Thirty Years of Nutrient Biogeochemistry in the Barents Sea and the adjoining Arctic Ocean, 1990-2019

This dataset contains biogeochemical samples from the Barents Sea and Arctic region analyzed by the Plankton Chemistry Laboratory at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR). Number of surveys and stations visited in the Barents Sea and Arctic has varied over the last 30 years. One major effort is the annual Ecosystem Survey in the fall, with multiple trawl surveys, net tows and CTD water sampling. Additionally, two transects are visited multiple times each year (Fugloya-Bjornoya and Vardo-North). Only samples collected from water bottles are reported here. Bottle samples from each CTD cast were collected for dissolved inorganic nutrients (nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, silicate) and phytoplankton chlorophyll-a and phaeopigments (ChlA, PHAEO) at predetermined depths and for later analysis at IMR. On occasion, short-term projects have performed Winkler dissolved oxygen titrations (DOW) and particulate organic carbon and nitrogen (POC, PN) determinations. This unique data set has seen limited use over the years but is a great contribution towards global ocean research and climate change investigations.

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This dataset contains biogeochemical samples from the Barents Sea and Arctic region analyzed by the Plankton Chemistry Laboratory at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR). It includes data from annual ecosystem surveys, transects, and occasional short-term projects. The dataset provides valuable information for global ocean research and climate change investigations.