Diatom abundance in surface sediments of the Southern Ocean ...
The quantitative analysis of diatom assemblages preserved in 52 samples from the Bellingshausen and the Amundsen Seas provides the first comprehensive view on the distribution of diatoms in surface sediments of the eastern and central Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean. On a latitudinal transect a...
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PANGAEA
2010
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.681699 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.681699 |
Summary: | The quantitative analysis of diatom assemblages preserved in 52 samples from the Bellingshausen and the Amundsen Seas provides the first comprehensive view on the distribution of diatoms in surface sediments of the eastern and central Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean. On a latitudinal transect along 120°W, diatom valve accumulation rates (AR) reach maximum values (8–10 × 10**8 valves m**-2 yr**-1) in a zone extending over ca. 900 km between the Antarctic Polar Front and the maximum average winter sea ice extent and exceed those ARs obtained from an eastern transect along 90°W by one order of magnitude. Lowest diatom concentrations (1–3 × 10**6 valves g**-1) were encountered in sediments of the Sea Ice Zone, affected by winter and summer sea ice. The accumulation rate pattern of the most abundant diatom Fragilariopsis kerguelensis (> 50% abundance in 47 samples) mirrors the pattern of the total diatom valve AR and the biogenic silica (BSi) AR, making F. kerguelensis the major contributor to the BSi ... : Data are accessible on request: Rainer.Gersonde@awi.de ... |
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