Biogenic particle and biomarker flux from a mooring time-series at AWI HAUSGARTEN
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| author | Bauerfeind, Eduard Nöthig, Eva-Maria Beszczynska, Agnieszka Fahl, Kirsten Kaleschke, Lars Kreker, Kathrin Klages, Michael Soltwedel, Thomas Lorenzen, Christiane Wegner, Jan |
| author_facet | Bauerfeind, Eduard Nöthig, Eva-Maria Beszczynska, Agnieszka Fahl, Kirsten Kaleschke, Lars Kreker, Kathrin Klages, Michael Soltwedel, Thomas Lorenzen, Christiane Wegner, Jan |
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| contents | Since 2000 long-term measurements of vertical particle flux have been performed with moored sediment traps at the long-term observatory HAUSGARTEN in the eastern Fram Strait (79°N/4°E). The study area, which is seasonally covered with ice, is located in the confluence zone of the northward flowing warm saline Atlantic water with cold, low salinity water masses of Arctic origin. Current projections suggest that this area is particularly vulnerable to global warming. Total matter fluxes and components thereof (carbonate, particulate organic carbon and nitrogen, biogenic silica, biomarkers) revealed a bimodal seasonal pattern showing elevated sedimentation rates during May/June and August/September. Annual total matter flux (dry weight, DW) at ~ 300 m depth varied between 13 and 32 g/m**2/a during 2000 and 2005. Of this total flux 6-13 % was due to CaCO3, 4-21 % to refractory particulate organic carbon (POC), and 3-8 % to biogenic particulate silica (bPSi). The annual flux of all biogenic components together was almost constant during the period studied (8.5-8.8 g/m**2/a), although this varied from 27 to 67 % of the total annual flux. The fraction was lowest in a year characterized by the longest duration of ice coverage (91 and 70 days for the calendar year and summer season, May-September, respectively). Biomarker analyses revealed that organic matter originating from marine sources was present in excess of terrigenious material in the sedimented matter throughout most of the study period. Fluxes of recognizable phyto- and protozooplankton cells amounted up to 60x106 m**2/d. Diatoms and coccolithophorids were the most abundant organisms. Diatoms, mainly pennate species, dominated during the first years of the investigation. A shift in the composition occurred during the last year when numbers of diatoms declined considerably, leading to a dominance of coccolithoporids. This was also reflected in a decrease in the sedimentation of bPSi. The sedimentation of biogenic matter, however, did not differ from the amount observed during the previous years. Among the larger organisms, pteropods at times contributed significantly to both the total matter and CaCO3, fluxes. |
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| spellingShingle | Biogenic particle and biomarker flux from a mooring time-series at AWI HAUSGARTEN Bauerfeind, Eduard Nöthig, Eva-Maria Beszczynska, Agnieszka Fahl, Kirsten Kaleschke, Lars Kreker, Kathrin Klages, Michael Soltwedel, Thomas Lorenzen, Christiane Wegner, Jan ARK-XVI/2; ARK-XVII/1; ARK-XVIII/1; ARK-XX/1; AWI_Paleo; AWI-Hausgarten off Svalbard long-term observation; FEVI1; FEVI2; FEVI3; FEVI4; FEVI7; HERMES; Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas; LTO_Hausgarten; Mooring (long time); MOORY; North Greenland Sea; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI; Polarstern; PS57; PS57/273-1, HGIV; PS59; PS59/101-1, HGIV; PS62; PS62/179-2, HGIV; PS66; PS66/129-1, HGIV Since 2000 long-term measurements of vertical particle flux have been performed with moored sediment traps at the long-term observatory HAUSGARTEN in the eastern Fram Strait (79°N/4°E). The study area, which is seasonally covered with ice, is located in the confluence zone of the northward flowing warm saline Atlantic water with cold, low salinity water masses of Arctic origin. Current projections suggest that this area is particularly vulnerable to global warming. Total matter fluxes and components thereof (carbonate, particulate organic carbon and nitrogen, biogenic silica, biomarkers) revealed a bimodal seasonal pattern showing elevated sedimentation rates during May/June and August/September. Annual total matter flux (dry weight, DW) at ~ 300 m depth varied between 13 and 32 g/m**2/a during 2000 and 2005. Of this total flux 6-13 % was due to CaCO3, 4-21 % to refractory particulate organic carbon (POC), and 3-8 % to biogenic particulate silica (bPSi). The annual flux of all biogenic components together was almost constant during the period studied (8.5-8.8 g/m**2/a), although this varied from 27 to 67 % of the total annual flux. The fraction was lowest in a year characterized by the longest duration of ice coverage (91 and 70 days for the calendar year and summer season, May-September, respectively). Biomarker analyses revealed that organic matter originating from marine sources was present in excess of terrigenious material in the sedimented matter throughout most of the study period. Fluxes of recognizable phyto- and protozooplankton cells amounted up to 60x106 m**2/d. Diatoms and coccolithophorids were the most abundant organisms. Diatoms, mainly pennate species, dominated during the first years of the investigation. A shift in the composition occurred during the last year when numbers of diatoms declined considerably, leading to a dominance of coccolithoporids. This was also reflected in a decrease in the sedimentation of bPSi. The sedimentation of biogenic matter, however, did not differ from the amount observed during the previous years. Among the larger organisms, pteropods at times contributed significantly to both the total matter and CaCO3, fluxes. |
| title | Biogenic particle and biomarker flux from a mooring time-series at AWI HAUSGARTEN |
| topic | ARK-XVI/2; ARK-XVII/1; ARK-XVIII/1; ARK-XX/1; AWI_Paleo; AWI-Hausgarten off Svalbard long-term observation; FEVI1; FEVI2; FEVI3; FEVI4; FEVI7; HERMES; Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas; LTO_Hausgarten; Mooring (long time); MOORY; North Greenland Sea; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI; Polarstern; PS57; PS57/273-1, HGIV; PS59; PS59/101-1, HGIV; PS62; PS62/179-2, HGIV; PS66; PS66/129-1, HGIV |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714845 |