Contrasting regimes of production and potential for carbon export in the Sub-Antarctic and Polar Frontal Zones south of Tasmania

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2235-2247

  Cavagna, Anne Julie ^a,b   Elskens, Marc ^a   Griffiths, F Brian ^c,d   Fripiat, François ^b,e   Jacquet, Stéphanie H M ^a   Westwood, Karen J ^d,f   Dehairs, Frank ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian sector; F ratio; Gross primary production; New production; Polar Frontal Zone; Southern Ocean; Sub Antarctic Zone

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN SECTOR; F-RATIO; FRONTAL ZONES; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NEW PRODUCTION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUB-ANTARCTIC ZONE;

EXPERIMENTS; NITRATES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; GRAZING PRESSURE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POLAR FRONT;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMANIA;

EID: 80052768671     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Arrigo K.R., van Dijken G.L., Bushinsky S. Primary production in the Southern Ocean, 1997-2006. Journal of Geophysical Research 2008, 113:C08004. 10.1029/2007JC004551.
2. Bowie A.R., Lannuzel D., Remenyi T., Wagener T., Lam P.J., Boyd P.W., Guieu C., Townsend A.T., Trull T.W. Biogeochemical iron budgets of the Southern Ocean south of Australia: decoupling of iron and nutrient cycles in the subantarctic zone by the summertime supply. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2009, 23. 10.1029/2009GB003500.
3. Bowie A.R., Griffiths F.B., Dehairs F., Trull T.W. Estimating the sensitivity of the subantarctic zone to environmental change: the SAZ-Sense. Deep-Sea Research II 2011, 58:2051-2058.
4. Boyd P.W., LaRoche J., Gall M., Frew R., McKay R.M.L. Role of iron, light, and silicate in controlling algal biomass in subantarctic waters SE of New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research 1999, 104:13,395-13,408.
5. Boyd P.W., Crossley A.C., DiTullio G.R., Griffiths F.B., Hutchins D.A., Quéguiner B., Sedwick P.N., Trull T.W. Control of phytoplankton growth by iron supply and irradiance in the Subantarctic Southern Ocean: experimental results from the SAZ Project. Journal of Geophysical Research 2001, 106:31573-31585.
6. Boyd P.W., Trull T.W. Understanding the export of biogenic particles in oceanic waters: is there a consensus?. Progress in Oceanography 2007, 72:276-312.
7. Boyd P.W., Doney S.C., Strzepek R., Dusenberry J., Lindsay K., Fung I. Climate-mediated changes to mixed-layer properties in the Southern Ocean: assessing the phytoplankton response. Biogeosciences 2008, 5:847-864.
8. Brzezinski M.A., Dickson M.-L., Nelson D.M., Sambrotto R. Ratios of Si, C and N uptake by microplankton in the Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II 2003, 50:619-633.
9. Brzezinski M.A., Pride C.J., Franck V.M., Sigman D.M., Sarmiento J.L., Matsumoto K., Gruber N., Rau G.H., Coale K.H. A switch from Si(OH)4 to NO3- depletion in the glacial Southern Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters 2002, 29(1-4):1564. 10.1029/2001GL014349.
10. Buesseler K.O., Lamborg C.H., Boyd P.W., Lam P.J., Trull T.W., Bidigare R.R., Bishop J.K.B., Casciotti K.L., Dehairs F., Elskens M., Honda M., Karl D.M., Siegel D.A., Silver M.W., Steinberg D.K., Valdes J., Van Mooy B., Wilson S. Revisiting carbon flux through the Ocean's twilight zone. Science 2008, 316:567-570.
11. Buesseler K.O. The de-coupling of production and particulate export in the surface ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 1998, 12:297-310.
12. Cassar N., Bender M.L., Barnett B.A., Fan S., Moxim W.J., Levy H., Tilbrook B. The Southern Ocean biological Response to Aeolian Iron Deposition. Science 2007, 317:1067. 10.1126/science.1144602.
13. Clementson L.A., Parslow J.S., Griffiths F.B., Lyne V.D., Mackey D.J., Harris G.P., McKenzie D.C., Bonham P.I., Rathbone C.A., Rintoul S. Controls on phytoplankton production in the Australian sector of the subtropical convergence. Deep-Sea Research I 1998, 45:1627-1661.
14. Cullen J.J. The deep chlorophyll maximum: comparing vertical profiles of chlorophyll-a. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1982, 39:791-803.
15. de Salas M.F., Eriksen R., Davidsen A.T., Wright S.W. Protistan communities in the Australian sector of the Sub-Antarctic zone during SAZ-Sense. Deep-Sea Research II 2011, 58:2135-2149.
16. DiFiore P.J., Sigman D.M., Dunbar R.B. Upper ocean nitrogen fluxes in the Polar Antarctic Zone: constraints from the nitrogen and oxygen isotopes of nitrate. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2009, 10. 10.1029/2009GC002468.
17. Dortch Q. The interaction between ammonium and nitrate uptake in phytoplankton. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 1990, 61:183-201.
18. Dugdale R.C., Wilkerson F. Nutrient limitation of new production in the sea. Primary Production and Biogeochemical Cycles in the Sea 1992, Plenum Press, New York. P.G. Falkowski, A.D. Woodhead (Eds.).
19. Dugdale R.C., Goering J.J. Uptake of new and regenerated form of nitrogen in primary productivity. Limnology and Oceanography 1967, 12:196-206.
20. Elskens M., Brion N., Beusseler K., van Mooy B.A.S., Boyd P.W., Dehairs F., Savoye N., Baeyens W. Primary, new and export production in the NW Pacific subarctic gyre during the vertigo K2 experiments. Deep-Sea Research II 2008, 55:1594-1604.
21. Elskens M., Baeyens W., Brion N., De Galan S., Goeyens L., de Brauwere A. Reliability of N flux rates estimated from 15N enrichment and dilution experiments in aquatic systems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2005, 19:GB4028.
22. Elskens M., Baeyens W., Cattaldo T., Dehairs F. N uptake conditions during summer in the Subantarctic and Polar Frontal Zones of the Australian sector of the Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research 2002, 107:3182-3193.
23. Eppley R.W., Peterson B.J. Particulate organic matter flux and planktonic new production in the deep ocean. Nature 1979, 282:677-680.
24. Falkowski P.G. Evolution of the nitrogen cycle and its influence on the biological sequestration of CO2 in the ocean. Nature 1997, 387:272-275.
25. Franck V.M., Bruland K.W., Huchtins D.A., Brzezinski M.A. Iron and zinc effects on silicic acid and nitrate uptake kinetic in three high-nutrient, low chlorophyll (HNLC) regions. Marine-Ecology Progress Series 2003, 252:15-33.
26. Fripiat, F., Leblanc, K., Elskens, M., Cavagna, A.-J., Armand, L., André, A., Dehairs, F., Cardinal, D., Efficient silicon recycling in summer in both the Polar Frontal and Subantarctic Zones of the Southern Ocean. Marine-Ecology Progress Series, in press, http://doi:10.3354/meps09237.
27. Geider R.J., MacIntyre H.L. Physiology and biochemistry of photosynthesis and algal carbon acquisition. Phytoplankton Productivity Carbon Assimilation in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 2002, 44-77. Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford. P.J. Williams, B. Le, D.N. Thomas, C.S. Reynolds (Eds.).
28. Glibert P.M., Capone D.G. Mineralization and assimilation in aquatic, sediment and wetland systems. Nitrogen Isotope Techniques 1993, 243-272. Elsevier, New York. R. Knowles, T.H. Blackburn (Eds.).
29. Goeyens L., Semeneh M., Baumann M.E.M., Elskens M., Shopova D., Dehairs F. Phytoplanktonic nutrient utilization and nutrient signature in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems 1998, 17:143-157.
30. Griffiths F.B., Bates T.S., Quinn P.Q., Clementson L.A., Parslow J.S. Oceanographic context of the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 1): a physical, chemical and biological overview. Journal of Geophysical Research 1999, 104:21,649-21,671.
31. Heinze C. Assessing the importance of the Southern Ocean for natural atmospheric pCO2 variations with a global biogeochemical general circulation model. Deep-Sea Research II 2002, 49:3105-3125.
32. Henson S.A., Sarmiento J.L., Dunne J.P., Bopp L., Lima I., Doney S.C., John J., Beaulieu C. Detection of anthropogenic climate change in satellite records of ocean chlorophyll and productivity. Biogeosciences 2010, 7:621-640.
33. Herraiz-Borreguero L., Rintoul S.R. Regional circulation and its impact on upper ocean variability south of Tasmania. Deep-Sea Research II 2011, 58:2071-2081.
34. Honjo S., Manganini S.J., Krishfield R.A., François R. Particulate carbon fluxes to the ocean interior and factors controlling the biological pump: a synthesis of global sediment trap programs since 1983. Progress in Oceanography 2008, 76:217-285.
35. Jacquet S.H.M., Lam P.J., Trull T.W., Dehairs F. Carbon export production in the Sub-Antarctic Zone and Polar Frontal Zone south of Tasmania. Deep-Sea Research II 2011, 58:2277-2292.
36. Jacquet S.H.M., Dehairs F., Dumont I., Becquevort S., Cavagna A.J., Cardinal D. Twilight zone organic carbon remineralization in the Polar Frontal Zone and Sub-Antarctic Zone south of Tasmania. Deep-Sea Research II 2011, 58:2222-2234.
37. Jones G.B., Curran M.A.J., Swan H.B., Greene R.M., Griffiths F.B., Clementson L.A. Influence of different water masses and biological activity on dimethylsulphide and dimethylsulphoniopropionate in the subantarctic zone of the Southern Ocean during ACE I. Journal of Geophysical Research 1998, 103:16691-16701.
38. Kawakami H., Honda M.C. Time-series observation of POC fluxes estimated from 234Th in the northwestern north pacific. Deep-Sea Research I 2007, 54:1070-1090.
39. Knap, A., Michaels, A., Close, A., Ducklow, H., Dickson, A. (Eds), 1994. Protocols for the Joint Global Ocean Flux Studies (JGOFS) Core Measurements. Report, U.N. Educ. Sci. and Cult. Org., Geneva, vol. 19, 170 pp.
40. Lam P.J., Bishop J.K.B. High biomass, low export regimes in the Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II 2007, 54:601-638.
41. Lannuzel D., Bowie A.R., Remenyi T., Lam P.J., Townsend A., Ibisanmi E., Butler E., Wagener T., Schoemann V. Distributions of dissolved and particulate iron in the Subantarctic and Polar Frontal Southern Ocean (Australian sector). Deep-Sea Research II 2011, 58:2094-2112.
42. Leblanc K., Quéguiner B., Fiala M., Blain S., Morvan J., Corvaisier R. Particulate biogenic silica and carbon production rates and particulate matter distribution in the Indian sector of the Subantarctic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II 2002, 49:3189-3206.
43. Le Quéré C., Rödenbeck E.T., Buitenhuis T.J., Conway R., Langenfelds A., Gomez C., Labuschagne M., Ramonet T., Nakazawa N., Metzl N., Gillett, Heimann M. Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO2 sink due to recent climate change. Science 2007, 316:1735-1738.
44. Lomas M.W., Steinberg D.K., Dickey T., Carlson C.A., Nelson N.B., Condon R.H., Bates N.R. Increased ocean carbon export in the Sargasso Sea linked to climate variability is countered by its enhanced mesopelagic attenuation. Biogeosciences 2010, 7:57-70.
45. Lourey M.J., Trull T.W. Seasonal nutrient depletion and carbon export in the Subantarctic and Polar Frontal Zones of the Southern Ocean south of Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research 2001, 106:31,463-31,487.
46. Mackie D.S., Boyd P.H., McTainsh G.H., Tindale N.W., Westberry T.K., Hunter H.A. Biogeochemistry of iron in Australian dust: from eolian uplift to marine uptake. Geochemistry Geophysics and Geosystems 2008, 9:Q03Q08. 10.1029/2007GC001813.
47. Marinov I., Gnanadesikan A., Sarmiento J.L., Toggweiler J.R., Follows M., Mignone B.K. Impact of oceanic circulation on biological carbon storage in the ocean and atmospheric pCO2. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2008, 22:GB3007. 10.1029/2007GB002958.
48. Mongin M., Matear R., Chamberlain M. Seasonal and spatial variability of remotely sensed Chlorophyll and physical fields in the SAZ-Sense region. Deep-Sea Research II 2011, 58:2082-2093.
49. Parslow J.S., Boyd P.W., Rintoul S.R., Griffiths F.B. A persistent subsurface chlorophyll maximum in the Interpolar Frontal Zone south of Australia: seasonal progression and implications for phytoplankton light-nutrient interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research 2001, 106(C12):31543-31557.
50. Pearce I., Davidson A.T., Thomson P.G., Wright S.W., van den Enden R. Marine microbial ecology in the Sub-Antarctic Zone: rates of bacterial and phytoplankton growth and grazing by heterotrophic protists. Deep-Sea Research II 2011, 58:2248-2259.
51. Quéguiner B. Biogenic silica production in the Australian sector of the Subantarctic Zone of the Southern Ocean in late summer 1998. Journal of Geophysical Research 2001, 106:31,627-31,636.
52. Rintoul S.R., Trull T.W. Seasonal evolution of the mixed layer in the Subantarctic Zone south of Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research 2001, 106:31,447-31,462.
53. Sabine C.L., Feely R.A., Gruber N., Key R.M., Lee K., Bullister J.L., Wanninkhof R., Wong C.S., Wallace D.W.R., Tilbrook B., Millero F.J., Peng T.-H., Kozyr A., Ono T., Rios A.F. The oceanic sink for anthropogenic CO2. Science 2004, 305:367-371.
54. Safi K.A., Griffiths F.B., Hall J.A. Microzooplankton composition, biomass and grazing rates along the WOCE SR3 line between Tasmania and Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research I 2007, 54:1025-1041. 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.05.003.
55. Sambrotto R.N., Mace B.J. Coupling of biological and physical regimes across the Antarctic Polar Front as reflected by nitrogen production and recycling. Deep-Sea Research II 2000, 47:3339-3367.
56. Sanders R., Morris P.J., Stinchcombe M., Seeyave S., Venables H., Lucas M. New production and the f-ratio around the Crozet Plateau in austral summer 2004-2005 diagnosed from seasonal changes in inorganic nutrient levels. Deep-Sea Research II 2007, 54:2191-2207.
57. Sarmiento J.L., Gruber N., Brzezinski M.A., Dunne J.P. High-latitude controls of thermocline nutrients and low latitude biological productivity. Nature 2004, 427:56-60.
58. Sarmiento J.L., Slater R., Barber R., Bopp L., Doney S.C., Hirst A.C., Kleypas J., Matear R., Mikolajewicz U., Monfray P., Soldatov V., Spall S.A., Stouffer R. Response of ocean ecosystems to climate warming. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2004, 18:GB3003. 10.1029/2003GB002134.
59. Sarmiento J.L., Simeon J., Gnanadesikan A., Gruber N., Key R.M., Schlitzer R. Deep ocean biogeochemistry of silicic acid and nitrate. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2007, 21:GB1S90. 10.1029/2006GB002720.
60. Savoye N., Dehairs F., Elskens M., Cardinal D., Kopczyńska E.E., Trull T.W., Wright S., Baeyens W., Griffiths B.F. Regional variation of spring N-uptake and new production in the Southern Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters 2004, 31:L03301.
61. Sedwick P.N., DiTullio G.R., Hutchins D.A., Boyd P.W., Griffiths F.B., Crossley A.C., Trull T.W., Quéguiner B. Limitation of algal growth by iron deficiency in the Australian Subantarctic region. Geophysical Research Letters 1999, 26:2865-2868.
62. Semeneh M., Dehairs F., Lancelot C., Baumann M.E.M., Kopczyńska E., Elskens M., Goeyens L. Nitrogen uptake regime and phytoplankton community structure in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems 1998, 17:159-177.
63. Sigman D.M., Boyle E.A. Glacial/interglacial variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Nature 2000, 407:859-869.
64. Steinberg D.K., van Mooy B.A.S., Buesseler K.O., Boyd P.W., Kobari T., Karl D.M. Bacterial vs. zooplankton control of sinking particle flux in the ocean's twilight zone. Limnology and Oceanography 2008, 53:1327-1338.
65. Takahashi T., Sutherland S.C., Sweeney C., Poisson A., Metzl N., Tilbrook B., Bates N., Wanninkhof R., Feely R.A., Sabine C., Olafsson J., Nojiri Y. Global sea-air CO2 flux based on climatological surface ocean pCO2 and seasonal biological and temperature effects. Deep-Sea Research II 2002, 49:1601-1622.
66. Timmermans K.R., Stolte W., de Baar H.J.W. Iron-mediated effects on nitrate reductase in marine phytoplankton. Marine Biology 1994, 121:389-396.
67. Toggweiler J.R., Dixon K., Broecker W.S. The Peru upwelling and the ventilation of the South Pacific thermocline. Journal of Geophysical Research 1991, 96:20,467-20,497.
68. Trull T.W., Davies D., Casciotti K. Insights into nutrient assimilation and export in naturally iron-fertilized waters of the Southern Ocean from nitrogen, carbon and oxygen isotopes. Deep-Sea Research II 2008, 55:820-840.
69. Westwood K.J., Griffiths F.B., Webb J.P., Wright S.W. Primary production in the Sub-Antarctic and Polar Frontal zones south of Tasmania, Australia; SAZ-Sense survey 2007. Deep-Sea Research II 2011, 58:2162-2178.
70. Wheeler P.A., Kirchman D.L., Landry M.R., Kokkinakis S.A. Diel periodicity in ammonium uptake and regeneration in the oceanic subarctic Pacific: implications for interactions in microbial food webs. Limnology and Oceanography 1989, 34:1025-1033.
71. Yool A., Martin A.P., Fernández C., Clark D.R. The significance of nitrification for oceanic new production. Nature 2007, 447:999-1002. 10.1038/nature05885.