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Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, Robert; Picheral, Marc; Stemmann, Lars (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates in the equatorial Pacific [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.740034, Supplement to: Gorsky, G et al. (2003): Marine snow latitudinal distribution in the equatorial Pacific along 180°. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 108(C12), 8146, https://doi.org/10.1029/2001JC001064

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Abstract:
Marine snow (MS) distribution from the surface to 1000 m depth was determined in the equatorial Pacific using the underwater video profiler during the Etude du Broutage en Zone Equatoriale cruise in fall 1996. The latitudinal transect was carried out at 17 stations along the 180° meridian from 8°S to 8°N during a cold phase of El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Higher MS concentrations were found below the equatorial zone than poleward. At the equator the estimated integrated MS carbon/m**2 in the upper kilometer was 5.7 g/m**2, while both southward and northward (between 1° and 8°) the mean integrated MS carbon was about 2.7 g/m**2. In the upper 50 m the MS carbon was twofold lower than the combined carbon of autotrophic and heterotrophic protists and four times lower than the mesozooplankton carbon biomass, both measured concurrently during the cruise. Different water bodies had different MS content. The highest concentrations were found in the South Equatorial Current, the South Equatorial Counter Current, and the North Equatorial Countercurrent. Tropical waters at the south in the South Subsurface Countercurrents and the warm northern superficial waters had the lowest MS biomass. Mechanistically, a latitudinal "conveyor belt", a poleward divergence of upwelled waters that return to the equator after being downwelled at north and south convergent zones, may partially explain the vertical distribution of particulate matter observed during the studied period.
Project(s):
Biogeochemical Processes in the Oceans and Fluxes (PROOF)
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -1.187899 * Median Longitude: -179.682899 * South-bound Latitude: -16.700000 * West-bound Longitude: -179.916667 * North-bound Latitude: 7.000000 * East-bound Longitude: -172.426667
Date/Time Start: 1996-10-23T06:56:00 * Date/Time End: 1996-11-11T18:01:00
Event(s):
EBENE_PVM01 * Latitude: -16.700000 * Longitude: -172.426667 * Date/Time: 1996-10-23T06:56:00 * Campaign: EBENE * Basis: L Atalante * Method/Device: Underwater video profiler (UVP)
EBENE_PVM02 * Latitude: -7.988333 * Longitude: -179.905000 * Date/Time: 1996-10-25T02:36:00 * Campaign: EBENE * Basis: L Atalante * Method/Device: Underwater video profiler (UVP)
EBENE_PVM03 * Latitude: -7.978333 * Longitude: -179.866667 * Date/Time: 1996-10-26T13:05:00 * Campaign: EBENE * Basis: L Atalante * Method/Device: Underwater video profiler (UVP)
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM01 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187953
  2. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM02 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187937
  3. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM02 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187954
  4. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM03 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187938
  5. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM03 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187955
  6. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM04 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187956
  7. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM05 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187957
  8. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM06 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187939
  9. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM06 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187958
  10. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM07 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187959
  11. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM08 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187960
  12. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM09 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187940
  13. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM09 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187961
  14. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM10 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187962
  15. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM11 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187963
  16. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM12 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187964
  17. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM13 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187965
  18. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM14 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187966
  19. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM15 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187967
  20. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM16 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187968
  21. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM17 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187941
  22. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM17 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187969
  23. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM18 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187970
  24. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM19 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187942
  25. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM19 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187971
  26. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM20 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187972
  27. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM21 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187973
  28. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM22 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187974
  29. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM23 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187975
  30. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM24 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187976
  31. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM25 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187943
  32. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM25 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187977
  33. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM26 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187944
  34. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM26 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187978
  35. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM27 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187945
  36. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM27 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187979
  37. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM28 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187946
  38. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM28 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187980
  39. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM29 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187947
  40. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM29 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187981
  41. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM30 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187948
  42. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM30 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187982
  43. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM31 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187949
  44. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM31 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187983
  45. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM32 (6 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187950
  46. Gorsky, G; Le Borgne, R; Picheral, M et al. (2003): Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at station EBENE_PVM32 (12 mm camera). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.187984