This dataset contains biogeochemical samples analyzed by the Plankton Chemistry Laboratory at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), from the Norwegian, Greenland and Iceland Seas. Number of surveys and stations have varied greatly over the last 3 decades. IMR is conducting one annual Ecosystem Survey in April-May each year, with multiple trawl surveys and net tows, but only CTD water collections are reported here. This month-long exercise also has companion vessels from Iceland and the Faroe Islands surveying their own territorial waters. Three transects are the core of the time-series, visited multiple times each year (Svinøy-NorthWest, Gimsøy-NorthWest, Bjørnøya-West). On each station, the CTD cast is sampled for dissolved inorganic nutrients (nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, silicate) and phytoplankton chlorophyll-a and phaeopigments (ChlA, Phaeo) at predetermined depths. At times, short-term projects have collected samples for 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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