Sediment trap time series from the North Pacific Ocean - PICES
Sediment trap time series from the North Pacific Ocean - PICES
Sediment trap time series from the North Pacific Ocean - PICES
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Summary of fluxes in <strong>the</strong> <strong>North</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong>:<br />
mean fluxes measured at deepest <strong>trap</strong>s at each station<br />
distance <strong>from</strong><br />
Vancouver Island<br />
maximum coccolithophorid<br />
biomass along Line P<br />
periodically occurs at P12<br />
(M Lipsen, pers. comm.).<br />
POC (mg m -2 d -1 ) CaCO BSi (mg m -2 d -1 ) TDW (mg m -2 d -1 3<br />
(mg m -2 d -1 )<br />
)<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
0<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
50<br />
0<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
GD<br />
GA<br />
GB<br />
AG P20<br />
OSP P16<br />
P12<br />
P4<br />
total flux at<br />
La Perouse Bank<br />
“downward”<br />
flux