NCP ( mmol O 2 m -2 d -1 )

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nov dic ene feb m ar abr m ay jun jul ago sep oct nov dic 0 100 200 300 400 500 N C P ( m m o l O 2 m - 2 d - 1 ) B P ( m m o l C m 2 d - 1 ) nov dic ene feb m ar abr m ay jun jul ago sep oct nov dic 0 20 40 60 80 100 bacterialproduction prim ary production 0 20 40 60 80 100 NET ECOSYSTEM METABOLISM IN THE NW IBERIAN UPWELLING SYSTEM ON AN ANNUAL CYCLE C.G.Castro, Arbones B, Alvarez-Salgado XA, Alonso-Pérez F, Froján M, Zúñiga D, Teixeira IG, and Figueiras FG Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC) The 45 th International Liège Colloquium 13 th – 17 th May 2013

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The 45 th International Liège Colloquium 13 th – 17 th May 2013. NET ECOSYSTEM METABOLISM IN THE NW IBERIAN UPWELLING SYSTEM ON AN ANNUAL CYCLE C.G.Castro , Arbones B, Alvarez-Salgado XA, Alonso- Pérez F, Froján M, Zúñiga D, Teixeira IG, and Figueiras FG - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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NET ECOSYSTEM METABOLISM IN THE NW IBERIAN UPWELLING SYSTEM

ON AN ANNUAL CYCLE

C.G.Castro, Arbones B, Alvarez-Salgado XA, Alonso-Pérez F, Froján M, Zúñiga D, Teixeira IG, and Figueiras FG

Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC)

The 45th International Liège Colloquium13th – 17th May 2013

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Aristegui

Arístegui et al. 2009

CAIBEX: Shelf –ocean exchanges in the Canaries- Iberian LargeMarine Ecosystem

Background

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Northern boundary of the Canary Current upwelling system

Seasonal variation: Upwelling: April to SeptemberDownwelling: October to March

Ex(103 m3 s-1 Km-1)

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Upwelling index (1987-2004)

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UPWELLING

Background

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DOWNWELLING

Upwelling index (103 m3 s-1 Km-1)

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Background

High rates of primary production during the upwelling period (2.5 g C m-2 d-1), dominated by large – sized diatoms (Varela et al., 1991; Teira et al., 2001; Figueiras et al., 2001; Tilstone et al., 2003)

Espinoza et al. 2012

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Objectives

To study the fate of fixed carbon based on direct measurements of

gross primary production, pelagic respiration and vertical export of

organic matter and explore the linkage between Production /

Respiration balance and size structure and composition of the

microbial plankton community.

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Methods

Courtesy of RMS from PML

SEAWATER SAMPLES for:

-Nutrients-Size –fractionated chlorophyll (0.2, 2, & 20 µm)-Pico-, Nano- and Microplankton biomass

Net Community Production (NCP) and Community Respiration (CR) by in situ 24 ligh-dark bottle oxygen incubations

Net primary production by in situ 24 incubations of C14

Bacterial production by leucine uptake

Vertical fluxes of organic carbon by in situ 24h deployment of a multitrap

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2008 2009

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Microbial plankton biomass

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Pico- Nano- Micro-

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Production / respiration balance

NCP

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NCP 0.5 ±0.5

Respiration0.5 ±0.3

Respiration0.07 ±0.03

Carbon flux0.29 ±0.02

DOWNWELLING SEASON

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NCP 2.1 ±2.0

Respiration0.9 ±1.0

Respiration0.2 ±0.1

Carbon flux0.4 ±0.2

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Conclusions

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Thank you for your attention