Dataset: Determination of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus content in sinking particles at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site from December 1988 to December 2024 using a Particle Interceptor Trap System (PITS)

Sinking particle data were collected from BATS cruises #3 (December 1988) through BATS cruise #422 (December 2024). Nominal deployment location at BATS site (31°40' N, 64°10' W). 

Research was conducted on many research vessels including:

• R/V Weatherbird I (cruises 1,2,8,9,10,11,12 and 13)
• R/V Cape Henlopen (cruises 3,4,5,6 and 7)
• R/V Cape Hatteras (cruises 33,52,52a,53,53a,54,54a,55,55a and 56,195,196,196a 208,208a,209)
• R/V Weatherbird II (all other cruises through 207)
• R/V Oceanus (cruise 242)
• R/V Endeavor (cruise 331, 422)
• R/V Atlantic Explorer (cruises 210 through 241, and 243 onwards except those mentioned above)

Numerous chief scientists: Tony Knap, Rachel Dow, Anthony Michaels, Kjell Gundersen, Rodney Johnson, Ann Close, Deborah Steinberg, Paul Lethaby, Julian Mitchell, Vivienne Lochhead, Debra Lomas, Steven Bell, Jonathan Whitefield, Gwyn Evans, James Sadler, Samuel Monk, Samuel Stevens, Afonso Goncalves, Matt Enright, Fernando Pacheco, Zac Anderson, Claire Medley, and Dominic Smith.

Please see the Supplemental Files section for a listing of the cruises and associated measurements specific to this version of the BATS particle flux data (bats_flux_release_v006_updates.txt)