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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 10, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58702-3
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- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Maryland Sea Grant
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Estuarine-coastal ecosystems are rich areas of the global ocean with elevated rates of organic matter production supporting major fisheries. Net and gross primary production (NPP, GPP) are essential properties of these ecosystems, characterized by high spatial, seasonal, and inter-annual variability associated with climatic effects on hydrology. Over 20 years ago, Nixon defined the trophic classification of marine ecosystems based on annual phytoplankton primary production (APPP), with categories ranging from oligotrophic to hypertrophic. Source data consisting of shipboard measurements of NPP and GPP from 1982 to 2004 for Chesapeake Bay in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States supported estimates of APPP from 300 to 500gC m(-2) yr(-1), corresponding to eutrophic to hypertrophic categories. Here, we developed generalized additive models (GAM) to interpolate the limited spatio-temporal resolution of source data. Principal goals were: (1) to develop predictive models of NPP and GPP calibrated to source data (1982 to 2004); (2) to apply the models to historical (1960s, 1970s) and monitoring (1985 to 2015) data with adjustments for nutrient loadings and climatic effects; (3) to estimate APPP from model predictions of NPP; (4) to test effects of simulated reductions of phytoplankton biomass or nutrient loadings on trophic classification based on APPP. Simulated 40% decreases of euphotic-layer chl-a or TN and NO2+NO3 loadings led to decreasing APPP sufficient to change trophic classification from eutrophic' to mesotrophic for oligohaline (OH) and polyhaline (PH) salinity zones, and from hypertrophic to eutrophic for the mesohaline (MH) salinity zone of the bay. These findings show that improved water quality is attainable with sustained reversal of nutrient over-enrichment sufficient to decrease phytoplankton biomass and APPP.
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