期刊
JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS
卷 88, 期 4, 页码 553-562出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.07.005
关键词
Canary Islands; Carbon flux; Metabolism; Respiratory flux; Vertical migration; Zooplankton; Late winter bloom
资金
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology [MAR97-1036]
- Spanish Ministry of Education and Science [CTM2008-03538]
Studies on carbon active fluxes due to diel migrants are scarce and critical for carbon flux models and biogeochemical estimates. We studied the temporal variability and vertical distribution of biomass, indices of feeding and respiration of the zooplanktonic community north off the Canary Islands during the end of the late winter bloom, in order to assess vertical carbon fluxes in this area. Biomass distribution during the day presented two dense layers of organisms at 0-200 m and around 500 m, whereas at night, most of the biomass concentrated in the epipelagic layer. The gut pigment flux (0.05-0.18 mgC.m(-2)d(-1)) represented 0.22% of the estimated passive export flux (POC flux) while potential ingestion represented 3.91% of the POC (1.24-3.40 mgC.m(-2).d(-1)). The active respiratory flux (0.50-1.36 mgC.m(-2).d(-1)) was only 1.57% of the POC flux. The total carbon flux mediated by diel migrants (respiration plus potential ingestion) ranged between 3.37 and 9.22% of the POC flux; which is three-fold higher than calculating ingestion fluxes from gut pigments. Our results suggest that the fluxes by diel migrants play a small role in the downward flux of carbon in the open ocean during the post-bloom period. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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