Pore water was collected onboard (RV Heincke expedition HE443) by use of rhizons that were inserted into the cores through drilled holes in the core liners. Samples were...

Surface sediment were extracted 4 times by ultrasonication with dichloromethane: methanol (9:1, v/v) for 15 min for FAs and alkanes. For quantification of FAs and alkanes, known...

Surface sediment were extracted 4 times by ultrasonication with dichloromethane: methanol (9:1, v/v) for 15 min for FAs and alkanes. For quantification of FAs and alkanes, known...

The grain size of sediments was determined with a Cilas 1180 laser-diffraction particle analyzer (range 0.04–2500 μm) and the mean grain size was calculated. The surface area...

Solid-phase samples were collected onboard (RV Heincke expedition HE443) using cut-off syringes. The MUC was sliced and sampled. For sampling the GC, small windows were drilled...