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. 2019 Apr 26;10:1895. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09772-z

Table 1.

Total mass and elemental fluxes of sinking particulate matter

Sediment trap depth (m) Mass fluxa (mg m−2 d−1) Carbon flux (mg m−2 d−1) Hydrogen flux (mg m−2 d−1) Nitrogen flux (mg m−2 d−1) Phosphorus flux (mg m−2 d−1) OC:H:N:P (molar)
OC IC BC
100 161.2 ± 13.0 44.2 ± 0.9 1.62 ± 0.00 1.24 ± 0.03 6.33 ± 0.11 8.18 ± 0.21 0.62 ± 0.01 185:317:29:1
110 164.6 ± 13.1 37.8 ± 1.0 1.83 ± 0.10 1.23 ± 0.08 5.61 ± 0.11 7.15 ± 0.13 0.48 ± 0.01 204:362:33:1
120 143.4 ± 15.2 38.3 ± 1.0 2.11 ± 0.04 0.87 ± 0.08 5.49 ± 0.20 6.93 ± 0.30 0.44 ± 0.02 223:387:35:1
130 137.3 ± 9.6 36.9 ± 0.8 2.02 ± 0.11 0.69 ± 0.04 5.26 ± 0.12 6.42 ± 0.16 0.43 ± 0.01 223:379:33:1
140 128.8 ± 14.5 30.7 ±  0.3 2.40 ± 0.17 0.89 ± 0.06 4.48 ± 0.06 5.36 ± 0.03 0.35 ± 0.01 229:397:34:1
150 122.8 ± 7.9 28.8 ± 1.1 2.68 ± 0.15 0.86 ± 0.04 4.16 ± 0.15 4.95 ± 0.20 0.32 ± 0.02 230:403:34:1
160 127.2 ± 10.2 30.4 ± 0.6 2.55 ± 0.16 0.92 ± 0.09 4.45 ± 0.01 4.98 ± 0.09 0.31 ± 0.02 254:445:36:1
175 98.7 ± 7.7 23.3 ± 0.6 2.65 ± 0.09 0.60 ± 0.01 3.37 ± 0.11 3.60 ± 0.11 0.21 ± 0.01 290:497:39:1
200 104.5 ± 6.3 23.7 ± 0.4 2.88 ± 0.08 0.59 ± 0.04 3.39 ± 0.07 3.84 ± 0.07 0.23 ± 0.00 272:457:38:1
250 77.4 ± 5.9 15.9 ± 0.4 2.07 ± 0.07 0.68 ± 0.01 2.35 ± 0.05 2.52 ± 0.06 0.14 ± 0.01 289:520:39:1
300 82.8 ± 2.5 16.4 ± 0.8 2.32 ± 0.05 0.79 ± 0.01 2.45 ± 0.10 2.38 ± 0.12 0.13 ± 0.01 337:584:42:1
500 67.5 ± 6.4 11.1 ± 0.1 1.73 ± 0.05 0.70 ± 0.02 1.69 ± 0.01 1.50 ± 0.04 0.09 ± 0.01 319:582:37:1

aAll values are reported as mean ± 1 standard deviation