Biogeosciences www.biogeosciences.net 1726-4170 1726-4189 6 2 2009 10.5194/bg-6-149-2009 http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/149/2009/ http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/149/2009/bg-6-149-2009.html http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/149/2009/bg-6-149-2009.pdf 149 156 2009-02-06 Anthropogenic carbon distribution in the eastern South Pacific Ocean C. Goyet cgoyet@univ-perp.fr R. Ito Gonçalves F. Touratier IMAGES, Université de Perpignan, 52 avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan, France Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Pça. do Oceanográfico, 191 Cidade Universitária, 05508-900 São Paulo-SP, Brasil We present results of the CO₂/carbonate system from the BIOSOPE cruise in the Eastern South Pacific Ocean, in an area not sampled previously. In particular, we present estimates of the anthropogenic carbon (<i>C</i>>^TrOCA_ant) distribution in the upper 1000 m of this region using the TrOCA method. 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