Amino acids and hexosamines in suspended matter samples collected in different oceanic areas between 1999 and 2017 from shelf seas to the deep ocean

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This large set of suspended matter (SPM) samples was collected in different oceanic areas between 1999 and 2017 from shelf seas to the deep ocean. The samples were compiled from previous studies and used for statistical analyses in order to better understand particle dynamics and organic matter cycling in the ocean and to test and refine amino acid (AA) and hexosamine (HA) based biogeochemical indicators. Samples were analysed for total nitrogen (N) and total carbon (C) using a Carlo Erba nitrogen analyser 1500. Total organic carbon (TOC) was measured with the same instrument after treatment of weighed samples with 1N HCl to remove carbonate. Stable nitrogen isotopes of total particulate nitrogen (δ15N-TPN) were analysed with the mass spectrometer Thermo Finnigan MAT 252. AA and HA contents and their individual monomers were analysed by liquid chromatography using a Biochrom 30 amino acid analyzer. Contents of AA and HA are presented in nmol/g and µg/g. AAC, AAN, HAC, HAN are presented in µg/g and as percentages of TOC (AAC/C, HAC/C) or TN (AAN/N, HAN/N). AA and HA monomers are presented in Mol% and comprise aspartic acid (ASP), glutamic acid (Glu), threonine (Thr), serine (Ser), glycine (Gly), alanine (Ala), valine (Val), methionine (Met), isoleucine (Ile), leucine (Leu), tyrosine (Tyr), phenylalanine (Phe), β-Alanine (β-Ala), γ-aminobutyric acid (γ-Aba), histidine (His), ornithine (Orn), lysine (Lys) and arginine (Arg), glucosamine (Gluam) and galactosamine (Galam). Cysteic acid (CYA), taurine (TAU), methionine sulfoximine (MSO) and tryptophane (TRP) were determined only in the more recent samples. Data gaps indicate that measurements were not carried out or that they were not stored in the older data sets. The RI was calculated according to Jennerjahn and Ittekkot (1997; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20403/) and the DI after Dauwe et al. (1999; doi:10.4319/lo.1999.44.7.1809). Definitions of biogeochemical indicators SDI, RTI, ox/anox and a detailed description of the methods can be found in Gaye et al. (2022).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.940723
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-807-2022
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.940723
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Creator Gaye, Birgit; Lahajnar, Niko; Harms, Natalie ORCID logo; Paul, Sophie Anna Luise ORCID logo; Rixen, Tim (ORCID: 0000-0001-8376-891X); Emeis, Kay-Christian (ORCID: 0000-0003-0459-913X)
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2022
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Language English
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 30425 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (10.999W, -28.639S, 85.763E, 76.962N); Kara Sea; Arabian Sea; Namibia upwelling, Southeast Atlantic; Indian Ocean
Temporal Coverage Begin 1999-08-24T19:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2017-09-29T18:58:00Z