Phosphorus at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series Station (BATS): Microbial Cycling of a Potentially Limiting Nutrient

9416614安默曼这项研究的主要目标是确定马尾藻海的浮游微生物生长是否受到磷的限制。这一目标将通过结合化学、代谢和生物量测量以及一系列营养浓缩实验来实现。这些测量将在三次巡航过程中进行，目的是捕捉春季和夏季的对比。更频繁的时间序列巡航将补充这三项拟议研究的结果，这三项研究将测量马尾藻海中磷的循环，这是一种主要但很少被研究的营养物质，可能会限制自养和异养浮游生长。这种环境中的磷限制可能会对全球磷循环和全球碳循环中的海洋部分产生重大影响。这项研究还将有助于改进海水中无机磷的分析方法。

9416614 Ammerman The principal objective of this study is to determine if planktonic microbial growth in the Sargasso Sea is phosphorus limited. This objective will be addressed by a combination of chemical, metabolic and biomass measurements coupled with a series of nutrient-enrichment experiments. The measurements will made over the course of three cruises aimed at capturing contrasting spring bloom and summer periods. More frequent time series cruises will supplement the results fro these three proposed study will measure the cycling of phosphorus in the Sargasso Sea, which is a major but rarely studied nutrient which may be limiting autotrophic and heterotrophic planktonic growth. Phosphorus limitation in such environments could have significant impact on the global phosphorus cycle and the oceanic component of the global carbon cycle. The research will also serve to improve analytical methods for measuring inorganic phosphorus in seawater.