Latitudinal δ13C(org) variations in sinking matter and sediments from the South Atlantic: Effects of anthropogenic CO2 and implications for paleo-PCO2 reconstructions

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 471-495

  Fischer, G ^a   Muller P J ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Atlantic Ocean; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Reconstruction; Southern Ocean; Stable isotopes; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; LATITUDE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344178224     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(98)00059-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (38)

1. Bathmann U., Fischer G., Müller P.J., Gerdes D. Short-term variations in particulate matter sedimentation off Kapp Norvegia, Weddell Sea, Antarctica: relation to water mass advection, ice cover, plankton biomass and feeding activity. Polar Biol. 11:1991;185-195.
2. Bentaleb I., Fontugne M. Anthropogenic invasion of the surface ocean: its influence on the organic carbon isotope composition of phytoplankton. C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris. 322(Ser. IIa):1996;743-748.
3. 13C of particulate organic carbon and dissolved carbon dioxide. J. Mar. Syst. 17:1998;39-58.
4. 2 invasion of the surface ocean. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 126:1994;259-273.
5. DeBaar H.J.W., DeJong J.T.M., Bakker D.C.E., Löscher B.M., Veth C., Bathmann U., Smetacek V. Importance of iron for plankton blooms and carbon dioxide drawdown in the Southern Ocean. Nature. 373:1995;412-415.
6. Fischer G. Stable carbon isotope ratios of plankton carbon and sinking organic matter from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Mar. Chem. 35:1991;581-596.
7. Fischer G., Wefer G. Annual production and export flux in the Southern Ocean from sediment trap data. Mar. Chem. 35:1991;597-613.
8. Fischer, G., Wefer, G., 1996. Long-term observation of particle fluxes in the eastern Atlantic: seasonality, changes of flux with depth and comparison with the sediment record. In: Wefer, G., Berger, W.H., Siedler, G., Webb, D. (Eds.), The South Atlantic: Present and Past Circulation, Springer, Berlin, pp. 325-344.
9. 18O-deduced sea-surface temperatures and trade winds. J. Mar. Res. 54:1996;73-98.
10. 2 concentrations. Paleoceanography. 7:1992;1-20.
11. 13C of surface water particulate organic matter across the Subtropical Convergence in the SW Indian Ocean. Global Biochemical Cycles. 7:1993;627-644.
12. 2 levels. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 6:1992;185-198.
13. 13C-rich carbon in marine food webs Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 76:1991;149-1567.
14. 2 in the world ocean. Global Biochem. Cycles. 8:1994;85-90.
15. 13C contents of sedimentary organic compounds: principles and evidence Mar. Geol. 113:1993;111-125.
16. 2 levels during the late quaternary. Nature. 347:1992;462-464.
17. 2 in the world oceans Deep-Sea Res. 32:1985;57-84.
18. 2 (aq)]: theoretical considerations and experimental results. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 59:1995;1131-1138.
19. Levitus, S., 1982. Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean. NOAA Prof. Pap. 13, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
20. Longhurst A. Seasonal cooling and blooming in tropical oceans. Deep-Sea Res. 40:1993;2145-2165.
21. McArthur J.M., Tyson R.V., Thomson J., Matey D. Early diagenesis of marine organic matter: alteration of the carbon isotopic composition. Mar. Geol. 105:1992;51-61.
22. 13C in Several New Zealand Lakes. PhD Thesis, Univ. Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
23. 2 source/sink region in summer. Mar. Chem. 35:1991;85-95.
24. Mook W.G., Bommerson J.C., Staverman W.A. Carbon isotope fractionation between dissolved bicarbonate and gaseous carbon dioxide. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 22:1974;169-176.
25. 13C and alkenone temperatures. In: Zahn, R., Pedersen, T.F., Kaminski, M.A., Labeyrie, L. (Eds.), Carbon Cycling in the Glacial Ocean: Constraints on the Ocean's Role in Global Change, NATO ASI Series, Vol. 117, Springer, Berlin, pp. 343-366.
26. 13C depletion in primary marine organic matter Am. J. Sci. 289:1989;436-454.
27. 2: Carbon-13 evidence. Science. 256:1992;74-79.
28. 2 concentrations. In: Zahn, R., Pedersen, T.F., Kaminski, M.A., Labeyrie, L. (Eds.), Carbon Cycling in the Glacial Ocean, NATO ASI Series, Global Environmental Change, Vol. 17.
29. 2 and productivity in past oceans. Nature. 341:1989;516-518.
30. 13C variations across the Drake Passage. J. Geophys. Res. 96C:1991;1515131-1515135.
31. 2 (aq)] in ocean surface water: data from the JGOFS site in the northeast Atlantic Ocean and a model. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 56:1992;1413-1419.
32. 2 uptake. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., in press.
33. 2 budget. Science. 247:1990;1431-1438.
34. 15N) in suspendierten und sedimentierten Partikeln im nördliche Nordatlantik, PhD thesis, Univ. Kiel, Germany.
35. Weiss R.F. Carbon dioxide in water and seawater: the solubility of an non-ideal gas. Mar. Chem. 2:1974;203-215.
36. Weiss, R.F., Van Woy, F.A., Salameh, P.K., 1992. Surface Water and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide Observations by Shipboard Automated Gas Chromatography: Results from Expeditions Between 1977 and 1990. Scripps Institution of Oceanography Reference 92-11. ORNL/CDIAC-59, NDP-044. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 144 pp.
37. Wefer G., Fischer G. Annual primary production and export flux in the Southern Ocean from sediment trap data. Mar. Chem. 35:1991;597-613.
38. Wefer G., Fischer G. Seasonal patterns of vertical particle flux in equatorial and coastal upwelling areas of the eastern Atlantic. Deep-Sea Res. 40:1993;1613-1645.