Primary production of phytoplankton and chlorophyll a in the southeast Barents Sea in August-September 1998 ...

• Main Authors: Vedernikov, Vladimir I, Gagarin, Vladimir I, Burenkov, Vladimir I
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2001
• Subjects: Water sample; ASV13; Akademik Sergey Vavilov; Archive of Ocean Data ARCOD; Barents Sea; Pechora; Pechora Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.761440; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.761440

A study was performed from August 11 to September 3, 1998 in the Pechora Sea, which covered the shallow-water southeastern Barents Sea. Chlorophyll a concentration in the surface layer (C_chls) ranged from 0.08 to 1.15 mg/m**3, while primary production in the water column (C_phs) Varied from 17 to 170 mg C/m**2/day, aver. 75 mg C/m**2/day. Transition from central deep-water (60-190 m) parts of the sea to coastal shallow-water (15-30 m) parts was accompanied by increase of average C_chls values 2.4 times (from 0.21 to 0.51 mg/m**3) and decrease in average C_phs 1.6 times (from 95 to 58 mg C/m**2/day); the latter, in turn, resulted from decrease in thickness of the photosynthetic layer (H_ph) from 55 to 12 m and its relative transparency (H) from 17 to 4 m. This sharp change in H value and absence of a positive feedback between C_chls and C_phs were most probably related to rapid increase in the role of yellow substance and suspended matter in absorption of solar radiation in coastal waters. In sea areas with ... : Supplement to: Vedernikov, Vladimir I; Gagarin, Vladimir I; Burenkov, Vladimir I (2001): Features of distribution of primary production and chlorophyll in the Pechora Sea in August-September 1998. Translated from Okeanologiya, 2001, 41(1), 69-79, Oceanology, 41(1), 64-74 ...