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DOI | 10.1016/j.pocean.2019.01.005 |
The role of water column stability and wind mixing in the production/export dynamics of two bays in the Western Antarctic Peninsula | |
Hofer, Juan1,2; Giesecke, Ricardo1,2; Hopwood, Mark J.3; Carrera, Vania2,4; Alarcon, Emilio2,5; Gonzalez, Humberto E.1,2 | |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 0079-6611 |
卷号 | 174页码:105-116 |
英文摘要 | During January and February 2017 massive phytoplankton blooms (chlorophyll > 15 mg m(-3)) were registered in surface waters within two bays in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). Reflecting these intense blooms, surface waters exhibited high pH (up to 8.4), low pCO(2) (< 175 mu atm) and low nitrate concentrations (down to 1.5 mu M). These summer phytoplankton blooms consisted mainly of diatoms and were associated with the presence of shallow, surface freshwater plumes originating from glacier-melt outflow which contributed both to stratification and to iron supply, thus facilitating pronounced nitrate and CO2 drawdown. These findings suggest that with future increases in freshwater discharge around the WAP, phytoplankton blooms in the northern WAP may become more dominated by large cells, resembling the blooms occurring further south along the Peninsula. Fresher surface waters enhanced water column stability in both bays, enabling phytoplankton populations to attain high growth rates. Phytoplankton was observed to double their biomass in 2.3 days, consistent with the high net primary production rates recorded in both bays (1.29-8.83 g C m(-2) d(-1)). Phytoplankton growth rates showed a direct mechanistic relationship with changes in water column stability, suggesting that this is a main driver of primary productivity in near-shore Antarctic coastal ecosystems, which agrees with previous findings. After wind induced mixing, the organic matter produced within both bays did not settle inside them, suggesting that it was laterally advected out of the bays. Thus, we hypothesize that highly productive near-shore bay areas in Antarctica may supply organic matter to oceanic waters. |
WOS研究方向 | Oceanography |
来源期刊 | PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/96839 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Austral Chile, Inst Ciencias Marinas & Limnol, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile; 2.Ctr FONDAP Invest Dinam Ecosistemas Marinos Altas, Valdivia, Chile; 3.Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Res, GEOMAR, D-24148 Kiel, Germany; 4.Univ Concepcion, Programa Magister Oceanog, Concepcion, Chile; 5.CIEP, Coyhaique, Chile |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hofer, Juan,Giesecke, Ricardo,Hopwood, Mark J.,et al. The role of water column stability and wind mixing in the production/export dynamics of two bays in the Western Antarctic Peninsula[J],2019,174:105-116. |
APA | Hofer, Juan,Giesecke, Ricardo,Hopwood, Mark J.,Carrera, Vania,Alarcon, Emilio,&Gonzalez, Humberto E..(2019).The role of water column stability and wind mixing in the production/export dynamics of two bays in the Western Antarctic Peninsula.PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY,174,105-116. |
MLA | Hofer, Juan,et al."The role of water column stability and wind mixing in the production/export dynamics of two bays in the Western Antarctic Peninsula".PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY 174(2019):105-116. |
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