Ploug, Helle; Iversen, Morten Hvitfeldt (2008): (Table 3) Source and culture age, excess density, solid matter density, Reynolds number, drag coefficient, theoretical sinking velocity, and the ratio between measured and theoretical sinking velocity [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.762697, In supplement to: Ploug, Helle; Iversen, Morten Hvitfeldt; Fischer, Gerhard (2008): Ballast, sinking velocity, and apparent diffusivity within marine snow and fecal pellets: Implications for substrate turnover by attached bacteria. Limnology and Oceanography, 53(5), 1878-1886, https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2008.53.5.1878
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Project(s):
Coverage:
Latitude: 20.750000 * Longitude: -18.700000
Date/Time Start: 2004-11-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2005-01-18T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 1296 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 1296 m
Event(s):
Comment:
fp: fecal pellet.
# Calculated from measured sinking velocity (Eq. 2).
* Collected in the Southern California Bight (Ploug et al. 1999).
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | Geocode | ||
| 2 | Reference/source | Reference | Ploug, Helle | see reference(s) | ||
| 3 | Density | Density | g/cm3 | Ploug, Helle | see reference(s) | excess density |
| 4 | Density, standard deviation | Density std dev | ± | Ploug, Helle | see reference(s) | |
| 5 | Density | Density | g/cm3 | Ploug, Helle | see reference(s) | solid matter density |
| 6 | Reynolds number | Re | Ploug, Helle | see reference(s) | ||
| 7 | Drag coefficient | CD | Ploug, Helle | see reference(s) | ||
| 8 | Sinking velocity | Sinking V | m/day | Ploug, Helle | see reference(s) | theoretical sinking velocity |
| 9 | Sinking velocity ratio | U/Utheory | Ploug, Helle | see reference(s) |
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Data
| 1 Depth water [m] | 2 Reference | 3 Density [g/cm3] (excess density) | 4 Density std dev [±] | 5 Density [g/cm3] (solid matter density) | 6 Re | 7 CD | 8 Sinking V [m/day] (theoretical sinking velocity) | 9 U/Utheory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1296 | Marine snow* | #0.00019 | 1.08 | 1.43 | 20.0 | 52 | 0.98 | |
| 1296 | Skeletonema costatum (2 weeks) | #0.00063 | 1.11 | 3.81 | 3.8 | 139 | 1.00 | |
| 1296 | Skeletonema costatum (5 weeks) | #0.00223 | 1.35 | 4.86 | 4.9 | 243 | 1.03 | |
| 1296 | Skeletonema costatum (2 weeks) | #0.00083 | 1.08 | 1.32 | 1.3 | 79 | 1.01 | |
| 1296 | Emiliania huxleyi (3 weeks) | #0.00336 | 1.11 | 3.15 | 3.2 | 217 | 0.99 | |
| 1296 | Appendicularian fecal pellets | 0.25000 | 0.07 | 1.70 | 4.48 | 4.5 | 1233 | 0.59 |
| 1296 | Copepod fecal pellets | 0.15000 | 0.04 | 1.60 | 0.19 | 0.2 | 105 | 1.88 |