Primary Production in the Southern Ocean

南大洋的初级生产

• 批准号: 9531990
• 负责人: Walker Smith
• 金额: $ 23.55万
• 依托单位: University of Tennessee Knoxville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-06-15 至 1998-09-17
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9531990&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Primary; Production; Southern; Ocean

9531990 SMITH This research project is part of the US Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) Southern Ocean Program aimed at (1) a better understanding of the fluxes of carbon, both organic and inorganic, in the Southern Ocean, (2) identifying the physical, ecological and biogeochemical factors and processes which regulate the magnitude and variability of these fluxes, and (3) placing these fluxes into the context of the contemporary global carbon cycle. The Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) has had three successful field efforts (North Atlantic, Equatorial Pacific, Arabian Sea), and the next major field effort will be in the Southern Ocean. The overall objectives of JGOFS are to quantify and understand processes controlling the time-varying fluxes of carbon and associated biogenic elements, and to predict the response of marine biogeochemical processes to climate change. The Southern Ocean is critical to the global carbon cycle, as judged by its size and the physical process which occur there (e.g., deep and intermediate water formation), but its present quantitative role is uncertain. In order to address the objectives of USJGOFS successfully, the measurement of primary production is required for all process cruises planned for the Southern Ocean Study. Three methods will be employed: in situ incubations, deck incubations, and the photosynthesis-irradiance response. The areas of study will be the continental shelf of the Ross Sea, and the Polar Front region to the north of the Ross Sea. The controls on photosynthesis will also be investigated. It is hypothesized that on the continental shelf, irradiance limitation is the major factor controlling phytoplankton productivity, whereas in the Polar Front region, the availability of iron limits phytoplankton growth and influences the size distribution of the populations. The productivity data in conjunction with hydrographic data, will form a large part of the Southern Ocean JGOFS database which both at-sea investigators and modelers will use to clarify the role of the Southern Ocean in the global carbon cycle.

9531990史密斯这项研究项目是美国联合全球海洋通量研究(JGOFS)南大洋计划的一部分，旨在(1)更好地了解南大洋有机和无机碳的通量，(2)确定调节这些通量的大小和变化的物理、生态和生物地球化学因素和过程，以及(3)将这些通量置于当代全球碳循环的背景下。全球海洋通量联合研究(JGOFS)已有三项成功的实地工作(北大西洋、赤道太平洋、阿拉伯海)，下一项重大实地工作将在南大洋。JGOFS的总体目标是量化和了解控制碳和相关生物元素随时间变化的通量的过程，并预测海洋生物地球化学过程对气候变化的反应。根据南大洋的大小和发生在那里的物理过程(如深水和中水形成)判断，南大洋对全球碳循环至关重要，但其目前的定量作用尚不确定。为了成功地实现USJGOFS的目标，为南大洋研究计划的所有工艺航行都需要对初级产量进行计量。将使用三种方法：原位培养、甲板培养和光合作用-辐射响应。研究区域将是罗斯海的大陆架，以及罗斯海以北的极锋地区。对光合作用的控制也将被调查。假设在大陆架上，光照限制是控制浮游植物生产力的主要因素，而在极锋地区，铁的可获得性限制浮游植物的生长，并影响种群的大小分布。生产力数据和水文数据将构成南大洋联合全球海洋观测系统数据库的一大部分，海上调查人员和建模人员将利用该数据库来澄清南大洋在全球碳循环中的作用。