Water-column Carbohydrate Percentages Measured during the JGOFS Equatorial Pacific Process Study

During the fourth cruise (TT012), data were collected at 5 stations along 140 deg W longitude from 17 deg S latitude to the equator. Carbohydrate percentages (weight percent of total carbohydrates) were measured from floating sediment trap samples (carbFST) and from plankton tows (carbPT). The following carbohydrates were measured: lyxose, arabinose, rhamnose, ribose, xylose, fucose, mannose, galactose, glucose, and total carbohydrates normalized to organic carbon (mg/100mg of organic carbon).

In addition, the following parameters were also measured: particulate organic carbon, particulate inorganic carbon, total particulate nitrogen, and total flux of particulate matter. The data is public domain and can be retrieved on-line at "usjgofs.whoi.edu/jg/dir/jgofs/" [The information in this summary was taken from the JGOFS World Wide Web pages.]