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TI Sedimentation pathways in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during a production regime dominated by regeneration
BT 
AF CAILLIAU, C
   BELVISO, S
   GOUTX, M
   BEDO, A
   PARK, Y
   CHARRIAUD, E
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:5;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;
C1 UPMC, CNRS, INSU, LPCM, F-06230 Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
   CNRS, UMR CEA, LSCE, F-91198 Gif Sur Yvette, France.
   CNRS, EP 2032, LMM, F-13288 Marseille 9, France.
   LOBE, Stn Zool, F-06230 Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
   LOP, F-75005 Paris, France.
C2 UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   LOBE, FRANCE
   LOP, FRANCE
IF 1.928
TC 17
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00240/35083/33651.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR ANTARES 2-MD78/ANTARFIX 4
BO Marion Dufresne
DE ;antarctic;austral ocean;sediment traps;diel cycles;phytoplankton;pigments;lipids;DMSP;DMS
AB During summer 1994, the production regime at 2 sites located in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean, one in the Permanent Open Ocean Zone (POOZ) at 52 degrees S, and a second in the Seasonal Ice Zone (SIZ) at 63 degrees S, was dominated by regeneration (0.3 < f-ratio < 0.4). Two time series, each of about 4 d, were performed over pre-determined time intervals of 4 h using a free-floating sediment trap set at 200 m at the 2 sites. Hourly variations of C, N, chlorophyll a (chl a) and its degradation products, taxon-specific pigments, lipid classes and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) were measured simultaneously. Measurements in the water column were done during the sediment trap drifting. Fucoxanthin, a typical diatom pigment, was the major accessory pigment found in the trap material at the 2 stations, whereas, in the water column, the phytoplankton was dominated by flagellates in the POOZ and diatoms in the SIZ. This suggests selective grazing of diatoms by zooplankton and/or mass sinking of diatoms, at least in the POOZ. However, since the set of compounds exhibited strong diel cycles in the POOZ, the export flux appears to mainly result from the zooplankton. The results are ambiguous as to whether the intensified sedimentation at night resulted from vertical migration of euphausiids, since copepods crossing the pycnocline were rare, and/or the nocturnal increase of feeding activity of copepods and microzooplankton. At the SIZ, diatoms dominated in the mixed layer and at the deep phytoplankton maximum (DPM) located at the depth of the temperature minimum (50 to 100 m). However, pigment signature in the trap material suggested the selective sedimentation of nanoflagellates (essentially pelagophytes). Correspondingly, there was high proportions of sterols up to 40% in the trap material. The diel variations somewhat resembling POOZs, the low chi a-to-phaeopigments ratio and the presence of phaeopigments in their most degraded forms were strong indications of the key role played by zooplankton in the export fluxes in the SIZ. Hence, the selective feeding of phytoplankton by zooplankton strongly influenced the sedimentation pathways in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean. Additionally, DMSP, which is produced by phytoplankton in superficial waters, is shown to be as labile as chi a when processed by grazers.
PY 1999
SO Marine Ecology Progress Series
SN 0171-8630
PU Inter-research
VL 190
UT 000084553000005
BP 53
EP 67
DI 10.3354/meps190053
ID 35083
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