Time Series Particle Flux Measurements in the Sargasso Sea

从海洋表面到海洋内部的碳输出通量是全球碳循环的重要组成部分，因为它反映了颗粒有机物的表面初级生产以及影响这种生产的环境过程。该项目将使海洋通量方案得以继续，该方案在过去21年中提供了对马尾藻海深处粒子通量的连续测量。这使调查人员有机会观察表面粒子产生的年际和季节变化，并结合BATS站点正在进行的连续海洋时间序列研究（百慕大时间序列），可以推断海洋及其生物区系如何自然地对气候和环境强迫变异作出反应。

ABSTRACTOCE- 9986038The export flux of carbon from the surface ocean to the oceanic interior is an important component of the global carbon cycle as it reflects the surface primary production of particulate organic matter and the environmental processes which affect this production. This project will allow the continuation of the Oceanic Flux Program (OFP) which for the past 21 years has provided continuous particle flux measurements in the deep Sargasso Sea. This provides investigators the opportunity to observe inter-annual and seasonal variations in the production of surface particles, and in conjunction with the continuous oceanic time-series studies being carried out by the BATS site (Bermuda Time-Series), allows inferences to be drawn on how the ocean and its biota naturally respond to climate and environmental forcing variability.