Local production does not control the balance between plankton photosynthesis and respiration in the open Atlantic Ocean

被引:17
作者
Serret, Pablo [1 ]
Fernandez, Emilio
Robinson, Carol
Woodward, E. Malcolm S.
Perez, Valesca
机构
[1] Univ Vigo, Dept Ecol & Biol Anim, Vigo 36200, Spain
[2] Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth PL1 3DH, Devon, England
基金
英国自然环境研究理事会;
关键词
marine plankton; photosynthesis; respiration; net ecosystem metabolism; nitrate; subtropical gyres;
D O I
10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.05.017
中图分类号
P7 [海洋学];
学科分类号
0707 ;
摘要
Recent experimental data from the subtropical NE Atlantic appear to support the prevalence of net heterotrophy in unproductive pelagic ecosystems. However, the proximity of these studies to the NW African upwelling does not exclude the possibility that remote areas of the oceanic gyres are in metabolic balance. Here we present measurements of plankton gross photosynthesis (GPP) and community respiration (CR) made during a latitudinal transect (Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) cruise 11, 49 degrees N-33 degrees S) that traversed five biogeochemical provinces of the Atlantic Ocean, including both the subtropical NE Atlantic and the central part of the South Atlantic subtropical gyre. In these oligotrophic provinces, the euphotic zone average chlorophyll a concentration (0.15 +/- 0.01 and 0.16 +/- 0.02 mg m(-3), respectively), the relative contribution of picoplankton (%Chla < 2 pm 75 +/- 1 and 76 +/- 1%, respectively), and GPP (0.41 +/- 0.12 and 0.47 +/- 0.09 mmol O-2 m(-3) d(-1), respectively) were almost identical. However, net heterotrophy prevailed in the euphotic zone of the tropical NE Atlantic (-0.28 +/- 0.13 mmol O-2 m(-3) d(-1), n = 3), while the net metabolism of the plankton community in the central S Atlantic gyre was autotrophic (0.20 +/- 0.02 mmol O-2 m(-3) d(-1), n = 5). These results therefore suggest the existence of more than one type of unproductive open-ocean situation, that may be characterised by differences in the relative importance of local vs. allochthonous sources of organic matter. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1611 / 1628
页数:18
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