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Main Authors: Ternois, Yann, Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine, Boireau, Anne, Marty, Jean-Claude, Miquel, Juan Carlos
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 1996
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738663
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author Ternois, Yann
Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine
Boireau, Anne
Marty, Jean-Claude
Miquel, Juan Carlos
author_facet Ternois, Yann
Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine
Boireau, Anne
Marty, Jean-Claude
Miquel, Juan Carlos
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Time-series of downward alkenone fluxes have been investigated at 200 m depth over a one year sediment trap experiment, in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Alkenone flux maxima occurred in autumn and to a lesser extent in May, during the spring bloom. Temperature estimates calculated from the UK'37 index revealed that alkenone producers preferentially develop in subsurface waters (at about 50 m) in spring, whereas the autumn alkenone production occurred upper in the water column (around 30 m). Examination of the core-top UK'37 index values at various sites of the Northwestern Mediterranean basin, suggested that the spring bloom period do not significantly imprint the temperatures recorded in the sediments. The sedimentary temperature estimates would rather reflect annually integrated SST, with a major influence of the autumnal post-bloom development of the coccolithophores in the euphotic zone.
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spellingShingle Alkenones in the Mediterranean Sea
Ternois, Yann
Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine
Boireau, Anne
Marty, Jean-Claude
Miquel, Juan Carlos
Biogeochemical Processes in the Oceans and Fluxes; DYF5; DYF6; DYF7; DYF8; DYF9; DYFAMED__Campaign; JGOFS; Joint Global Ocean Flux Study; Marion Dufresne (1972); MD90-901; MD90-908; MEDAR/MEDATLAS; Mediterranean Data Archaeology and Rescue; Mediterranean Sea; PC; Piston corer; PROMETEI; PROOF; Time-series station; Trap; TRAP
Time-series of downward alkenone fluxes have been investigated at 200 m depth over a one year sediment trap experiment, in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Alkenone flux maxima occurred in autumn and to a lesser extent in May, during the spring bloom. Temperature estimates calculated from the UK'37 index revealed that alkenone producers preferentially develop in subsurface waters (at about 50 m) in spring, whereas the autumn alkenone production occurred upper in the water column (around 30 m). Examination of the core-top UK'37 index values at various sites of the Northwestern Mediterranean basin, suggested that the spring bloom period do not significantly imprint the temperatures recorded in the sediments. The sedimentary temperature estimates would rather reflect annually integrated SST, with a major influence of the autumnal post-bloom development of the coccolithophores in the euphotic zone.
title Alkenones in the Mediterranean Sea
topic Biogeochemical Processes in the Oceans and Fluxes; DYF5; DYF6; DYF7; DYF8; DYF9; DYFAMED__Campaign; JGOFS; Joint Global Ocean Flux Study; Marion Dufresne (1972); MD90-901; MD90-908; MEDAR/MEDATLAS; Mediterranean Data Archaeology and Rescue; Mediterranean Sea; PC; Piston corer; PROMETEI; PROOF; Time-series station; Trap; TRAP
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738663