Table 1 Location of experiments and environmental variables encountered during JR271 (June 2012) and JR274 (January–February 2013).
From: Biological nitrous oxide consumption in oxygenated waters of the high latitude Atlantic Ocean
Station | Latitude | Longitude | Depth (m) | Temp (°C) | NO3− (µM) | NH4+ (nM) | O2 (µM) | N2O concn. (nM) | N2O production (nMd−1) | N2O consumption (nMd−1) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JR271 | |||||||||||
E01 | 56.267°N | 02.633°E | 10 | 8.50 | 0.02 | 4.2 | 311 | 10.7 | ND | 0.18 | North Sea |
50 | 6.70 | 0.65 | 44 | 269 | 11.5 | 2.97 | 3.13 | ||||
E02 | 60.594°N | 18.857°W | 20 | 10.44 | 5.2 | 163 | 300 | 9.7 | ND | 0.23 | South of Iceland |
60 | 9.49 | 9.2 | 452 | 281 | 10.3 | 3.32 | 3.65 | ||||
E03 | 76.175°N | 02.549°W | 19 | 1.55 | 9.3 | 67 | 361 | 12.2 | ND | 0.16 | Greenland Sea |
60 | 0.16 | 10.1 | 502 | 360 | 12.9 | 0.77 | 1.02 | Ice-Edge | |||
E04 | 78.353°N | 03.664°W | 10 | −1.61 | 6.0 | 88 | 370 | 15.1 | ND | 0.31 | Greenland Sea |
40 | −1.76 | 7.8 | 69 | 345 | 14.9 | 0.17 | 1.16 | In-Ice | |||
E05 | 72.892°N | 26.001°E | 9 | 6.47 | 5.8 | 76 | 320 | 10.4 | ND | ND | Barents Sea |
60 | 6.01 | 8.8 | 178 | 304 (†306) | 10.4 | 1.81 | 1.79 | ||||
JR274 | |||||||||||
B03 | 52.69°S | 36.63°W | 85 | 0.89 | 25.8 | 1196 | 320 (†323) | 15.6 | 1.10 | 1.39 | North of South Georgia |
B04 | 58.08°S | 25.93°W | 46 | −1.2 | 21.5 | 893 | 342 (†335) | 15.8 | 0.58 | 0.70 | East of S. Sandwich Islands |