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Table 2.

Sampling and cruise periods, with central points of each 500 m × 500 m process site box

Cruise^a	Start date	End date	Description
DY008	18 March 2014	13 April 2014	Pre-bloom, site identification and ground truthing
DY021	01 March 2015	26 March 2015	Pre-bloom, spatial survey
DY030	04 May 2015	25 May 2015	Bloom
DY034	06 August 2015	02 September 2015	Post-bloom

Process site name	Benthic A	Benthic I	Benthic H	Benthic G
Central point location	51°12.6754 −6°8.0277	50°34.5557 −7°6.3161	50°31.3329 7°2.142	51°4.3569 −6°34.866

Process site name

Benthic A

Benthic I

Benthic H

Benthic G

Central point location

51°12.6754

−6°8.0277

50°34.5557

−7°6.3161

50°31.3329

7°2.142

51°4.3569

−6°34.866

^aBenthic sampling cruises which took place aboard the RRS Discovery. Where available cruise reports and data inventories can be found at the following link: http://www.uk-ssb.org/research_cruises/programme