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This dataset includes the total dissolved, dissolved labile, and soluble nickel concentration results determined in water column samples collected using a trace-metal clean CTD rosette, or an inflatable dinghy, during four cruises in the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) region in March, May, August, and November 2019. The samples and associated data were collected for the Bermuda Atlantic Iron Time-series (BAIT) project (GEOTRACES Process Study GApr13). Post-cruise sample analyses were performed at the University of South Florida (labile dissolved nickel) and Old Dominion University (dissolved nickel, soluble nickel).
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Dissolved iron speciation results from 2019 Bermuda Atlantic Iron Time-series (BAIT) cruises EN631, AE1909, AE1921, AE1930 in the Western Subtropical North Atlantic Gyre from March to November 2019 (BAIT Project)
Dissolved iron-binding organic ligand concentrations and conditional stability constants from GO-FLO water column samples collected in 2019 during four Bermuda Atlantic Iron Time-serires (BAIT) cruises in the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) region.
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- PAR ID:
- 10556850
- Publisher / Repository:
- Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
- Date Published:
- Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
- iron speciation iron CLE-AdCSV organic ligands voltammetry BATS
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series Study region, waters of the western Subtropical North Atlantic Gyre (ca. 30°N-33°N, 62°W-65°W); (East Bound Longitude:-63.5796; North Bound Latitude:32.151; South Bound Latitude:31.1769; West Bound Longitude:-64.8147)
- Right(s):
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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