Changes in primary productivity and chlorophyll a in response to iron fertilization
EisenEx—the second in situ iron enrichment experiment in the Southern Ocean—was performed in the Atlantic sector over 3 weeks in November 2000 with the overarching goal to test the hypothesis that primary productivity in the Southern Ocean is limited by iron availability in the austral spring. Under...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.574.625 2023-05-15T18:25:07+02:00 Changes in primary productivity and chlorophyll a in response to iron fertilization Frank Gervais Ulf Riebesell Maxim Y. Gorbunov The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2002 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.574.625 http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_47/issue_5/1324.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.574.625 http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_47/issue_5/1324.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_47/issue_5/1324.pdf text 2002 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T12:41:42Z EisenEx—the second in situ iron enrichment experiment in the Southern Ocean—was performed in the Atlantic sector over 3 weeks in November 2000 with the overarching goal to test the hypothesis that primary productivity in the Southern Ocean is limited by iron availability in the austral spring. Underwater irradiance, chlorophyll a (Chl a), photochemical efficiency, and primary productivity were measured inside and outside of an iron-enriched patch in order to quantify the response of phytoplankton to iron fertilization. Chl a concentration and photosynthetic rate (14C uptake in simulated in situ incubations) were measured in pico-, nano-, and microphytoplankton. Photo-chemical efficiency was studied with fast repetition rate fluorometry and xenon–pulse amplitude modulated fluo-rometry. The high-nutrient low-chlorophyll waters outside the Fe-enriched patch were characterized by deep eu-photic zones (63–72 m), low Chl a (48–56 mg m22), low photosynthetic efficiency (Fv/Fm ø 0.3), and low daily primary productivity (130–220 mg C m22 d21). Between 70 and 90 % of Chl a was found in pico- and nanophy-toplankton. During the induced bloom, Fv/Fm increased up to;0.55, primary productivity and Chl a reached the maximum values of 790 mg C m22 d21 and 231 mg Chl a m22, respectively. As a consequence, the euphotic depth decreased to;41 m. Picophytoplankton biomass hardly changed. Nano- and microphytoplankton biomass increased. In the first 2 weeks of the experiment, when the depth of the upper mixed layer was mostly,40 m, primary Text Southern Ocean Unknown Austral Southern Ocean |
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EisenEx—the second in situ iron enrichment experiment in the Southern Ocean—was performed in the Atlantic sector over 3 weeks in November 2000 with the overarching goal to test the hypothesis that primary productivity in the Southern Ocean is limited by iron availability in the austral spring. Underwater irradiance, chlorophyll a (Chl a), photochemical efficiency, and primary productivity were measured inside and outside of an iron-enriched patch in order to quantify the response of phytoplankton to iron fertilization. Chl a concentration and photosynthetic rate (14C uptake in simulated in situ incubations) were measured in pico-, nano-, and microphytoplankton. Photo-chemical efficiency was studied with fast repetition rate fluorometry and xenon–pulse amplitude modulated fluo-rometry. The high-nutrient low-chlorophyll waters outside the Fe-enriched patch were characterized by deep eu-photic zones (63–72 m), low Chl a (48–56 mg m22), low photosynthetic efficiency (Fv/Fm ø 0.3), and low daily primary productivity (130–220 mg C m22 d21). Between 70 and 90 % of Chl a was found in pico- and nanophy-toplankton. During the induced bloom, Fv/Fm increased up to;0.55, primary productivity and Chl a reached the maximum values of 790 mg C m22 d21 and 231 mg Chl a m22, respectively. As a consequence, the euphotic depth decreased to;41 m. Picophytoplankton biomass hardly changed. Nano- and microphytoplankton biomass increased. In the first 2 weeks of the experiment, when the depth of the upper mixed layer was mostly,40 m, primary |
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