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JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS
卷 142, 期 -, 页码 62-74出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.10.002
关键词
Diatom flux; Particulate flux; Sediment traps; Southern Ocean
资金
- Australian Government's Australian Antarctic Science Grant Program [4078]
- Macquarie University
- ANARE
- Australian Antarctic Division (ASAC) [1156, 2256]
- CSIRO Division of Marine Research Oceans and Climate Program, Geosciences Australia
- New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
- Macquarie University Microscopy Unit
Particle fluxes were recorded over a one-year period (2001-02) in the southern Antarctic Zone in the Australian Sector of the Southern Ocean. Here, we present the results on the seasonal and vertical variability of biogenic particle and diatom valve fluxes. Total Mass and diatom fluxes were highly seasonal, with maxima registered during the austral summer and minima during winter. Biogenic opal dominated sedimentation, followed by carbonate, and very low levels of organic carbon (annual average 1.4%). The strong correlation between opal and organic carbon at both depth levels suggests that a significant fraction of organic matter exported to the deep sea was associated with diatom-sedimentation events. Seasonal diatom fluxes appear driven principally by changes in the flux of Fragilariopsis kerguelensis. The occurrence of the sea-ice affiliated diatoms Fragilariopsis cylindrus and Fragilariopsis curta in both sediment traps is considered to correspond to the sedimentation of a diatom bloom advected from an area under the influence of sea ice. Highest fluxes of the subsurface-dwelling species Thalassiothrix antarctica registered at the end of the summer bloom were linked to a drop of the light levels during the summer-autumn transition. This study provides the first annual observation on seasonal succession of diatom species in the Australian sector of the Antarctic Zone, and corresponds, in terms of magnitude and seasonality of diatom fluxes, to those in neighbouring sectors (Pacific and eastern Atlantic). (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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