Long-term trends in ocean plankton production and particle export between 1960-2006
We analyse long-term trends in marine primary and particle export production and their link to marine phytoplankton community composition for the period 1960–2006 using a hindcast simulation of the Biogeochemical Elemental Cycling Model coupled to the ocean component of the Community Climate System...
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ftethz:oai:www.research-collection.ethz.ch:20.500.11850/74143 2023-05-15T13:45:54+02:00 Long-term trends in ocean plankton production and particle export between 1960-2006 Laufkötter, Charlotte Vogt, Meike Gruber, Nicolas 2013 application/application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/74143 https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000074143 en eng Copernicus info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/bg-10-7373-2013 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/74143 doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000074143 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC-BY Biogeosciences, 10 (11) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2013 ftethz https://doi.org/20.500.11850/74143 https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000074143 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7373-2013 2022-04-25T13:35:01Z We analyse long-term trends in marine primary and particle export production and their link to marine phytoplankton community composition for the period 1960–2006 using a hindcast simulation of the Biogeochemical Elemental Cycling Model coupled to the ocean component of the Community Climate System Model. In our simulation, global primary and export production decrease significantly over the last 50 yr, by 6.5% and 8% respectively. These changes are associated with an 8.5% decrease in small phytoplankton biomass and 5% decrease in zooplankton biomass. Diatom biomass decreases globally by 3%, but with strong temporal and spatial variability. The strongest decreases in primary and export production occur in the western Pacific, where enhanced stratification leads to stronger nutrient limitation and a decrease in total phytoplankton. The concurrent decrease in diatom fraction and in zooplankton biomass causes a lower export efficiency in this region. Substantial phytoplankton composition changes also occur in the Southern Ocean and North Atlantic, although these are masked in part by a high degree of interannual variability. In these regions, stronger wind stress enhances mixing, reducing the biomass of small phytoplankton, while diatoms profit from higher nutrient inputs and lower grazing pressure. The relative fraction of diatoms correlates positively with the export efficiency (r = 0.8, p < 0.05) in most areas except for the North Pacific and Antarctic Circumpolar Current, where the correlation is negative (r = –0.5, p < 0.05). However, the long-term trends in global export efficiency are ultimately driven by the reduction in small phytoplankton and particularly decreases in coccolithophore biomass. The diagnosed trends point toward a substantial sensitivity of marine primary production and export to climatic variations and trends. ISSN:1726-4170 ISSN:1726-4170 Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic North Atlantic Southern Ocean ETH Zürich Research Collection Antarctic Pacific Southern Ocean |
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We analyse long-term trends in marine primary and particle export production and their link to marine phytoplankton community composition for the period 1960–2006 using a hindcast simulation of the Biogeochemical Elemental Cycling Model coupled to the ocean component of the Community Climate System Model. In our simulation, global primary and export production decrease significantly over the last 50 yr, by 6.5% and 8% respectively. These changes are associated with an 8.5% decrease in small phytoplankton biomass and 5% decrease in zooplankton biomass. Diatom biomass decreases globally by 3%, but with strong temporal and spatial variability. The strongest decreases in primary and export production occur in the western Pacific, where enhanced stratification leads to stronger nutrient limitation and a decrease in total phytoplankton. The concurrent decrease in diatom fraction and in zooplankton biomass causes a lower export efficiency in this region. Substantial phytoplankton composition changes also occur in the Southern Ocean and North Atlantic, although these are masked in part by a high degree of interannual variability. In these regions, stronger wind stress enhances mixing, reducing the biomass of small phytoplankton, while diatoms profit from higher nutrient inputs and lower grazing pressure. The relative fraction of diatoms correlates positively with the export efficiency (r = 0.8, p < 0.05) in most areas except for the North Pacific and Antarctic Circumpolar Current, where the correlation is negative (r = –0.5, p < 0.05). However, the long-term trends in global export efficiency are ultimately driven by the reduction in small phytoplankton and particularly decreases in coccolithophore biomass. The diagnosed trends point toward a substantial sensitivity of marine primary production and export to climatic variations and trends. ISSN:1726-4170 ISSN:1726-4170 |
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Laufkötter, Charlotte Vogt, Meike Gruber, Nicolas Long-term trends in ocean plankton production and particle export between 1960-2006 |
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Laufkötter, Charlotte Vogt, Meike Gruber, Nicolas |
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Laufkötter, Charlotte |
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Long-term trends in ocean plankton production and particle export between 1960-2006 |
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Long-term trends in ocean plankton production and particle export between 1960-2006 |
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Long-term trends in ocean plankton production and particle export between 1960-2006 |
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Long-term trends in ocean plankton production and particle export between 1960-2006 |
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Long-term trends in ocean plankton production and particle export between 1960-2006 |
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long-term trends in ocean plankton production and particle export between 1960-2006 |
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Antarctic Pacific Southern Ocean |
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Antarctic Pacific Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic North Atlantic Southern Ocean |
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