SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Supplementary Table 1: Compiled literature and cruise collected δ13CPOC values
Name
Year
Month
Ocean
Type of
Sample
Reference
Sackett, 1965
1964
Apr-Jun
Pacific and
Atlantic
Plankton
net
[W M Sackett et al., 1965]
Degens, 1968
1966
Apr
Pacific
Plankton
net
[E T Degens et al., 1968]
Eadie Jeffry, 1973
1967-71
all months
Southern
Filter
Fontugne Duplessy
1978
1976
Jun-Jul
Indian
Plankton
net
[B J Eadie and L M Jeffrey,
1973]
[M Fontugne and J C Duplessy,
1978]
Fisher 1997
1978
Sept-Nov
Atlantic
Plankton
net
[G Fischer et al., 1997]
Fontugne Duplessy
1981
1977
Jul
N. Atlantic,
Indian
Plankton
net
[M R Fontugne and J C
Duplessy, 1981]
Jeffrey 1983
1979-80
Apr-May,
Feb-Mar
Pacific and
Atlantic
Filter
[A W A Jeffrey et al., 1983]
Rau 1982
?
?
?
Filter
[G H Rau et al., 1982]
Wada 1987
1983-84
Dec-Jan
Southern
Filter
[E Wada et al., 1987]
Rau 1989
1989
Apr-May
Atlantic
Filter
[G H Rau et al., 1989]
Rau 1991
1986
Mar-Apr
Atlantic
Filter
[G H Rau et al., 1991]
AMT3 1996
1996
Sept-Nov
Atlantic
Filter
unpublished
Popp 1999
1994
Jan
Southern
Filter
[B N Popp et al., 1999]
AMT18 2008
2008
Sept-Nov
Atlantic
Filter
unpublished
AMT19 2009
2009
Sept-Nov
Atlantic
Filter
unpublished
Icechaser 2010
2010
Jun-Jul
N. Atlantic
Filter
unpublished
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fractionation of carbon isotopes in marine plankton—I. Temperature and
respiration experiments, Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts, 15(1), 1-9.
Eadie, B. J., and L. M. Jeffrey (1973), δ13C analyses of oceanic particulate organic
matter, Marine Chemistry, 1(3), 199-209.
Fischer, G., R. Schneider, P. J. Müller, and G. Wefer (1997), Anthropogenic CO2 in
Southern Ocean surface waters: evidence from stable organic carbon isotopes, Terra
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Fontugne, M., and J. C. Duplessy (1978), Carbon isotope ratio of marine plankton
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Fontugne, M. R., and J. C. Duplessy (1981), Organic carbon isotopic fractionation by
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