Table 1 Sample overview of sediment cores and one Niskin bottle sampled for Cu-binding L during SO242, SO262, and SO268. bw = bottom water.

From: Copper-binding ligands in deep-sea pore waters of the Pacific Ocean and potential impacts of polymetallic nodule mining on the copper cycle

Sample ID

Sampling depth ligand samples

Lat

Lon

Area

Water depth [m]

SO242/2 146ROV-Niskin

bw

7°04.4094′ S

88°27.8366′ W

Peru Basin: Disturbed site DEA West “valley”

4139

SO242/2 146ROV-PUC28

bw

2, 3, 4 cm

11, 12, 13 cm

SO242/2 196ROV-PUC28

bw

7°07.5041′ S

88°27.0406′ W

Peru Basin: Undisturbed Reference South

4156

3, 4, 5 cm

16, 17, 18 cm

SO242/2 219ROV-PUC28

bw

7°04.6930′ S

88°27.4540′ W

Peru Basin: Disturbed site DEA South “white patch”

4155

2, 3, 4 cm

10, 11, 12 cm

SO262 026MUC

bw

11°55.320′ N

117°00.435′ W

CCZ German area undisturbed

4102

2, 5, 8 cm

12, 15, 18 cm

21, 25, 27 cm

SO262 063MUC

bw

11°51.271’ N

117°02.368’ W

CCZ German area undisturbed

4131

1, 5.5, 8.5 cm

12, 15, 19 cm

23, 27, 30 cm

SO262 149MUC

bw

11°53.833′ N

116°14.268′ W

CCZ German area undisturbed

4105

1.5, 4.5, 8.5 cm

12.5, 15, 17.5 cm

21, 25, 30 cm

SO268/1 005TVMUC

bw

11°55.872′ N

117°01.588′ W

CCZ German area undisturbed

4081

2, 6, 9 cm

17, 20, 23 cm

SO268/2 184TVMUC

bw

11°51.785′ N

117°00.701′ W

CCZ German area: Dredge plume deposition

4116

2, 5, 8 cm

17, 20, 23 cm

SO268/1 065MUC

bw

14°06.772′ N

125°52.297′ W

CCZ Belgian area undisturbed

4495

2, 5, 8 cm

15, 18, 22 cm

SO268/1 074MUC

bw

14°08.105′ N

125°51.819′ W

CCZ Belgian area undisturbed

4509

3, 5, 9 cm

16, 19, 22 cm

SO268/1 079MUC

bw

14° 02.187′ N

125° 55.471′ W

CCZ Belgian area undisturbed

4535

3, 6, 9 cm

17, 20, 23 cm

  1. The three sampling depths that are given are the depths where rhizons were inserted and then pooled as one sample.