Dataset description: 08CEV02-SA-pd-3

Figure showing weekly percent abundance of 10 most common species/ groups of planktic foraminifers

Comments:

Data associated with GMT-2, Figure 7. Sampling at this sediment trap continued through 2012. The latest data set, which includes data from 2008-2012, can be found here: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1243/

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Contact	Caitlin E Reynolds SPCMSC_data_contact@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1293/pdf/2009-1293.pdf

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
08CEV02	Sediment Trap A sediment trap is an instrument widely used in oceanography and marine science to collect and measure particles sinking through the water column toward the seafloor. Sediment traps help scientists study biogeochemical cycles, carbon flux, and sediment transport processes in aquatic environments.