  • Biota
  • Environment
  • Oceans
Parameters:
  • Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Biodiversity
  • Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates
  • Oceans > Marine Environment Monitoring
  • Oceans > Ocean Acoustics > Acoustic Scattering
  • Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
  • Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
Personnel:
Name Dr Petra ten Hoopen
Role(s) Metadata Author
Organisation British Antarctic Survey
   
Name Dr Peter Enderlein
Role(s) Investigator
Organisation British Antarctic Survey
   
Name Dr Sophie Fielding
Role(s) Investigator
Organisation British Antarctic Survey
   
Name Dr Geraint Tarling
Role(s) Investigator
Organisation British Antarctic Survey
   
Parent Dataset: GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00953

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Additional Information

Reference: Tarling GA, Ward P, Atkinson A, Collins MA, Murphy EJ (2012) DISCOVERY 2010: Spatial and temporal variability in a dynamic polar ecosystem. Deep-Sea Research II 59-60:1-13
Manno C, Stowasser G, Enderlein P, Fielding S, Tarling GA (2015) The contribution of zooplankton faecal pellets to deep-carbon transport in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Biogeosciences 12:1955-1965

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Locality

Temporal Coverage:
Start Date 2007-04-23
End Date 2008-01-25
   
Spatial Coverage:
Latitude  
Southernmost -55.1997
Northernmost -55.1997
Longitude  
Westernmost -41.1239
Easternmost -41.1239
Altitude  
Min Altitude N/A
Max Altitude N/A
Depth  
Min Depth N/A
Max Depth N/A
   
Location:
Location Southern Ocean
Detailed Location   south-west of South Georgia

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Instrumentation

Sensor(s):
  • ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
  • CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth


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