Dataset: Element quotas of individual Synechococcus cells collected during Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) cruises aboard the R/V Atlantic Explorer between dates 2012-07-11 and 2013-10-13 (Si_in_Syn project)

Field work at the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS) site was done to assess the contribution of Synechococcus and diatoms to total biogenic silica in surface waters. The data include information about the elemental content (Silicon, Phosphorus, and Sulfur) of Synechococcus cells as measured by synchrotron-based x-ray fluorescence (SBXF) microscopy.  Derived mole ratios (Si:P, and Si:S) are also provided.

References:

Twining, B. S., Rauschenberg, S., Morton, P. L., & Vogt, S. (2015). Metal contents of phytoplankton and labile particulate material in the North Atlantic Ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 137, 261–283. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2015.07.001
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282626294_Metal_contents_of_phytoplankton_and_labile_particulate_material_in_the_North_Atlantic_Ocean

DMO notes:

• Changed formatting of lat/lon to 4 decimal places from 5.
• Elemental content values rounded to two decimal places from 15.