Table 2.

Total energy fluxes and specific energy of sinking particulate matter

Depth (m)	Energy fluxa (J m−2 d−1)	Specific energy
		(J mg−1 mass)	(J mg−1 OC)
100	2137.4 ± 62.3	13.26	48.37
110	1816.2 ± 32.3	11.03	48.03
120	1902.8 ± 30.0	13.27	49.72
130	1851.3 ± 52.7	13.48	50.19
140	1331.2 ± 37.2	10.34	43.37
150	1319.2 ± 25.7	10.75	45.79
160	1440.8 ± 42.1	11.32	47.35
175	1105.0 ± 27.4	11.20	47.44
200	959.7 ± 21.1	9.18	40.50
250	671.2 ± 4.7	8.67	42.21
300	282.5 ± 3.8	3.41	17.27
500	122.6 ± 6.7	1.82	11.09

^aAll values are reported as mean ± 1 standard deviation