Spatial patterns in abundance, taxonomic composition and carbon biomass of nano- and microphytoplankton in Subarctic and Arctic Seas
In the summers of 2007 and 2008, we studied assemblages of nano- and microphytoplankton from the subsurface chlorophyll maximum (SCM) across five broad oceanographic domains in the seas surrounding northern North America. These domains are the eastern Subarctic North Pacific (ESNP), Bering and Chukc...
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ftconicet:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/94545 2023-10-09T21:47:44+02:00 Spatial patterns in abundance, taxonomic composition and carbon biomass of nano- and microphytoplankton in Subarctic and Arctic Seas Crawford, David W. Cefarelli, Adrián Oscar Wrohan, Ian A. Wyatt, Shea N. Varela, Diana E. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11336/94545 eng eng Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007966111630221X info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.pocean.2018.01.006 http://hdl.handle.net/11336/94545 Crawford, David W.; Cefarelli, Adrián Oscar; Wrohan, Ian A.; Wyatt, Shea N.; Varela, Diana E.; Spatial patterns in abundance, taxonomic composition and carbon biomass of nano- and microphytoplankton in Subarctic and Arctic Seas; Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd; Progress In Oceanography; 162; 3-2018; 132-159 0079-6611 CONICET Digital CONICET info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ Phytoplankton Carbon Taxonomy Arctic Subarctic Marine Ocean https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftconicet https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2018.01.006 2023-09-24T19:30:22Z In the summers of 2007 and 2008, we studied assemblages of nano- and microphytoplankton from the subsurface chlorophyll maximum (SCM) across five broad oceanographic domains in the seas surrounding northern North America. These domains are the eastern Subarctic North Pacific (ESNP), Bering and Chukchi Seas (BE-CH), Beaufort Sea and Canada Basin (BS-CB), Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA), and Baffin Bay and Labrador Sea (BB-LS). Average abundance and total carbon biomass (C) of phytoplankton (>2 µm) varied ∼10-fold and ∼20-fold, respectively, across the five domains. In the BE-CH, CAA and BB-LS, diatoms averaged 35–70% and dinoflagellates 11–45% of total phytoplankton C (>2 µm), whereas in the ESNP and BS-CB, unidentified flagellates/coccoids (2–8 µm) represented a greater proportion of total C (27% and 39% respectively) than in the other domains. In the BE-CH and BB-LS, phytoplankton C (>2 µm) was dominated by dinoflagellates of the genus Gymnodinium, centric diatoms including Thalassiosira spp. and Chaetoceros spp., unidentified flagellates/coccoids (2–8 µm), and cryptomonads. In contrast, diatoms such as Thalassiosira spp. and its resting spores dominated C in the CAA, with dinoflagellates being less significant than in the BE-CH and BB-LS. Unidentified flagellates/coccoids (2–8 µm), Gymnodinium spp., and cryptomonads dominated in the ESNP, and particularly in the BS-CB, where diatoms contributed only 18% of the very low levels of total phytoplankton C (>2 µm). Phytoplankton C (>2 µm) to chlorophyll a ratios (phyto C:chl a) averaged only 31 g C g chl a−1 in the oligotrophic BS-CB domain, and 51–150 g C g chl a−1 in the other domains, whereas ratios of biogenic silica to phytoplankton C (>2 µm) (bSi:phyto C) were lowest in the eastern domains. Estimates of phytoplankton C were highly sensitive to the choice of C to cell volume equations (C:vol) adopted in the calculations, particularly in diatom-rich areas. This study highlights how diatoms and dinoflagellates are the main drivers of ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Archipelago Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Beaufort Sea canada basin Canadian Arctic Archipelago Chukchi Labrador Sea Phytoplankton Subarctic CONICET Digital (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) Arctic Baffin Bay Canadian Arctic Archipelago Canada Pacific Progress in Oceanography 162 132 159 |
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In the summers of 2007 and 2008, we studied assemblages of nano- and microphytoplankton from the subsurface chlorophyll maximum (SCM) across five broad oceanographic domains in the seas surrounding northern North America. These domains are the eastern Subarctic North Pacific (ESNP), Bering and Chukchi Seas (BE-CH), Beaufort Sea and Canada Basin (BS-CB), Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA), and Baffin Bay and Labrador Sea (BB-LS). Average abundance and total carbon biomass (C) of phytoplankton (>2 µm) varied ∼10-fold and ∼20-fold, respectively, across the five domains. In the BE-CH, CAA and BB-LS, diatoms averaged 35–70% and dinoflagellates 11–45% of total phytoplankton C (>2 µm), whereas in the ESNP and BS-CB, unidentified flagellates/coccoids (2–8 µm) represented a greater proportion of total C (27% and 39% respectively) than in the other domains. In the BE-CH and BB-LS, phytoplankton C (>2 µm) was dominated by dinoflagellates of the genus Gymnodinium, centric diatoms including Thalassiosira spp. and Chaetoceros spp., unidentified flagellates/coccoids (2–8 µm), and cryptomonads. In contrast, diatoms such as Thalassiosira spp. and its resting spores dominated C in the CAA, with dinoflagellates being less significant than in the BE-CH and BB-LS. Unidentified flagellates/coccoids (2–8 µm), Gymnodinium spp., and cryptomonads dominated in the ESNP, and particularly in the BS-CB, where diatoms contributed only 18% of the very low levels of total phytoplankton C (>2 µm). Phytoplankton C (>2 µm) to chlorophyll a ratios (phyto C:chl a) averaged only 31 g C g chl a−1 in the oligotrophic BS-CB domain, and 51–150 g C g chl a−1 in the other domains, whereas ratios of biogenic silica to phytoplankton C (>2 µm) (bSi:phyto C) were lowest in the eastern domains. Estimates of phytoplankton C were highly sensitive to the choice of C to cell volume equations (C:vol) adopted in the calculations, particularly in diatom-rich areas. This study highlights how diatoms and dinoflagellates are the main drivers of ... |
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Spatial patterns in abundance, taxonomic composition and carbon biomass of nano- and microphytoplankton in Subarctic and Arctic Seas |
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Spatial patterns in abundance, taxonomic composition and carbon biomass of nano- and microphytoplankton in Subarctic and Arctic Seas |
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Spatial patterns in abundance, taxonomic composition and carbon biomass of nano- and microphytoplankton in Subarctic and Arctic Seas |
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Spatial patterns in abundance, taxonomic composition and carbon biomass of nano- and microphytoplankton in Subarctic and Arctic Seas |
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Spatial patterns in abundance, taxonomic composition and carbon biomass of nano- and microphytoplankton in Subarctic and Arctic Seas |
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spatial patterns in abundance, taxonomic composition and carbon biomass of nano- and microphytoplankton in subarctic and arctic seas |
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