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The thesis work consists of two projects that study carbon and oxygen cycles in the surface ocean. In the first project, net community O2 production (NCP) and gross primary O2 production (GPP) were estimated using [O2]/[Ar] ratios and the triple isotope composition of dissolved O2 in samples collect...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.467.1497 http://pal.lternet.edu/docs/bibliography/Public/441lterc.pdf |
| Summary: | The thesis work consists of two projects that study carbon and oxygen cycles in the surface ocean. In the first project, net community O2 production (NCP) and gross primary O2 production (GPP) were estimated using [O2]/[Ar] ratios and the triple isotope composition of dissolved O2 in samples collected during 4 consecutive January cruises from 2008-2011 in the West Antarctica Peninsula (WAP) region of the Southern Ocean. Our study indicates large spatial and interannual variability of NCP and GPP, and suggests that light and iron are the most important factors that regulate NCP and GPP in the study region. While light availability is controlled by the surface irradiance and the mixed layer depth (MLD), iron could be largely regulated by deep winter mixing that supplies iron from the deep water. The relationships between NCP (NCP/GPP) and a number of physical properties implies that NCP is positively correlated with the strength of deep winter mixing. The deep mixing could be weakened when increasing heat content in the ocean and increasing air temperature inhibit sea ice growth and winter water formation. Overall, our study |
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