Table 1.
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) | ||
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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