Dissolved O-2/Ar and other methods reveal rapid changes in productivity during a Lagrangian experiment in the Southern Ocean
| Type | : | ACL |
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| Nature | : | Production scientifique |
| Au bénéfice du Laboratoire | : | Non |
| Statut de publication | : | Publié |
| Année de publication | : | 2012 |
| Auteurs (11) | : | HAMME Roberta,c CASSAR Nicolas LANCE V,p VAILLANCOURT R,d BENDER M,l STRUTTON P,g MOORE Timothy,s DEGRANDPRE M,d SABINE C,l HO Dt HARGREAVES Br |
| Revue scientifique | : | Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans |
| Volume | : | 117 |
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| Pages | : | |
| DOI | : | 10.1029/2011JC007046 |
| URL | : | - |
| Abstract | : | We use continuous and discrete measurements of the dissolved O-2/Ar ratio in the mixed layer to investigate the dynamics of biological productivity during the Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment in March and April 2008. Injections of SF6 defined two water masses (patches) that were followed for up to 2 weeks. In the first patch, dissolved O-2/Ar was supersaturated, indicating net biological production of organic carbon. In the second patch, rapidly decreasing O-2/Ar could only be reasonably explained if the mixed layer was experiencing a period of net heterotrophy. The observations rule out dominant contributions from vertical mixing, lateral dilution, or respiration in the ship's underway seawater supply lines. We also compare nine different estimates of net community, new, primary, or gross production made during the experiment. Net community and new production estimates agreed well in the first patch but disagreed in the second patch, both during an initial net heterotrophic period but also during the apparently autotrophic period at the end of the observations. Rapidly changing productivity during the second patch complicated the comparison of methods that integrate over daily and several week timescales. Primary productivity values from on-deck 24 h C-14 incubations and gross carbon production values from photosynthesis-irradiance experiments were nearly identical even during highly dynamic periods of net heterotrophy, while gross oxygen production measurements were 3.5-4.2 times higher but with uncertainties in that ratio near +/- 2. These comparisons show that the photosynthesis-irradiance experiments based on 1-2 h C-14 incubations underestimated gross carbon production. |
| Mots-clés | : | BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FRONTAL ZONES; IN-VITRO; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE-PHYTOPLANKTON; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTION; OXYGEN; PACIFIC SECTOR; RESPIRATION; WATER |
| Commentaire | : | Times Cited in Web of Science Core Collection: 60 |
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| Fichier attaché | : | - |
| Citation | : |
Hamme RC, Cassar N, Lance VP, Vaillancourt RD, Bender ML, Strutton PG, Moore TS, DeGrandpre MD, Sabine CL, Ho D, Hargreaves B (2012) Dissolved O-2/Ar and other methods reveal rapid changes in productivity during a Lagrangian experiment in the Southern Ocean. J Geophys Res-Oceans 117 | doi: 10.1029/2011JC007046
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