Controls on Primary Productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, East of the Galapagos Islands, During the Penultimate Deglaciation
18 pages, 2 figures.-- The new data from ODP Site 1240 core are provided in the public repository PANGAEA® (https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.916212) Modern biogeochemical conditions of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific (EEP) region are characterized by high macronutrient concentrations but low phytoplan...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/218488 2024-02-11T10:06:40+01:00 Controls on Primary Productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, East of the Galapagos Islands, During the Penultimate Deglaciation Quirós-Collazos, Lucía Calvo, Eva María Schouten, Stefan van Der Meer, Marcel T.J. Rodrigo Gámiz, Marta Pena, Leopoldo Cacho, Isabel Pelejero, Carles Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) Generalitat de Catalunya European Commission Netherlands Earth System Science Centre Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España) 2020-07 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/218488 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003777 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002809 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 en eng American Geophysical Union #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CGL2015-68194-R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/339206 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CTM2016-75411-R Publisher's version https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003777 Sí Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 35(7): e2019PA003777 (2020) 2572-4525 CEX2019-000928-S http://hdl.handle.net/10261/218488 doi:10.1029/2019PA003777 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002809 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2020 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA00377710.13039/50110000332910.13039/50110000078010.13039/50110000280910.13039/501100011033 2024-01-16T10:57:16Z 18 pages, 2 figures.-- The new data from ODP Site 1240 core are provided in the public repository PANGAEA® (https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.916212) Modern biogeochemical conditions of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific (EEP) region are characterized by high macronutrient concentrations but low phytoplankton abundance due to both iron and silicic acid limitation. Since primary producers significantly impact the global carbon cycle, paleoproductivity in relation to climate change and nutrient availability in this region has been a topic of a number of studies. However, the complex dynamics of this region, especially east of the Galapagos Islands, has led to some discrepancies when linking reconstructed paleoproductivity with potential mechanisms for higher primary productivity. Here we focus on reconstructing primary productivity of haptophyte algae and diatoms, as well as continental material input, sea surface salinity, and sea surface temperature, and compare these reconstructions with existing records for the period comprised between 150 and 110 ka (the penultimate deglaciation period) with the aim to understand the mechanisms that most significantly influence phytoplankton growth over the EEP region east of the Galapagos Islands. Our results suggest enhanced upwelling in the EEP system during the penultimate deglaciation and increased phytoplankton abundance mainly as the result of both the increasing influence of nutrient‐rich Southern Ocean sourced waters through the Equatorial Undercurrent and a higher input of iron through atmospheric deposition. The highest phytoplankton abundances recorded at the study site during the penultimate deglaciation also suggest that maximum input of nutrients might have occurred during the millennial‐scale event Heinrich Event 11 in the North Atlantic as a result of global atmospheric and oceanic reorganizations We acknowledge funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through Grants CTM2009‐08849 (ACDC Project), CTM2012‐32017 (MANIFEST ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Southern Ocean Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Galapagos Pacific Southern Ocean Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 35 7 |
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18 pages, 2 figures.-- The new data from ODP Site 1240 core are provided in the public repository PANGAEA® (https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.916212) Modern biogeochemical conditions of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific (EEP) region are characterized by high macronutrient concentrations but low phytoplankton abundance due to both iron and silicic acid limitation. Since primary producers significantly impact the global carbon cycle, paleoproductivity in relation to climate change and nutrient availability in this region has been a topic of a number of studies. However, the complex dynamics of this region, especially east of the Galapagos Islands, has led to some discrepancies when linking reconstructed paleoproductivity with potential mechanisms for higher primary productivity. Here we focus on reconstructing primary productivity of haptophyte algae and diatoms, as well as continental material input, sea surface salinity, and sea surface temperature, and compare these reconstructions with existing records for the period comprised between 150 and 110 ka (the penultimate deglaciation period) with the aim to understand the mechanisms that most significantly influence phytoplankton growth over the EEP region east of the Galapagos Islands. Our results suggest enhanced upwelling in the EEP system during the penultimate deglaciation and increased phytoplankton abundance mainly as the result of both the increasing influence of nutrient‐rich Southern Ocean sourced waters through the Equatorial Undercurrent and a higher input of iron through atmospheric deposition. The highest phytoplankton abundances recorded at the study site during the penultimate deglaciation also suggest that maximum input of nutrients might have occurred during the millennial‐scale event Heinrich Event 11 in the North Atlantic as a result of global atmospheric and oceanic reorganizations We acknowledge funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through Grants CTM2009‐08849 (ACDC Project), CTM2012‐32017 (MANIFEST ... |
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Quirós-Collazos, Lucía Calvo, Eva María Schouten, Stefan van Der Meer, Marcel T.J. Rodrigo Gámiz, Marta Pena, Leopoldo Cacho, Isabel Pelejero, Carles Controls on Primary Productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, East of the Galapagos Islands, During the Penultimate Deglaciation |
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Controls on Primary Productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, East of the Galapagos Islands, During the Penultimate Deglaciation |
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Controls on Primary Productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, East of the Galapagos Islands, During the Penultimate Deglaciation |
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Controls on Primary Productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, East of the Galapagos Islands, During the Penultimate Deglaciation |
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Controls on Primary Productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, East of the Galapagos Islands, During the Penultimate Deglaciation |
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Controls on Primary Productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, East of the Galapagos Islands, During the Penultimate Deglaciation |
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controls on primary productivity in the eastern equatorial pacific, east of the galapagos islands, during the penultimate deglaciation |
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