Variability in Export Production Documented by Downward Fluxes and Species Composition
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Mooring
Location
Trap depth
Water depth
Interval
Sampling
sites
(m)
(m)
duration (d)
Eastern Tropical Atlantic
cm
20"55'N
2195
3681
22.03.88
351
19"45'W
08.03.89
CVI-2
II "29'N
1003
4523
05.10.92
372
21"01'W
12.10.93
Eastern Equatorial Atlantic
EAI
03 " JO'N
984
4524
13.04.91
230
11"15'W
29.11.91
GBN3
01"48'N
853
4481
01.03.89
381
11"08'W
16.03.90
EA2
01 "47'N
956
4399
13.04.91
230
11"15'W
29.11.91
EA3
00"05'S
1097
4141
13.04.91
230
10"46'W
29.11.91
GBZ4
02°11'S
696
3912
01.03.89
381
09°54'W
16.03.90
EA4
02"II'S
1068
3906
13.04.91
230
loo06'W
29.11.91
EA5
04"20'S
948
3490
13.04.91
230
10"16'W
29.11.91
Walvis Ridge
WR2
20"03'S
599
2196
18.03.89
360
09"09'E
13.03.90
Western Equatorial Atlantic
WA7
03"58'S
854
5601
20.08.94
362
25"39'W
17.08.95
WA3
07"31'S
671
5570
26.03.93
375
28"02'W
25.08.94
Table 1. Description of mooring sites.