Type |
Article |
Date |
2021 |
Language |
English |
Author(s) |
Jacquet Stéphanie Hm1, Tamburini Christian1, Garel Marc1, Dufour Aurélie1, Van Vambeke France1, Le Moigne Frédéric Ac1, Bhairy Nagib1, Guasco Sophie1 |
Affiliation(s) |
1 : Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/INSU, Université de Toulon, IRD, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), UM 110, 13288 Marseille, France |
Source |
Biogeosciences (1726-4189) (Copernicus GmbH), 2021 , Vol. 18 , N. 22 , P. 5891-5902 |
DOI |
10.5194/bg-2020-271 |
Note |
Special issue | Atmospheric deposition in the low-nutrient-low-chlorophyll (LNLC) ocean: effects on marine life today and in the future (BG/ACP inter-journal SI)
Editor(s): Christine Klaas, Cecile Guieu, Karine Desboeufs, Jan-Berend Stuut, Mark Moore, Paraskevi Pitta, Silvia Becagli, and Chiara Santinelli
Special issue jointly organized between Biogeosciences and Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
Abstract |
We report on the sub-basins variability of particulate organic carbon (POC) remineralization in the central and western Mediterranean Sea during a late spring period (PEACETIME cruise). POC remineralization rates (MR) were estimated using the excess non-lithogenic particulate barium (Baxs) inventories in mesopelagic waters (100–1000 m) and compared with prokaryotic heterotrophic production (PHP). MR range from 25 ± 2 to 306 ± 70 mg C m−2 d−1. Results reveal larger MR processes in the Algerian (ALG) basin compared to the Tyrrhenian (TYR) and Ionian (ION) basins. Baxs inventories and PHP also indicates that significant remineralization occurs over the whole mesopelagic layers in the ALG basin in contrast to the ION and TYR basins where remineralization is mainly located in the upper 500 m horizon. We propose that this may be due to particle injection pumps likely driven by strong winter convection in the Western basin of the Mediterranean Sea. This implies significant differences in the remineralization length scale of POC in the central Mediterranean Sea relative to the western region. |
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12 |
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