Table 1 SalpPOOP experiment cycle characteristics
From: Salp blooms drive strong increases in passive carbon export in the Southern Ocean
Cycles in order sampled | Days | NPP (mg C m−2 d−1) | Areal chl a (mg m−2) | S. thompsoni oozooid abundance (m−2) | S. thompsoni blastozooids abundance (m−2) | S. thompsoni oozooid biomass (g C m−2) | S. thompsoni blastozooids biomass (g C m−2) | Other salps (salps m−2) | Other salp species | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salp SA-Sc | A | 5 | 638 ± 174 | 39 ± 4.8 | 23 ± 8 | 213 ± 82 | 0.5 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.5 | 3 ± 3 | Soestia zonaria |
B | 2.5 | 390 ± 5 | 49 ± 5.1 | 6 ± 1 | 1120 ± 308 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 1 ± 0.5 | Soestia zonaria | |
Salp SA | 5.5 | 318 ± 67 | 28.1 ± 1.9 | 5 ± 2 | 124 ± 35 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.3 ± 0.2 | 4.3 ± 2.2 | Thetys vagina, Pegea confederata | |
Non-salp ST | 3 | 746 ± 388 | 64.9 ± 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 ± 3 | Soestia zonaria, Salpa fusiformes, Ihlea magalanica, Thalia democratica | |
Salp ST | 4 | 452 ± 102 | 46.5 ± 12.3 | 3 ± 0.7 | 64 ± 15 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 2 ± 1 | Soestia zonaria, Salpa fusiformes, Ihlea magalanica, Thalia democratica | |
Non-salp SA | 3 | 233 ± 44 | 26.5 ± 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 ± 0.3 | Soestia zonaria |
