Microbial cell counts derived from the formation fluids recovered from the CORKs installed at North Pond; collected on Maria S. Merian cruises MSM20-5 and MSM37 from 2012-2014 (North Pond Microbes project)

<p>Microbial cell counts derived from the formation fluids recovered from the CORKs (Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kits)&nbsp;installed at the North Pond in 2012 and 2014 on MSM20-5 and MSM37. The North Pond is an isolated, northeast-trending, ~8 km × 15 km sediment pond located on the western flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) at 22°45' N and 46°05' W.</p>

<p>Details of these CORKS and their positions, construction and depth can be found in the Proceedings of the IODP expedition 336. See:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://publications.iodp.org/scientific_prospectus/336/336sp_6.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http://publications.iodp.org/scientific_prospectus/336/336sp_6.htm</a></p>

<p><strong>Access Restriction:</strong> Data are restricted through 2016.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In addition to NSF OCE-1061934 (to Girguis), this dataset was funded by C-DEBI (OCE-0939564) sub-award number 41940192 granted to Beate Kraft.</p>