Time Series Particle Flux Measurements in the Sargasso Sea

从表层海洋到海洋内部的碳出口通量是全球碳循环的一个重要组成部分，因为它反映了表层颗粒状有机物的初级生产量和影响这种生产量的环境过程。该项目将使海洋通量方案得以继续，该方案在过去21年中提供了马尾藻深海的连续颗粒通量测量。这为研究人员提供了观察表层颗粒产生的年际和季节变化的机会，并结合BATS站点(百慕大时间系列)正在进行的持续的海洋时间序列研究，可以推断海洋及其生物群如何对气候和环境强迫变化作出自然反应。

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.