Seasonal cycle of CO2 from the sea ice edge to island blooms in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean
Seasonal cycle of CO2 from the sea ice edge to island blooms in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean
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南大洋斯科舍海从海冰边缘到岛屿水华的二氧化碳季节性循环
DOI:
10.1016/j.marchem.2015.06.031
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
N. Hardman
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作者:
E. Jones;D. Bakker;H. Venables;N. Hardman
The Scotia Sea region contains some of the most productive waters of the Southern Ocean. It is also a dynamic region through the interaction of deep water masses with the atmosphere. We present a first seasonally-resolved time series of the fugacity of CO2(fCO2) from spring 2006, summer 2008, autumn 2009 and winter (potential temperature minimum) along a 1000 km transect from the pack ice to the Polar Front to quantify the effects of biology and temperature on oceanicfCO2. Substantial spring and summer decreases in sea surfacefCO2occurred in phytoplankton blooms that developed in the naturally iron-fertilised waters downstream (north) of South Georgia island (54–55°S, 36–38°W) and following sea ice melt (in the seasonal ice zone). The largest seasonalfCO2amplitude (ΔfCO2) of − 159 μatm was found in the South Georgia bloom. In this region, biological carbon uptake dominated the seasonal signal, reducing the winter maxima in oceanicfCO2by 257 μatm by the summer. In the Weddell–Scotia Confluence, the southern fringe of the Scotia Sea, the shift from wintertime CO2-rich conditions in ice covered waters to CO2undersaturation in the spring blooms during and upon sea ice melt created strong seasonality in oceanicfCO2. Temperature effects on oceanicfCO2ranged from ΔfCO2 sstof ~ 55 μatm in the seasonal ice zone to almost double that downstream of South Georgia (98 μatm). The seasonal cycle of surface waterfCO2in the high-nutrient low-chlorophyll region of the central Scotia Sea had the weakest biological control and lowest seasonality. Basin-wide biological processes dominated the seasonal control on oceanicfCO2(ΔfCO2 bioof 159 μatm), partially compensated (43%) by moderate temperature control (ΔfCO2 sstof 68 μatm). The patchwork of productivity across the Scotia Sea creates regions of seasonally strong biological uptake of CO2in the Southern Ocean.
影响因子:
3.6
作者:
Boehme, L.;Meredith, M. P.;Fedak, M.
通讯作者:
Fedak, M.