Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016
Diatoms are considered the main base of the Southern Ocean food web as they are responsible for more than 85% of its annual primary production and play a crucial role in the Antarctic trophic structure and in the biogeochemical cycles. Within this context, an intense diatom bloom reaching > 45 mg...
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ftuniveastangl:oai:ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk:80768 2023-05-15T14:04:01+02:00 Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016 Costa, Raul Rodrigo Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges Tavano, Virginia Maria Dotto, Tiago Segabinazzi Kerr, Rodrigo Monteiro, Thiago Odebrecht, Clarisse Secchi, Eduardo Resende 2020-09-01 application/pdf https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80768/ https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80768/1/Published_Version.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11437 en eng https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80768/1/Published_Version.pdf Costa, Raul Rodrigo, Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges, Tavano, Virginia Maria, Dotto, Tiago Segabinazzi, Kerr, Rodrigo, Monteiro, Thiago, Odebrecht, Clarisse and Secchi, Eduardo Resende (2020) Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016. Limnology and Oceanography, 65 (9). pp. 2056-2075. ISSN 0024-3590 doi:10.1002/lno.11437 cc_by_nc CC-BY-NC Article PeerReviewed 2020 ftuniveastangl https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11437 2023-01-30T21:55:22Z Diatoms are considered the main base of the Southern Ocean food web as they are responsible for more than 85% of its annual primary production and play a crucial role in the Antarctic trophic structure and in the biogeochemical cycles. Within this context, an intense diatom bloom reaching > 45 mg m−3 of chlorophyll a was registered in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP) during a late summer study in February 2016. Given that nutrient concentrations and grazing activities were not identified here as limiting factors on the bloom development, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of water column structure (stability and upper mixed layer depth) on the phytoplankton biomass and composition in the NAP. The diatom bloom, mainly composed by the large centric Odontella weissflogii (mostly > 70 μm in length), was associated with a local ocean carbon dioxide uptake that reached values greater than −60 mmol m−2 d−1. We hypothesize that the presence of a vertically large water column stability barrier, just below the pycnocline, was the main driver allowing for the development of the intense diatom bloom, particularly in the Gerlache Strait. Contrarily, a shift from diatoms to dinoflagellates (mainly Gymnodiniales < 20 μm) was observed associated with conditions of a highly stable thin layer. The results suggest that a large fraction of this intense diatom bloom is in fast sinking process, associated with low grazing pressure, showing a crucial role of diatoms for the efficiency of the biological carbon pump in this region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Southern Ocean University of East Anglia: UEA Digital Repository Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Gerlache ENVELOPE(99.033,99.033,-66.500,-66.500) Gerlache Strait ENVELOPE(-62.333,-62.333,-64.500,-64.500) Southern Ocean The Antarctic Limnology and Oceanography 65 9 2056 2075 |
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Diatoms are considered the main base of the Southern Ocean food web as they are responsible for more than 85% of its annual primary production and play a crucial role in the Antarctic trophic structure and in the biogeochemical cycles. Within this context, an intense diatom bloom reaching > 45 mg m−3 of chlorophyll a was registered in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP) during a late summer study in February 2016. Given that nutrient concentrations and grazing activities were not identified here as limiting factors on the bloom development, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of water column structure (stability and upper mixed layer depth) on the phytoplankton biomass and composition in the NAP. The diatom bloom, mainly composed by the large centric Odontella weissflogii (mostly > 70 μm in length), was associated with a local ocean carbon dioxide uptake that reached values greater than −60 mmol m−2 d−1. We hypothesize that the presence of a vertically large water column stability barrier, just below the pycnocline, was the main driver allowing for the development of the intense diatom bloom, particularly in the Gerlache Strait. Contrarily, a shift from diatoms to dinoflagellates (mainly Gymnodiniales < 20 μm) was observed associated with conditions of a highly stable thin layer. The results suggest that a large fraction of this intense diatom bloom is in fast sinking process, associated with low grazing pressure, showing a crucial role of diatoms for the efficiency of the biological carbon pump in this region. |
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Costa, Raul Rodrigo Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges Tavano, Virginia Maria Dotto, Tiago Segabinazzi Kerr, Rodrigo Monteiro, Thiago Odebrecht, Clarisse Secchi, Eduardo Resende Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016 |
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Costa, Raul Rodrigo Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges Tavano, Virginia Maria Dotto, Tiago Segabinazzi Kerr, Rodrigo Monteiro, Thiago Odebrecht, Clarisse Secchi, Eduardo Resende |
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Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016 |
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Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016 |
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Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016 |
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Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016 |
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Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016 |
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dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the northern antarctic peninsula, february 2016 |
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