NCP ( mmol O 2 m -2 d -1 )
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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
Aristegui
Arístegui et al. 2009
CAIBEX: Shelf –ocean exchanges in the Canaries- Iberian LargeMarine Ecosystem
Background
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
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.
Methods
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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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Microbial plankton biomass
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Production / respiration balance
NCP
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Organic carbonPhytoplanktonic carbonDiatom carbon
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Conclusions
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NCP (g C m-2 d-1) A
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Conclusions
NCP 0.5 ±0.5
Respiration0.5 ±0.3
Respiration0.07 ±0.03
Carbon flux0.29 ±0.02
DOWNWELLING SEASON
58%
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NCP 2.1 ±2.0
Respiration0.9 ±1.0
Respiration0.2 ±0.1
Carbon flux0.4 ±0.2
UPWELLING SEASON
apho
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neph
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zone
19%
70%
50%
Conclusions
g C m-2 d-1
Thank you for your attention