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Main Authors: Bathmann, Ulrich, Peinert, Rolf, Noji, Thomas T, von Bodungen, Bodo
Format: Dataset Open Access
Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2006
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.527975
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author Bathmann, Ulrich
Peinert, Rolf
Noji, Thomas T
von Bodungen, Bodo
author_facet Bathmann, Ulrich
Peinert, Rolf
Noji, Thomas T
von Bodungen, Bodo
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents A 17 month record of vertical particle flux of dry weight, carbonate and organic carbon were 25.8, 9.4 and 2.4g/m**2/y, respectively. Parallel to trap deployments, pelagic system structure was recorded with high vertical and temporal resolution. Within a distinct seasonal cycle of vertical particle flux, zooplankton faecal pellets of various sizes, shapes and contents were collected by the traps in different proportions and quantities throughout the year (range: 0-4,500 10**3/m**2/d). The remains of different groups of organisms showed distinct seasonal variations in abundance. In early summer there was a small maximum in the diatom flux and this was followed by pulses of tinntinids, radiolarians, foraminiferans and pteropods between July and November. Food web interactions in the water column were important in controlling the quality and quantity of sinking materials. For example, changes in the population structure of dominant herbivores, the break-down of regenerating summer populations of microflagellates and protozooplankton and the collapse of a pteropod dominated community, each resulted in marked sedimentation pulses. These data from the Norwegian Sea indicate those mechanisms which either accelerate or counteract loss of material via sedimentation. These involve variations in the structure of the pelagic system and they operatè on long (e.g. annual plankton succession) and short (e.g. the end of new production, sporadic grazing of swarm feeders) time scales. Connecting investigation of the water column with a high resolution in time in parallel with drifting sediment trap deployments and shipboard experiments with the dominant zooplankters is a promising approach for giving a better understanding of both the origin and the fate of material sinking to the sea floor.
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spellingShingle Particle flux measured on deep sea sediment trap VP-2_trap (Appendix A2.7)
Bathmann, Ulrich
Peinert, Rolf
Noji, Thomas T
von Bodungen, Bodo
AWI_BioOce; Biological Oceanography @ AWI; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Duration, number of days; Flux of total mass; Lithogenic, flux; Norwegian Sea; Sample code/label; Trap, sediment; TRAPS; VP-2_trap
A 17 month record of vertical particle flux of dry weight, carbonate and organic carbon were 25.8, 9.4 and 2.4g/m**2/y, respectively. Parallel to trap deployments, pelagic system structure was recorded with high vertical and temporal resolution. Within a distinct seasonal cycle of vertical particle flux, zooplankton faecal pellets of various sizes, shapes and contents were collected by the traps in different proportions and quantities throughout the year (range: 0-4,500 10**3/m**2/d). The remains of different groups of organisms showed distinct seasonal variations in abundance. In early summer there was a small maximum in the diatom flux and this was followed by pulses of tinntinids, radiolarians, foraminiferans and pteropods between July and November. Food web interactions in the water column were important in controlling the quality and quantity of sinking materials. For example, changes in the population structure of dominant herbivores, the break-down of regenerating summer populations of microflagellates and protozooplankton and the collapse of a pteropod dominated community, each resulted in marked sedimentation pulses. These data from the Norwegian Sea indicate those mechanisms which either accelerate or counteract loss of material via sedimentation. These involve variations in the structure of the pelagic system and they operatè on long (e.g. annual plankton succession) and short (e.g. the end of new production, sporadic grazing of swarm feeders) time scales. Connecting investigation of the water column with a high resolution in time in parallel with drifting sediment trap deployments and shipboard experiments with the dominant zooplankters is a promising approach for giving a better understanding of both the origin and the fate of material sinking to the sea floor.
title Particle flux measured on deep sea sediment trap VP-2_trap (Appendix A2.7)
topic AWI_BioOce; Biological Oceanography @ AWI; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Duration, number of days; Flux of total mass; Lithogenic, flux; Norwegian Sea; Sample code/label; Trap, sediment; TRAPS; VP-2_trap
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.527975