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DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS
卷 52, 期 4, 页码 569-588出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.11.007
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phytoplankton; chlorophyll-a; primary production; latitudinal and seasonal variability; Eastern North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre
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- Natural Environment Research Council [NER/O/S/2001/00680] Funding Source: researchfish
Size-fractionated chlorophyll-a and carbon incorporation rates were determined on a series of 13 cruises carried out from 1992 to 2001 with the aim of investigating the patterns and causes of variability in phytoplankton chlorophyll and production in the Eastern North Atlantic Subtropical Gyral Province (NASE). Averaged ( SE) integrated chlorophyll-a concentration and primary production rate were 17 +/- 1 mg m(-2) and 253 +/- 22mg Cm-2 d(-1). Small-sized cells (< 2 pm) formed the bulk of phytoplankton biomass (71 %) and accounted for 54% of total primary production. A clear latitudinal gradient in these variables was not detected. By contrast, large seasonal variability was detected in terms of primary production, although integrated phytoplankton biomass, as estimated from chlorophyll-a concentration, remained rather constant and did not display significant changes with time. Variability in primary production (PP) was related mainly to variability in surface temperature and surface chlorophyll-a concentration. The control exerted by surface temperature was related to nutrient availability. By contrary, euphotic-zone depth, depth of maximum concentration of chlorophyll-a and integrated chlorophyll-a did not contribute significantly to the high variability in primary production observed in this oligotrophic region. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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