Table S1.
Sedimentation rates of PIM, POC, C18− olefins, stable isotope composition of organic matter (δ13C-POC and δ15N-POC), three ratios (ΣSH/ ΣPAH, Fl/(Fl+Py), and C0/(C0+C1)-P/A), and concentrations of char and soot
| Cup no. | Midpoint date, mm/dd/yy | PIM, mg⋅m−2⋅d−1 | POC, mg⋅m−2⋅d−1 | C18− olefins, μg⋅m−2⋅d−1 | δ13C-POC, ‰ | δ15N-PON, ‰ | ΣSH/ΣPAH | Fl/(Fl+Py) | C0/(C0+C1)-P/A | Char, mg⋅g−1 | Soot, mg⋅g−1 |
| 1 | 09/04/10 | 1228 ± 181 | 109 ± 2 | 3.70 ± 0.26 | −21.5 | 8.9 | 134.2 ± 24.0 | 0.41 ± 0.02 | 0.42 ± 0.03 | 5.20 ± 0.57 | 0.25 ± 0. 06 |
| 2 | 09/25/10 | 469 ± 6 | 31 ± 0 | 0.00 | −21.6 | 6.6 | 73.9 ± 10.7 | 0.50 ± 0.02 | 0.36 ± 0.02 | 0.63 ± 0.09 | 0.22 ± 0. 05 |
| 3 | 10/16/10 | 334 ± 11 | 17 ± 1 | 0.28 ± 0.02 | −21.9 | 5.8 | 44.8 ± 5.7 | 0.51 ± 0.02 | 0.43 ± 0.03 | 0.73 ± 0.04 | 0.26 ± 0. 07 |
| 4 | 11/06/10 | 402 ± 39 | 22 ± 1 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | −22.1 | 5.4 | 222.5 ± 36.0 | 0.49 ± 0.02 | 0.44 ± 0.03 | NA | NA |
| 5 | 11/27/10 | 208 ± 16 | 12 ± 0 | 0.14 ± 0.01 | −22.2 | 5.0 | 5.8 ± 1.0 | 0.50 ± 0.02 | 0.55 ± 0.03 | NA | NA |
| 6 | 12/18/10 | 513 ± 5 | 22 ± 1 | 0.00 | −22.1 | 4.4 | 9.7 ± 1.1 | 0.45 ± 0.02 | 0.56 ± 0.03 | 0.65 ± 0.12 | 0.20 ± 0. 01 |
| 7 | 01/08/10 | 348 ± 19 | 21 ± 0 | 0.00 | −22.6 | 3.7 | 19.8 ± 2.4 | 0.45 ± 0.02 | 0.58 ± 0.03 | NA | NA |
| 8 | 01/29/11 | 288 ± 35 | 16 ± 0 | 0.00 | −22.2 | 3.6 | 17.9 ± 2.5 | 0.45 ± 0.02 | 0.57 ± 0.03 | NA | NA |
| 9 | 02/19/11 | 234 ± 19 | 13 ± 0 | 0.00 | −22.4 | 3.5 | 15.2 ± 2.1 | 0.46 ± 0.02 | 0.57 ± 0.03 | NA | NA |
| 10 | 03/12/11 | 998 ± 30 | 38 ± 1 | 0.00 | −21.8 | 4.4 | 20.3 ± 2.4 | 0.46 ± 0.02 | 0.57 ± 0.03 | 0.84 ± 0.10 | 0.20 ± 0. 04 |
| 11 | 04/02/11 | 558 ± 19 | 23 ± 0 | 0.00 | −21.9 | 4.4 | 15.5 ± 2.0 | 0.47 ± 0.02 | 0.55 ± 0.03 | NA | NA |
| 12 | 04/23/11 | 582 ± 37 | 29 ± 1 | 0.00 | −21.5 | 8.7 | 19.0 ± 2.4 | 0.47 ± 0.02 | 0.60 ± 0.04 | NA | NA |
| 13 | 05/14/11 | 177 ± 5 | 11 ± 0 | 0.00 | −21.9 | 4.8 | 9.7 ± 1.2 | 0.52 ± 0.02 | 0.64 ± 0.04 | NA | NA |
| 14 | 06/04/11 | 542 ± 66 | 29 ± 1 | 0.00 | −22.2 | 4.0 | 14.8 ± 2.2 | 0.51 ± 0.02 | 0.63 ± 0.04 | NA | NA |
| 15 | 06/25/11 | 369 ± 7 | 19 ± 0 | 0.00 | −22.2 | 4.4 | 12.6 ± 1.8 | 0.48 ± 0.02 | 0.65 ± 0.04 | NA | NA |
| 16 | 07/16/11 | 204 ± 6 | 19 ± 3 | 0.00 | −22.2 | 4.5 | 3.7 ± 0.4 | 0.52 ± 0.02 | 0.67 ± 0.04 | NA | NA |
| 17 | 08/06/11 | 305 ± 7 | 20 ± 0 | 0.00 | −22.3 | 6.1 | 14.6 ± 2.2 | 0.54 ± 0.02 | 0.65 ± 0.04 | 1.21 ± 0.15 | 0.29 ± 0. 06 |
| 18 | 08/27/11 | 212 ± 29 | 14 ± 0 | 0.00 | −22.3 | 5.5 | 18.4 ± 4.6 | 0.53 ± 0.02 | 0.61 ± 0.04 | NA | NA |
| 19 | 09/17/11 | 265 ± 25 | 20 ± 0 | 0.00 | −22.4 | 5.4 | 3.2 ± 0.4 | 0.51 ± 0.02 | 0.63 ± 0.04 | NA | NA |
Uncertainties of δ13C-POC and δ15N-PON are 0.3‰ based on replicate analysis of randomly selected samples; NA, no analysis.