This dataset is referring to 2-year time series of particle flux, as measured by two deep moored sediment traps (P2, P3) located in the Southern Ocean (northern Scotia Sea sector), a globally important region of atmospheric CO2 drawdown containing both naturally iron-fertilised (P3) and iron-limited (P2) regimes. The dataset includes the main biogeochemical flux parameters (such as Bsi, POC and PIC) as well as the specific contribution of each part of the plankton calcifying community (pteropods, foraminifera, coccolithphores and ostracods) to the PIC within a period from April 2009 to February 2011. The dataset allows the estimation of the Carbonate Counter Pump (CCP), which causes an increase in surface ocean CO2 through the calcification and precipitation of carbonate.

This dataset is referring to 1-year time series of particle flux, as measured by a shelf moored sediment traps (WCB) located in the Southern Ocean (northern Scotia Sea sector), a globally important region of atmospheric CO2 drawdown. This sector holds >50% of the circumpolar krill stock of Antarctic krill and is the geographic focus for the krill fishing industry. The dataset includes the specific contribution of krill components to the total C flux parameters (such as exuviae, faecal pellets and carcasses) within a period from January to December 2018. Values of krill seasonal standing stock estimated from krill standard lengths is also included in the dataset. The dataset allow the quantification of the relevant contribution of krill to the POC flux. Since abundance of Krill around South Georgia is environmentally influenced, the dataset highlights the sensitivity of POC flux to rapid regional environmental change.

Marine macronutrient and particulate material concentrations together with phytoplankton abundance and community composition were measured from samples taken during British Antarctic Survey and UK National Oceanography Centre research cruise JC211 to the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, carried out onboard RRS James Cook in February-March 2021. Samples were taken from four sections of the cruise: (i) at the British Antarctic Survey Scotia Sea Open-Ocean Observatory (SCOOBIES) P3 mooring in the Georgia Basin, northwest of South Georgia; (ii) as part of the British Antarctic Survey long-term Polar Ocean Ecosystem Time Series - Western Core Box (POETS-WCB) survey at South Georgia; (iii) in the vicinity of giant iceberg A-68A and associated icebergs; and (iv) as part of the A23 repeat hydrographic section. Samples were collected to maximum depth of approximately 500 m from Niskin water bottles attached to a CTD rosette. Full data analyses were performed post-cruise. Concurrent temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) measurements obtained from analysis of water samples and from sensors on the CTD system at the depth and time of each water sample are provided for environmental context. RRS James Cook cruise JC211 was in part supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) National Capability Science (Antarctic Logistics and Infrastructure; NC-ALI) programme. Further funding for sampling around iceberg A-68 was provided by the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the UK Government Blue Belt Programme. Data acquisition and analyses were supported by NERC NC-ALI funding to the Ecosystems CONSEC Programme and NERC Grants NE/N018095/1 (ORCHESTRA) and NE/V013254/1 (ENCORE) at the British Antarctic Survey, and by the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant 678371 ICY-LAB to K Hendry) and NERC Grant NE/K010034/1 (to SF Henley).