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NERC's Biogeochemical Ocean Flux Study (North Atlantic Data Set) was collected aboard the RRS DISCOVERY and CHARLES DARWIN in the North Atlantic Ocean from 19890417 to 19910728 (NCEI Accession 0000708)

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The Biogeochemical Ocean Flux Study (BOFS) was a Community Research Project of the Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Directorate of the Natural Environment Research Council. It was hosted by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory from April 1987 to April 1992, with a bridging to April 1993 for cruises to the Southern Oceans. The North Atlantic field program was conducted between April 1989 and July 1991.

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0000708 AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB AMMONIUM (NH4) BACTERIA - PRODUCTION RATE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA COUNTS CARBON

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  "AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB",
  "AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB",
  "AMMONIUM (NH4)",
  "BACTERIA - PRODUCTION RATE",
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  "British Oceanographic Data Centre",
  "BIOGEOCHEMICAL OCEAN FLUX STUDY (BOFS)",
  "JOINT GLOBAL OCEAN FLUX STUDY (JGOFS)",
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  "Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland",
  "Irish Sea and St. George's Channel",
  "North Atlantic Ocean",
  "oceanography",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "UK/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom",
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  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY",
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  "PRESSURE GAUGES",
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  "SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS",
  "THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS",
  "TRANSMISSOMETERS",
  "XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs",
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  "CHARLES DARWIN (call sign: GDLS, ICES code: 74AB, 1985-2006)",
  "DISCOVERY (call sign: GLNE, ICES code: 74E3, 1963-2012)",
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temporal 1989-04-17T00:00:00+00:00/1991-07-28T00:00:00+00:00
title NERC's Biogeochemical Ocean Flux Study (North Atlantic Data Set) was collected aboard the RRS DISCOVERY and CHARLES DARWIN in the North Atlantic Ocean from 19890417 to 19910728 (NCEI Accession 0000708)

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