Organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations in surface waters of the North Atlantic along 20°E in July-August 1996

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Autori principali: Körtzinger, Arne, Koeve, Wolfgang, Kähler, Paul, Mintrop, Ludger J
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author Körtzinger, Arne
Koeve, Wolfgang
Kähler, Paul
Mintrop, Ludger J
author_facet Körtzinger, Arne
Koeve, Wolfgang
Kähler, Paul
Mintrop, Ludger J
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Redfield stoichiometry has proved a robust paradigm for the understanding of biological production and export in the ocean on a long-term and a large-scale basis. However, deviations of carbon and nitrogen uptake ratios from the Redfield ratio have been reported. A comprehensive data set including all carbon and nitrogen pools relevant to biological production in the surface ocean (DIC, DIN, DOC, DON, POC, PON) was used to calculate seasonal new production based on carbon and nitrogen uptake in summer along 20°W in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. The 20°W transect between 30 and 60°N covers different trophic states and seasonal stages of the productive surface layer, including early bloom, bloom, post-bloom and non-bloom situations. The spatial pattern has elements of a seasonal progression. We also calculated exported production, i.e., that part of seasonal new production not accumulated in particulate and dissolved pools, again separately for carbon and nitrogen. The pairs of estimates of 'seasonal new production' and 'exported production' allowed us to calculate the C : N ratios of these quantities. While suspended particulate matter in the mixed layer largely conforms to Redfield stoichiometry, marked deviations were observed in carbon and nitrogen uptake and export with progressing season or nutrient depletion. The spring system was characterized by nitrogen overconsumption and the oligotrophic summer system by a marked carbon overconsumption. The C : N ratios of seasonal new as well as exported production increase from early bloom values of 5-6 to values of 10-16 in the post-bloom/oligotrophic system. The summertime accumulation of nitrogen-poor dissolved organic matter can explain only part of this shift.
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spellingShingle Organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations in surface waters of the North Atlantic along 20°E in July-August 1996
Körtzinger, Arne
Koeve, Wolfgang
Kähler, Paul
Mintrop, Ludger J
Carbon, organic, particulate; Carbon, organic, total; Carbon, organic, total, standard deviation; DEPTH, water; Elevation of event; Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; M36/2; M36/2_Sn-1; M36/2_Sn-10; M36/2_Sn-11; M36/2_Sn-12; M36/2_Sn-13; M36/2_Sn-14; M36/2_Sn-15; M36/2_Sn-16; M36/2_Sn-17; M36/2_Sn-18; M36/2_Sn-19; M36/2_Sn-2; M36/2_Sn-20; M36/2_Sn-21; M36/2_Sn-22; M36/2_Sn-23; M36/2_Sn-24; M36/2_Sn-25; M36/2_Sn-26; M36/2_Sn-27; M36/2_Sn-28; M36/2_Sn-29; M36/2_Sn-3; M36/2_Sn-30; M36/2_Sn-31; M36/2_Sn-32; M36/2_Sn-33; M36/2_Sn-34; M36/2_Sn-35; M36/2_Sn-36; M36/2_Sn-37; M36/2_Sn-38; M36/2_Sn-39; M36/2_Sn-4; M36/2_Sn-40; M36/2_Sn-41; M36/2_Sn-42; M36/2_Sn-43; M36/2_Sn-44; M36/2_Sn-45; M36/2_Sn-46; M36/2_Sn-47; M36/2_Sn-48; M36/2_Sn-5; M36/2_Sn-6; M36/2_Sn-7; M36/2_Sn-8; M36/2_Sn-9; Meteor (1986); Nitrogen, inorganic, dissolved; Nitrogen, organic, particulate; Nitrogen, organic+inorganic, particulate+dissolved; Nitrogen, standard deviation; North Atlantic Ocean; SNORKEL; Snorkel with pump
Redfield stoichiometry has proved a robust paradigm for the understanding of biological production and export in the ocean on a long-term and a large-scale basis. However, deviations of carbon and nitrogen uptake ratios from the Redfield ratio have been reported. A comprehensive data set including all carbon and nitrogen pools relevant to biological production in the surface ocean (DIC, DIN, DOC, DON, POC, PON) was used to calculate seasonal new production based on carbon and nitrogen uptake in summer along 20°W in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. The 20°W transect between 30 and 60°N covers different trophic states and seasonal stages of the productive surface layer, including early bloom, bloom, post-bloom and non-bloom situations. The spatial pattern has elements of a seasonal progression. We also calculated exported production, i.e., that part of seasonal new production not accumulated in particulate and dissolved pools, again separately for carbon and nitrogen. The pairs of estimates of 'seasonal new production' and 'exported production' allowed us to calculate the C : N ratios of these quantities. While suspended particulate matter in the mixed layer largely conforms to Redfield stoichiometry, marked deviations were observed in carbon and nitrogen uptake and export with progressing season or nutrient depletion. The spring system was characterized by nitrogen overconsumption and the oligotrophic summer system by a marked carbon overconsumption. The C : N ratios of seasonal new as well as exported production increase from early bloom values of 5-6 to values of 10-16 in the post-bloom/oligotrophic system. The summertime accumulation of nitrogen-poor dissolved organic matter can explain only part of this shift.
title Organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations in surface waters of the North Atlantic along 20°E in July-August 1996
topic Carbon, organic, particulate; Carbon, organic, total; Carbon, organic, total, standard deviation; DEPTH, water; Elevation of event; Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; M36/2; M36/2_Sn-1; M36/2_Sn-10; M36/2_Sn-11; M36/2_Sn-12; M36/2_Sn-13; M36/2_Sn-14; M36/2_Sn-15; M36/2_Sn-16; M36/2_Sn-17; M36/2_Sn-18; M36/2_Sn-19; M36/2_Sn-2; M36/2_Sn-20; M36/2_Sn-21; M36/2_Sn-22; M36/2_Sn-23; M36/2_Sn-24; M36/2_Sn-25; M36/2_Sn-26; M36/2_Sn-27; M36/2_Sn-28; M36/2_Sn-29; M36/2_Sn-3; M36/2_Sn-30; M36/2_Sn-31; M36/2_Sn-32; M36/2_Sn-33; M36/2_Sn-34; M36/2_Sn-35; M36/2_Sn-36; M36/2_Sn-37; M36/2_Sn-38; M36/2_Sn-39; M36/2_Sn-4; M36/2_Sn-40; M36/2_Sn-41; M36/2_Sn-42; M36/2_Sn-43; M36/2_Sn-44; M36/2_Sn-45; M36/2_Sn-46; M36/2_Sn-47; M36/2_Sn-48; M36/2_Sn-5; M36/2_Sn-6; M36/2_Sn-7; M36/2_Sn-8; M36/2_Sn-9; Meteor (1986); Nitrogen, inorganic, dissolved; Nitrogen, organic, particulate; Nitrogen, organic+inorganic, particulate+dissolved; Nitrogen, standard deviation; North Atlantic Ocean; SNORKEL; Snorkel with pump
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.696282