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Description: During expedition EMB201 in the Baltic Sea we investigated the local producers of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGT) and their thriving depth by a combined 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing/ CARD-FISH and lipidomic approach. Water samples were taken in December 2018 by a pump-CTD, a giant water sampler and with Niskin bottles at the surface, suboxic and sulfidic zones of the Landsort Deep, Fårö Basin and East Gotland Basin. This data set contains the CARD-FISH and lipidomics data, while the 16S rRNA gene sequencing data is available on ENA. Cell abundance was analysed in an aliquot of 40 ml filtered (pore size 0.22 micro m) sea water fixed with particle-free formaldehyde. Archaeal cells on the filters were specifically hybridized via catalysed reporter deposition-fluorescence in situ hybridization (CARD-FISH) using the Cren537 probe. Cells on the hybridized filter were counter-stained with 40,6-diamidin-2-phenylindol (DAPI). For lipid analysis, 150–600 L sea water were filtered with a flow rate of 1.5 L min-1 on pre-ashed, 142-mm-diameter, 0.7µm pore size glass fibre GF/F filters, and frozen at –20 °C. The filters were lyophilized before different extraction methods were used to obtain intact and core GDGTs by ultra-sonification in different solvent mixtures. The combined supernatants were phase separated before analysis by high performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS2) for intact polar lipids and by high performance liquid chromatography coupled to atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC APCI-MS; ThermoScientific) for core GDGTs.

Description: The dataset contains ocean bottom hydrophone (OBH) data acquired along profile P05 during RV Sonne Expedition SO267 (project ARCHIMEDES) to the Lau Basin, Southwestern Pacific in December 2018. This seismic refraction data set contains 34 OBS that all recorded the shots along the ~220 km long seismic transect successfully. Data for two different shot intervals (50m and 150m) were acquired shooting from east to west and from west to east respectively. An 84 l airgun array served as seismic source that was towed behind the vessel 8 m below sea surface. The data were processed using standard methods for relocation of the instrument at the seafloor, clock drift correction, deconvolution and filtering.

Description: The ²³⁴Th-²³⁸U radioactive pair has been extensively used to evaluate the efficiency with which photosyntetically fixed carbon is exported from the surface ocean by means of the biological pump since the 90's. The seminal work of Buesseler et al. (1992) proposed that particulate organic carbon (POC) flux can be indirectly calculated from ²³⁴Th distributions if the ratio of POC to ²³⁴Th measured on sinking particles (POC:²³⁴Th) at the desired export depth is known. Since then, a huge amount of ²³⁴Th depth profiles have been collected using a variety of sampling instruments and strategies that have changed along years. This is a global oceanic compilation of ²³⁴Th measurements, that collects results from innumerable researchers and laboratories over a period exceeding 50 years. The present compilation is made of a total 223 datasets: 214 from studies published either in articles in referred journals, PhD thesis or repositories, and 9 unpublished datasets. Including measurements from JGOFS, VERTIGO and GEOTRACES programs, with sampling from approximately 5000 locations spanning all the oceans. The compilation includes total ²³⁴Th profiles, dissolved and particulate ²³⁴Th concentrations, and POC:²³⁴Th ratios (both from pumps and sediment traps) for two sizes classes (1-53 μm and 〈 53 μm) when available. Appropriate metadata have been included, including geographic location, date, and sample depth, among others. When available, we also include water temperature, salinity, ²³⁸U data and particulate organic nitrogen data. Data sources and methods information (including ²³⁸U and ²³⁴Th) are also detailed along with valuable information for future data analysis such as bloom stage and steady/non-steady state conditions at the sampling moment. This undertaking is a treasure of data to understand and quantify how oceanic carbon cycle functions and how it will change in future. The compilation can be downloaded in three different ways: 1) A single merged file including all the individual excel files. This option can be accessed under "Other version: More than 50 years of Th-234 data: a comprehensive global oceanic compilation (single xlsx file)". 2) A summary table that includes details from cruise, sampling dates, techniques applied, authors and DOI of the compiled ²³⁴Th data, among others, each line corresponds to a specific dataset. The table can be accessed by clicking ""View dataset as HTML" and downloaded in "Download dataset as tab-delimited text". 3) Individual Excel files for each dataset can be manually chosen from the summary table, corresponding to the complete ²³⁴Th dataset and metadata from a specific publication or program. This option is available by clicking "View dataset as HTML". Furthermore, all files referred to can be downloaded in one go as ZIP or TAR.

Description: This dataset contains chemical data from modern chaetognath spines (Pterosagitta draco).

Description: This dataset contains chemical data from fossil chaetognath spines (Phakelodus) and conodonts (Cordylodus, Palmatolepis, Neospathodus) measured using an electron microprobe.