Seawater physics and chemistry along the Med-SHIP transects in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016

Abstract

The Mediterranean Sea has been sampled irregularly by research vessels in the past, mostly by national expeditions in regional waters. To monitor the hydrographic, biogeochemical and circulation changes in the Mediterranean Sea, a systematic repeat oceanographic survey programme called Med-SHIP was recommended by the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM) in 2011, as part of the Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP). Med-SHIP consists of zonal and meridional surveys with different frequencies, where comprehensive physical and biogeochemical properties are measured with the highest international standards. The first zonal survey was done in 2011 and repeated in 2018. In addition, a network of meridional (and other key) hydrographic sections were designed: the first cycle of these sections was completed in 2016, with three cruises funded by the EU project EUROFLEETS2. This paper presents the physical and chemical data of the meridional and key transects in the Western and Eastern Mediterranean Sea collected during those cruises.

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“…Temperature and salinity were measured by means of a multiparametric probe (SBE 19plus SEACAT). The concentrations of chlorophyll a (Chl a ), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), particulate organic carbon (POC), dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), and total particulate nitrogen (TPN) were determined according to standard procedures [ 18 , 19 ] (Supplementary results and Fig. S1 ).…”