| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | | Paul, Allanah Joy | | Geocode |
| 2 | Day of experiment | DOE | day | Paul, Allanah Joy | | |
| 3 | Mesocosm label | Meso label | | Paul, Allanah Joy | | Mesocosm |
| 4 | Phase | Phase | | Paul, Allanah Joy | | |
| 5 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | Schulz, Kai Georg | Hand-operated CTD (Sea&Sun Technology, CTD 60M) | 0-18 m |
| 6 | Salinity | Sal | | Schulz, Kai Georg | Hand-operated CTD (Sea&Sun Technology, CTD 60M) | 0-18 m |
| 7 | Fugacity of carbon dioxide in seawater | fCO2w | µatm | Schulz, Kai Georg | Calculated | |
| 8 | Carbon, inorganic, dissolved | DIC | µmol/kg | Schulz, Kai Georg | | |
| 9 | pH, total scale | pHT | | Schulz, Kai Georg | | total scale |
| 10 | Aragonite saturation state | Omega Arg | | Schulz, Kai Georg | Calculated | |
| 11 | Nitrate and Nitrite | [NO3]- + [NO2]- | µmol/l | Achterberg, Eric Pieter | | |
| 12 | Phosphorus, inorganic, dissolved | DIP | µmol/l | Achterberg, Eric Pieter | | |
| 13 | Ammonium | [NH4]+ | µmol/l | Achterberg, Eric Pieter | | |
| 14 | Silicate | Si(OH)4 | µmol/l | Hellemann, Dana | | |
| 15 | Nitrate and Nitrite | [NO3]- + [NO2]- | µmol/l | Achterberg, Eric Pieter | | 0-10m |
| 16 | Phosphorus, inorganic, dissolved | DIP | µmol/l | Achterberg, Eric Pieter | | 0-10m |
| 17 | Phosphate | [PO4]3- | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | Calculated | excess phosphate |
| 18 | Carbon, organic, dissolved | DOC | µmol/l | Achterberg, Eric Pieter | | |
| 19 | Nitrogen, organic, dissolved | DON | µmol/l | Achterberg, Eric Pieter | | |
| 20 | Phosphorus, organic, dissolved | DOP | µmol/l | Nausch, Monika | | |
| 21 | Carbon, total, particulate | TPC | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | | total fraction |
| 22 | Carbon, total, particulate | TPC | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | | <55 mum |
| 23 | Carbon, total, particulate | TPC | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | | <10 mum |
| 24 | Nitrogen, organic, particulate | PON | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | | total fraction |
| 25 | Nitrogen, organic, particulate | PON | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | | <55 mum |
| 26 | Nitrogen, organic, particulate | PON | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | | <10 mum |
| 27 | Silicate | Si(OH)4 | µmol/l | Hellemann, Dana | | Particulate biogenic silica |
| 28 | Phosphate, total, particulate | TP PO4 | µmol/l | Hellemann, Dana | | |
| 29 | Carbon/Nitrogen ratio | C/N | mol/mol | Paul, Allanah Joy | Calculated | |
| 30 | Nitrogen/Phosphorus ratio | N/P | | Paul, Allanah Joy | Calculated | mol:mol |
| 31 | Carbon/Phosphorus ratio | C/P | | Paul, Allanah Joy | Calculated | mol:mol |
| 32 | Carbon/Silicon ratio | C/Si | | Paul, Allanah Joy | Calculated | mol:mol |
| 33 | Dry mass | Dry m | g | Boxhammer, Tim | | Total dry mass of sediment trap material |
| 34 | Carbon, total particulate | TPC | µmol/kg | Boxhammer, Tim | | in sediment trap material (mesocosm volume corrected) |
| 35 | Carbon, total, particulate | TPC | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | Calculated | Cumulative [TPC] in sediment trap material (mesocosm volume corrected) |
| 36 | Nitrogen, organic, particulate | PON | µmol/kg | Boxhammer, Tim | | in sediment trap material (mesocosm volume corrected) |
| 37 | Nitrogen, organic, particulate | PON | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | Calculated | Cumulative [PON] in sediment trap material (mesocosm volume corrected) |
| 38 | Phosphate, total particulate | TPP | µmol/kg | Boxhammer, Tim | | [TPP] in sediment trap material (mesocosm volume corrected) |
| 39 | Phosphate, total, particulate | TP PO4 | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | Calculated | Cumulative [TPP] in sediment trap material (mesocosm volume corrected) |
| 40 | Biogenic silica | bSiO2 | µmol/kg | Boxhammer, Tim | | [BSi] in sediment trap material (mesocosm volume corrected) |
| 41 | Silicate | Si(OH)4 | µmol/l | Paul, Allanah Joy | Calculated | Cumulative [BSi] in sediment trap material (mesocosm volume corrected) |
| 42 | Chlorophyll a | Chl a | µg/l | Bach, Lennart Thomas | Fluorescence determination | |
| 43 | Chlorophyll a | Chl a | µg/l | Bach, Lennart Thomas | Fluorescence determination | 0 -10m |
| 44 | Chlorophyll a | Chl a | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | total fraction |
| 45 | Chlorophyll a | Chl a | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | < 2 µm |
| 46 | Chlorophyll a | Chl a | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | > 20 µm |
| 47 | Chlorophyll b | Chl b | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | total fraction |
| 48 | Chlorophyll b | Chl b | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | < 2 µm |
| 49 | Chlorophyll b | Chl b | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | > 20 µm |
| 50 | Chlorophyll c2 | Chl c2 | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | total fraction |
| 51 | Chlorophyll c2 | Chl c2 | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | < 2 µm |
| 52 | Chlorophyll c2 | Chl c2 | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | > 20 µm |
| 53 | Neoxanthin | Neo | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | total fraction |
| 54 | Neoxanthin | Neo | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | < 2 µm |
| 55 | Neoxanthin | Neo | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | > 20 µm |
| 56 | Prasinoxanthin | Pras | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | total fraction |
| 57 | Prasinoxanthin | Pras | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | < 2 µm |
| 58 | Prasinoxanthin | Pras | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | > 20 µm |
| 59 | Violaxanthin | Viola | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | total fraction |
| 60 | Violaxanthin | Viola | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | < 2 µm |
| 61 | Violaxanthin | Viola | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | > 20 µm |
| 62 | Myoxoxanthophyll | Myoxo | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | total fraction |
| 63 | Myoxoxanthophyll | Myoxo | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | < 2 µm |
| 64 | Myoxoxanthophyll | Myoxo | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | > 20 µm |
| 65 | Aphanizophyll | Aphanizo | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | total fraction |
| 66 | Aphanizophyll | Aphanizo | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | < 2 µm |
| 67 | Aphanizophyll | Aphanizo | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | > 20 µm |
| 68 | Fucoxanthin | Fuco | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | total fraction |
| 69 | Fucoxanthin | Fuco | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | < 2 µm |
| 70 | Fucoxanthin | Fuco | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | > 20 µm |
| 71 | Canthaxanthin | Cantha | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | total fraction |
| 72 | Canthaxanthin | Cantha | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | < 2 µm |
| 73 | Canthaxanthin | Cantha | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | > 20 µm |
| 74 | Prasinophytes, biomass | Prasinophytes | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | |
| 75 | Cryptophytes, biomass | Cryptophytes | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | |
| 76 | Chlorophytes, biomass | Chlorophytes | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | |
| 77 | Cyanobacteria, biomass | Cyanobacteria | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | |
| 78 | Diatoms, biomass | Diatom | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | |
| 79 | Euglenophytes, biomass | Euglenophytes | µg/l | Trense, Yves | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) | |