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BIOGEOSCIENCES
卷 12, 期 19, 页码 5715-5734出版社
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-5715-2015
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- NASA ROSES grant [NNX13AC92G]
- University of Pennsylvania research foundation grant
Changes in Southern Ocean (SO) phytoplankton distributions with future warming have the potential to significantly alter nutrient and carbon cycles as well as higher trophic level productivity both locally and throughout the global ocean. Here we investigate the response of SO phytoplankton productivity and biomass to 21st century climate change across the CMIP5 Earth System Model suite. The models predict a zonally banded pattern of phytoplankton abundance and production changes within four regions: the subtropical (similar to 30 to 40 degrees S), transitional (similar to 40 to 50 degrees S), subpolar (similar to 50 to 65 degrees S) and Antarctic (south of similar to 65 degrees S) bands. We find that shifts in bottom-up variables (nitrate, iron and light availability) drive changes in phytoplankton abundance and production on not only interannual, but also decadal and 100-year timescales - the timescales most relevant to climate change. Spatial patterns in the modelled mechanisms driving these biomass trends qualitatively agree with recent observations, though longer-term records are needed to separate the effects of climate change from those of interannual variability. Because much past observational work has focused on understanding the effects of the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) on biology, future work should attempt to quantify the precise influence of an increasingly positive SAM on SO biology within the CMIP5 models. Continued long-term in situ and satellite measurements of SO biology are clearly needed to confirm model findings.
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