FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Carbon, oxygen and biological productivity in the Southern Ocean in and out the Kerguelen plume: CARIOCA drifter results BT AF MERLIVAT, L. BOUTIN, J. D'OVIDIO, F. AS 1:1;2:1;3:1; FF 1:;2:;3:; C1 Univ Paris 06, Univ Paris 04, LOCEAN Lab, CNRS,IRD,MNHN, F-75005 Paris, France. C2 UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE IN DOAJ IF 3.7 TC 4 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00291/40254/38633.pdf LA English DT Article CR MD 145 / KEOPS MD 188 / KEOPS 2 OISO 8 OISO1 OISO2 OISO3-NIVMER98 OISO4 (VT 46) OISO5 (VT 49) VT 105 / OISO 17 VT 108 / OISO-18 VT 114 / OISO-19 VT 117 / OISO-20 VT 120 / OISO-21 VT 127 / OISO-22 VT 136 / OISO-23 VT 51 / OISO 6 VT 57 / OISO 9 VT 60 / CARAUS - OISO 10 VT 62 / CARAUS - OISO 11 VT 79 / OISO 12 VT 80 / OISO 13 VT 81 / OISO 14 VT 85 / OISO 15 VT 94 / OISO 16 BO Marion Dufresne AB The Kerguelen Plateau region in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean supports annually a large-scale phytoplankton bloom which is naturally fertilized with iron. As part of the second Kerguelen Ocean and Plateau compared Study expedition (KEOPS2) in austral spring (OctoberNovember 2011), one CARbon Interface OCean Atmosphere (CARIOCA) buoy was deployed east of the Kerguelen Plateau. It drifted eastward downstream along the Kerguelen plume. Hourly surface measurements of pCO(2), O-2 and ancillary observations were collected between 1 November 2011 and 12 February 2012 with the aim of characterizing the spatial and temporal variability of the biological net community production, NCP, downstream the Kerguelen Plateau, assessing the impact of iron-induced productivity on the biological inorganic carbon consumption and consequently on the CO2 flux exchanged at the air-sea interface. The trajectory of the buoy up to mid-December was within the longitude range 72-83 degrees E, close to the polar front and then in the polar frontal zone, PFZ, up to 97 degrees E. From 17 November to 16 December, the buoy drifted within the Kerguelen plume following a filament carrying dissolved iron, DFe, for a total distance of 700 km. In the first part of the trajectory of the buoy, within the iron plume, the ocean surface waters were always a sink for CO2 and a source for O-2, with fluxes of respective mean values equal to -8 mmol CO2 and +38 mmol O-2 m(-2) d(-1). To the east, as the buoy escaped the iron-enriched filament, the fluxes were in the opposite direction, with respective mean values of +5 mmol CO2 and 48 mmol O-2 m(-2) d(-1). These numbers clearly indicate the strong impact of biological processes on the biogeochemistry in the surface waters within the Kerguelen plume in November-mid-December, while it is undetectable to the east in the PFZ from mid-December to mid-February. While the buoy follows the Feenriched filament, simultaneous observations of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and dissolved oxygen (O-2) highlight biological events lasting from 2 to 4 days. Stoichiometric ratios, O-2 = C, between 1.1 and 1.4 are observed indicating new and regenerated production regimes. NCP estimates range from 60 to 140 mmol C m(-2) d(-1). PY 2015 SO Biogeosciences SN 1726-4170 PU Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh VL 12 IS 11 UT 000356179800022 BP 3513 EP 3524 DI 10.5194/bg-12-3513-2015 ID 40254 ER EF