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BIOGEOSCIENCES
卷 11, 期 16, 页码 4541-4557出版社
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-4541-2014
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- ANR/Investissements d'Avenir program [ANR-11-BTBR-0008]
- CNRS
- EMBL
- Genoscope/CEA
- ANR
- agnes b.
- Veolia Environment Foundation
- Region Bretagne
- World Courier
- Cap l'Orient
- Foundation EDF Diversiterre
- FRB
- Prince Albert II de Monaco Foundation
- Etienne Bourgois
- Tara schooner
- crew
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-11-BTBR-0008] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
The goal of the Arabian Sea section of the TARA oceans expedition was to study large particulate matter (LPM > 100 mu m) distributions and possible impact of associated midwater biological processes on vertical carbon export through the oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) of this region. We propose that observed spatial patterns in LPM distribution resulted from the timing and location of surface phytoplankton bloom, lateral transport, microbial processes in the core of the OMZ, and enhanced biological processes mediated by bacteria and zooplankton at the lower oxycline. Indeed, satellite-derived net primary production maps showed that the northern stations of the transect were under the influence of a previous major bloom event while the most southern stations were in a more oligotrophic situation. Lagrangian simulations of particle transport showed that deep particles of the northern stations could originate from the surface bloom while the southern stations could be considered as driven by 1-D vertical processes. In the first 200 m of the OMZ core, minima in nitrate concentrations and the intermediate nepheloid layer (INL) coincided with high concentrations of 100 mu m < LPM < 200 mu m. These particles could correspond to colonies of bacteria or detritus produced by anaerobic microbial activity. However, the calculated carbon flux through this layer was not affected. Vertical profiles of carbon flux indicate low flux attenuation in the OMZ, with a Martin model b exponent value of 0.22. At three stations, the lower oxycline was associated to a deep nepheloid layer, an increase of calculated carbon flux and an increase in mesozooplankton abundance. Enhanced bacterial activity and zooplankton feeding in the deep OMZ is proposed as a mechanism for the observed deep particle aggregation. Estimated lower flux attenuation in the upper OMZ and re-aggregation at the lower oxycline suggest that OMZ may be regions of enhanced carbon flux to the deep sea relative to non OMZ regions.
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