Dissolved inorganic and organic nutrients from water column samples during RV Maria S. Merian cruise MSM80 off the northern Humboldt Upwelling System

This data is part of the BMBF projects CUSCO (Coastal Upwelling Systems in a Changing Ocean) and BioTip subproject Humboldt Tipping. Data was collected during cruise number MSM80 with research vessel Maria S. Merian from 23.12.2018 - 30.01.2019 (from Panama to Valparaiso) in the Humboldt Upwelling system off the Eastern Tropical south Pacific. Samples were taken by CTD- rosette sampler from different depths and analysed onboard for dissolved inorganic nutrients and total dissolved nutrients. Triplicate nutrient samples were analysed for concentrations with an autosampler (XY-2 autosampler, SEAL Analytical) and a continuous flow analyzer (QUAAtro Autoanalyzer, SEAL Analytical) using standard colorimetric and flourometric methods by Kastriot Qelaj. Dissolved organic nutrients were calculated as the difference of the two for respective nitrogen and phosphorous nutrients. Phosphate was measured according to Murphy and Riley (1962). Ammonium was measured fluorometrically based on Holmes et al. (1999). An empty cell means that corresponding nutrient samples were not taken for the respective depth.