Table 1. Summary of cruises and time-series in this dataset including number of stations and POM samples as well as the mean elemental ratios.

Cruise	#Sta	Year	Latitude		Longitude		POC	PON	POP	C:P *	N:P	C:N	Ref.
			min	max	min	max	(#samples)
AMT1	23	1995	−51	49	−57	−9	23	23	—	—	—	8.0	18
AMT10	42	2000	−35	49	−49	−6	57	57	—	—	—	9.5	19
AMT12	14	2003	−38	45	−38	−19	72	72	—	—	—	8.3	18
AMT13	10	2003	−36	40	−34	−18	50	50	—	—	—	7.7	18
AMT14	15	2004	−47	49	−50	−16	71	78	—	—	—	7.0	18
AMT15	21	2004	−40	39	−25	10	100	100	—	—	—	8.7	18
AMT16	32	2005	−32	47	−46	17	191	191	—	—	—	12	18
AMT17	33	2005	−35	49	−39	14	178	178	—	—	—	9.0	18
Antares3	20	1995	−59	−48	62	74	146	146	—	—	—	8.8	20
Antares4	25	1999	−46	−43	62	65	364	356	—	—	—	8.0	21
ANTVI	61	1992	−60	−47	−50	−6	582	582	—	—	—	6.7	22
ANTXXIII	26	2005	−26	50	−21	9	120	120	—	—	—	7.6	23
Arabesque	14	1994	8	19	58	67	70	52	—	—	—	7.0	24
Atlantic	4	1973	31	31	−10	−10	19	19	19	110	17	6.6	25
Atlantic Ocean	160	1990–95	24	61	−65	−10	1174	1174	—	—	—	10	24
ATP3	13	2006	21	32	−66	−64	129	129	130	297	56	5.3	12
BATS	73	2003–10	31	32	−64	−64	722	722	661	188	36	5.2	26
Bering Sea	75	2009–10	54	63	−179	−161	291	272	296	84	9.8	8.1	12
BIOSOPE	21	2004	−35	−8	−141	−73	162	156	164	171	21	7.9	27
BloomER	2	2007	23	24	−159	−159	16	16	—	—	—	9.7	28
Blue Water Zone	49	2004–06	−64	−60	−63	−53	260	259	—	—	—	7.1	29
BULA/CMORE	9	2007	−16	17	−170	−159	45	45	48	278	50	5.5	30
BV37+39	12	2007	20	34	−66	−64	46	46	181	448	60	7.1	12
CARIACO	156	1995–2010	11	11	−65	−65	2893	2885	—	—	—	7.4	31
CCU LTER process	68	2006–08	32	35	−124	−120	798	798	—	—	—	6.1	32
CCU LTER survey	818	2004–09	30	74	−124	−117	4406	4406	—	—	—	6.4	32
Copin-Montegut	10	1974	−56	−26	61	75	9	10	10	80	13	6.2	33
Copin-Montegut	1	1975	42	42	5	5	6	6	6	121	19	6.3	25
CYCLOPS	66	1971–72	−35	56	−18	142	66	66	—	—	—	9.4	34
DCM	17	1996	7	34	−54	−23	119	113	—	—	—	14	35
DIAPAZON	62	2002–03	−24	−20	166	168	202	203	305	238	27	8.8	36
EDT1 2004	17	2004	30	31	−66	−64	259	259	—	—	—	6.8	37
EDT2 2004	8	2004	30	32	−66	−64	244	244	—	—	—	6.8	37
EDT3 2005	12	2005	30	32	−67	−64	231	231	—	—	—	5.4	37
EDT4 2005	15	2005	30	30	−69	−68	224	224	—	—	—	5.5	37
EUMELI	18	1991–92	18	21	−31	−21	—	318	327	—	18	—	38
FLUPAC	42	1994	−14	6	−179	−149	374	375	400	132	16	8.2	39
FRUELA 95	35	1995–96	−65	−63	−66	−59	306	306	—	—	—	6.1	40
Gulf of St Lawrence	36	1992–94	43	50	−66	−60	397	398	—	—	—	6.1	24
HOT	195	1989–2009	23	23	−158	−158	1632	1632	1581	161	25	6.5	41
IronEx II	11	1995	−7	−4	−111	−105	114	114	—	—	—	5.9	42
JGOFS Arabian Sea	120	1995	10	24	57	69	1229	1217	—	—	—	4.9	43
JGOFS EqPac	99	1992	−12	12	−141	−135	803	1468	—	—	—	7.3	44
JGOFS S. Ocean	175	1996–98	−78	−53	−178	180	2150	2135	—	—	—	8.8	45
Kahler	10	2002	18	32	−30	−30	59	59	60	152	22	7.0	46
Keycop	12	1999–2000	39	40	25	26	70	59	—	—	—	1.1	47
Latitud-II	11	1995	−33	25	−45	−18	16	16	—	—	—	12.3	48
Line P	100	1992–97	49	50	−145	−127	997	970	—	—	—	6.8	49
Loh and Bauer	4	1996	−54	36	−176	−122	31	31	31	255	34	7.5	50
MD03/ICHTYO	123	1974	−56	−24	26	78	159	159	159	93	15	6.4	33
MEDAR	97	1991 −2001	41	45	5	14	1256	1160	190	165	21	8.1	51
Meteor 36–2	32	1996	33	60	−22	−20	96	96	—	—	—	5.9	52
Meteor 36–6	8	1996	46	48	−20	−18	73	73	—	—	—	6.9	53
MOOGLI	10	1997–99	43	43	5	5	114	121	123	182	22	8.1	54
NABE	20	1989	18	34	−31	−21	237	236	239	72	11	6.6	55
NOPACCS	110	1992–95	−36	48	143	175	1405	1405	—	—	—	7.0	56
OLIPAC	13	1994	−16	1	−150	−150	—	152	152	—	20	—	57
OMEX	228	1993–95	47	50	−16	−7	2216	1261	735	294	25	9.7	58
OPEREX	8	2008	22	26	−160	−157	58	58	—	—	—	6.1	59
PALLTER Seasonal	650	1991–2010	−65	−64	−65	−64	5775	5743	—	—	—	7.2	60
PALLTER Survey	679	1991–2010	−70		−79		7278	7232	—	—	—	6.6	60
PROSOPE	22	1999	31	43	−10	22	217	221	223	115	16	7.1	61
SBC LTER	307	2000–10	34	35	−121	−119	4594	4593	—	—	—	6.3	62
SEED	12	2001	49	49	164	165	129	129	57	140	17	8.4	63
SOIREE	13	1999	−61	−61	140	141	102	102	—	—	—	5.9	64
SUPER-HI-CAT	13	2008	28	35	−155	−138	83	83	81	250	35	7.2	65
Tuamotu	15	1985–96	−18	−15	−148	−141	16	16	14	158	21	7.6	66
WCSI	18	2007–08	16		74		68	68	—	—	—	5.9	67
X0705	29	2007	27	38	−66	−56	215	213	238	161	29	5.6	12
X0804	34	2008	20	32	−66	−45	1256	1160	190	107	24	4.5	12

*Geometric means of elemental molar ratios.