Iron partitioning during LOHAFEX: Copepod grazing as a major driver for iron recycling in the Southern Ocean
The LOHAFEX iron fertilization experiment was conducted for 39 days in the closed core of a cyclonic mesoscale eddy located along the Antarctic Polar Front in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Mixed layer (ML) waters were characterized by high nitrate (~ 20 μM), low dissolved iron (DFe ~ 0....
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/172898 2024-02-11T09:56:14+01:00 Iron partitioning during LOHAFEX: Copepod grazing as a major driver for iron recycling in the Southern Ocean Laglera, Luis M. Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio Iversen, Morten H. González, H. E. Naik, H. Mangesh, G. Assmy, Philipp Klaas, Christie Mazzocchi, M. G. Montresor, Marina Naqvi, S. W. A. Smetacek, V. Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (España) 2017-11-20 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/172898 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2017.08.011 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003176 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 en eng Elsevier #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CTM2014-59244-C3-3-R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2017.08.011 Sí Marine Chemistry 196: 148-161 (2017) 0304-4203 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/172898 doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2017.08.011 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003176 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 none LOHAFEX Iron cycling Iron partitioning Grazing Southern Ocean Iron fertilization Silicate depletion artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2017 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2017.08.01110.13039/50110000317610.13039/501100003329 2024-01-16T10:34:23Z The LOHAFEX iron fertilization experiment was conducted for 39 days in the closed core of a cyclonic mesoscale eddy located along the Antarctic Polar Front in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Mixed layer (ML) waters were characterized by high nitrate (~ 20 μM), low dissolved iron (DFe ~ 0.2 nM) and low silicate concentrations (below 1 μM) restricting diatom growth. Upon initial fertilization, chlorophyll-a doubled during the first two weeks and stabilized thereafter, despite a second fertilization on day 21, due to an increase in grazing pressure. Biomass at the different trophic levels was mostly comprised of small autotrophic flagellates, the large copepod Calanus simillimus and the amphipod Themisto gaudichaudii. The downward flux of particulate material comprised mainly copepod fecal pellets that were remineralized in the upper 150 m of the water column with no significant deeper export. DFe concentrations in the upper 200 m were not significantly affected by the two fertilizations but after day 14 showed a greater variability (ranging from 0.3 to 1.3 nM) without a clear vertical pattern. Particulate iron concentrations (measured after 2 months at pH 1.4) decreased with time and showed a vertical pattern that indicated an important non-biogenic component at the bottom of the mixed layer. In order to assess the contribution of copepod grazing to iron cycling we used two different approaches: first, we measured for the first time in a field experiment copepod fecal pellet concentrations in the water column together with the iron content per pellet, and second, we devised a novel analytical scheme based on a two-step leaching protocol to estimate the contribution of copepod fecal pellets to particulate iron in the water column. Analysis of the iron content of isolated fecal pellets from C. simillimus showed that after the second fertilization, the iron content per fecal pellet was ~ 5 fold higher if the copepod had been captured in fertilized waters. We defined a new fraction termed leachable iron (pH ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Marine Chemistry 196 148 161 |
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LOHAFEX Iron cycling Iron partitioning Grazing Southern Ocean Iron fertilization Silicate depletion Laglera, Luis M. Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio Iversen, Morten H. González, H. E. Naik, H. Mangesh, G. Assmy, Philipp Klaas, Christie Mazzocchi, M. G. Montresor, Marina Naqvi, S. W. A. Smetacek, V. Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter Iron partitioning during LOHAFEX: Copepod grazing as a major driver for iron recycling in the Southern Ocean |
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The LOHAFEX iron fertilization experiment was conducted for 39 days in the closed core of a cyclonic mesoscale eddy located along the Antarctic Polar Front in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Mixed layer (ML) waters were characterized by high nitrate (~ 20 μM), low dissolved iron (DFe ~ 0.2 nM) and low silicate concentrations (below 1 μM) restricting diatom growth. Upon initial fertilization, chlorophyll-a doubled during the first two weeks and stabilized thereafter, despite a second fertilization on day 21, due to an increase in grazing pressure. Biomass at the different trophic levels was mostly comprised of small autotrophic flagellates, the large copepod Calanus simillimus and the amphipod Themisto gaudichaudii. The downward flux of particulate material comprised mainly copepod fecal pellets that were remineralized in the upper 150 m of the water column with no significant deeper export. DFe concentrations in the upper 200 m were not significantly affected by the two fertilizations but after day 14 showed a greater variability (ranging from 0.3 to 1.3 nM) without a clear vertical pattern. Particulate iron concentrations (measured after 2 months at pH 1.4) decreased with time and showed a vertical pattern that indicated an important non-biogenic component at the bottom of the mixed layer. In order to assess the contribution of copepod grazing to iron cycling we used two different approaches: first, we measured for the first time in a field experiment copepod fecal pellet concentrations in the water column together with the iron content per pellet, and second, we devised a novel analytical scheme based on a two-step leaching protocol to estimate the contribution of copepod fecal pellets to particulate iron in the water column. Analysis of the iron content of isolated fecal pellets from C. simillimus showed that after the second fertilization, the iron content per fecal pellet was ~ 5 fold higher if the copepod had been captured in fertilized waters. We defined a new fraction termed leachable iron (pH ... |
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Laglera, Luis M. Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio Iversen, Morten H. González, H. E. Naik, H. Mangesh, G. Assmy, Philipp Klaas, Christie Mazzocchi, M. G. Montresor, Marina Naqvi, S. W. A. Smetacek, V. Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter |
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Laglera, Luis M. Tovar-Sánchez, Antonio Iversen, Morten H. González, H. E. Naik, H. Mangesh, G. Assmy, Philipp Klaas, Christie Mazzocchi, M. G. Montresor, Marina Naqvi, S. W. A. Smetacek, V. Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter |
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Iron partitioning during LOHAFEX: Copepod grazing as a major driver for iron recycling in the Southern Ocean |
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Iron partitioning during LOHAFEX: Copepod grazing as a major driver for iron recycling in the Southern Ocean |
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Iron partitioning during LOHAFEX: Copepod grazing as a major driver for iron recycling in the Southern Ocean |
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Iron partitioning during LOHAFEX: Copepod grazing as a major driver for iron recycling in the Southern Ocean |
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Iron partitioning during LOHAFEX: Copepod grazing as a major driver for iron recycling in the Southern Ocean |
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iron partitioning during lohafex: copepod grazing as a major driver for iron recycling in the southern ocean |
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