Nutrient availability limits biological production in Arctic sea ice melt ponds
Every spring and summer melt ponds form at the surface of polar sea ice and become habitats where biological production may take place. Previous studies report a large variability in the productivity, but the causes are unknown. We investigated if nutrients limit the productivity in these first-year...
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ftsydanskunivpub:oai:sdu.dk:publications/1636e65f-bdd9-46e9-8b7d-d8680125f156 2024-06-23T07:48:30+00:00 Nutrient availability limits biological production in Arctic sea ice melt ponds Sørensen, Heidi Louise Thamdrup, Bo Jeppesen, Erik Rysgaard, Søren Glud, Ronnie N. 2017 application/pdf https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/1636e65f-bdd9-46e9-8b7d-d8680125f156 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2082-7 https://findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/files/126187365/Nutrient_availability_limits_biological_production_in_Arctic_sea_ice_melt_ponds.pdf eng eng https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/1636e65f-bdd9-46e9-8b7d-d8680125f156 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Sørensen , H L , Thamdrup , B , Jeppesen , E , Rysgaard , S & Glud , R N 2017 , ' Nutrient availability limits biological production in Arctic sea ice melt ponds ' , Polar Biology , vol. 40 , no. 8 , pp. 1593-1606 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2082-7 Arctic sea-ice melt ponds nutrients primary production bacterial production grazers and higher trophic levels Sea ice melt ponds article 2017 ftsydanskunivpub https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2082-7 2024-06-11T14:25:19Z Every spring and summer melt ponds form at the surface of polar sea ice and become habitats where biological production may take place. Previous studies report a large variability in the productivity, but the causes are unknown. We investigated if nutrients limit the productivity in these first-year ice melt ponds by adding nutrients to three enclosures ([1] PO4 3−, [2] NO3 −, and [3] PO4 3− and NO3 −) and one natural melt pond (PO4 3− and NO3−), while one enclosure and one natural melt pond acted as controls. After 7–13 days, Chl a concentrations and cumulative primary production were between two- and tenfold higher in the enclosures and natural melt ponds with nutrient addition compared with their respective controls, with the largest increase occurring in the enclosures. Separate additions of PO4 3− and NO3 − in the enclosures led to intermediate increases in productivity, suggesting co-limitation of nutrients. Bacterial production and the biovolume of ciliates, which were the dominant grazers, were positively correlated with primary production, showing a tight coupling between primary production and both microbial activity and ciliate grazing. To our knowledge, this study is the first to ascertain nutrient limitation in melt ponds. We also document that the addition of nutrients, although at relative high concentrations, can stimulate biological productivity at several trophic levels. Given the projected increase in first-year ice, increased melt pond coverage during the Arctic spring and potential additional nutrient supply from, e.g. terrestrial sources imply that biological activity of melt ponds may become increasingly important for the sympagic carbon cycling in the future Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Polar Biology Sea ice University of Southern Denmark Research Portal Arctic Polar Biology 40 8 1593 1606 |
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Every spring and summer melt ponds form at the surface of polar sea ice and become habitats where biological production may take place. Previous studies report a large variability in the productivity, but the causes are unknown. We investigated if nutrients limit the productivity in these first-year ice melt ponds by adding nutrients to three enclosures ([1] PO4 3−, [2] NO3 −, and [3] PO4 3− and NO3 −) and one natural melt pond (PO4 3− and NO3−), while one enclosure and one natural melt pond acted as controls. After 7–13 days, Chl a concentrations and cumulative primary production were between two- and tenfold higher in the enclosures and natural melt ponds with nutrient addition compared with their respective controls, with the largest increase occurring in the enclosures. Separate additions of PO4 3− and NO3 − in the enclosures led to intermediate increases in productivity, suggesting co-limitation of nutrients. Bacterial production and the biovolume of ciliates, which were the dominant grazers, were positively correlated with primary production, showing a tight coupling between primary production and both microbial activity and ciliate grazing. To our knowledge, this study is the first to ascertain nutrient limitation in melt ponds. We also document that the addition of nutrients, although at relative high concentrations, can stimulate biological productivity at several trophic levels. Given the projected increase in first-year ice, increased melt pond coverage during the Arctic spring and potential additional nutrient supply from, e.g. terrestrial sources imply that biological activity of melt ponds may become increasingly important for the sympagic carbon cycling in the future Arctic. |
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Nutrient availability limits biological production in Arctic sea ice melt ponds |
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Nutrient availability limits biological production in Arctic sea ice melt ponds |
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Nutrient availability limits biological production in Arctic sea ice melt ponds |
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Sørensen , H L , Thamdrup , B , Jeppesen , E , Rysgaard , S & Glud , R N 2017 , ' Nutrient availability limits biological production in Arctic sea ice melt ponds ' , Polar Biology , vol. 40 , no. 8 , pp. 1593-1606 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2082-7 |
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