The traps were deployed for about 16 months. The respective regression equations and its coefficients of determination (r2) are reported in Table 5.In the 40-m trap, fucoxanthin was the dominant carotenoid (Table 1 and Fig. 3). Other pigments of Bacillariophyceae plus Chrysophyceae (chlorophyll c, diadinoxanthin, and diatoxanthin) as well as the cyanobacterial zeaxanthin also showed high sedimentation rates, whereas the chlorophyte chlorophyll b and lutein, as well as the cryptophyte alloxanthin, sedimented only in low amounts (Table 1 and Fig. 3). Abbreviations: Chl—chlorophyll, Fuco—fucoxanthin, Zea—zeaxanthin, β-car—β-carotene, Allo—alloxan