Mesoscale and seasonal variability of community production and respiration in the surface waters of the N.E. Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Maixandeau, Anne, Lefèvre, Dominique, Fernandez, Camila I., Sempere, Richard, Sohrin, Rumi, Ras, Josephine, van Wambeke, France, Caniaux, Guy, Queguiner, Bernard
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de MicrobiologiE de Géochimie et d'Ecologie Marines (LMGEM), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'océanographie et de biogéochimie (LOB), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Geosciences, Institute of geosciences-University of Shizuoka, Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire océanologique de Villefranche-sur-mer (OOVM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre national de recherches météorologiques (CNRM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: Microbial community; Gross production; respiration; GCP/DCR ratio; Northeast Atlantic Ocean; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00092707; https://hal.science/hal-00092707/document; https://hal.science/hal-00092707/file/Maixandeau%20et%20al%202005%20DSR-for%20hal.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2005.03.007

Gross community production (GCP) and dark community respiration (DCR) rates were measured in the N.E. Atlantic Basin (38-451N and 15120 0-21120 0 W) during the Programme Oce´anographique Multidisciplinaire Me´so-Echelle (POMME). Three cruises were conducted over a one-year period (2001), and GCP and DCR were measured at 20 stations using seawater taken from 5 m. In winter, GCP is light limited whereas DCR, which is mainly due to bacteria, is limited by substrate availability. GCP and DCR were under the influence of mesoscale features, with the cyclonic structure enhancing the autotrophy. In spring, light and resource availability remain the major controlling parameters, which are constrained by north-south zonation, rather than mesoscale features. The most productive area is south of 411N at the start of the bloom and is associated with greater DCR as autotrophs contribute to community respiration. The late-summer period is oligotrophic, which contrasts with the previous winter and spring period, characterised by a large quantity of TOC accumulated (+13.2 mM C from spring to late-summer