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TI Multidecadal changes in biology influence the variability of the North Atlantic carbon sink
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AF OSTLE, Clare
   LANDSCHUETZER, Peter
   EDWARDS, Martin
   JOHNSON, Martin
   SCHMIDTKO, Sunke
   SCHUSTER, Ute
   WATSON, Andrew J.
   ROBINSON, Carol
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C1 The Marine Biological Association (MBA), The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, United Kingdom
   Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS), School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
   Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
   Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Jacobsenstraat 1, 8400 Ostend, Belgium
   Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth PL1 3DH, United Kingdom
   Marine Institute, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
   Bantry Marine Research Station, Gearhies, Co. Cork P75 AX07, Ireland
   Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Lowestoft NR33 0HT, United Kingdom
   GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
   College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QE, United Kingdom
C2 MARINE BIOL ASSOC MBA, UK
   UNIV EAST ANGLIA, UK
   MAX PLANCK INST METEOROL, GERMANY
   VLIZ, BELGIUM
   PML, UK
   UNIV PLYMOUTH, UK
   BANTRY MARINE RES STN, IRELAND
   CEFAS, UK
   IFM GEOMAR, GERMANY
   UNIV EXETER, UK
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IF 6.7
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UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00824/93591/100351.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR OISO - OCÉAN INDIEN SERVICE D'OBSERVATION
DE ;multidecadal;biology;influence;variability;North Atlantic;carbon sink;warming
AB The North Atlantic Ocean is the most intense marine sink for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) in the world's oceans, showing high variability and substantial changes over recent decades. However, the contribution of biology to the variability and trend of this sink is poorly understood. Here we use in situ plankton measurements, alongside observation-based sea surface CO2 data from 1982 to 2020, to investigate the biological influence on the CO2 sink. Our results demonstrate that long term variability in the CO2 sink in the North Atlantic is associated with changes in phytoplankton abundance and community structure. These data show that within the subpolar regions of the North Atlantic, phytoplankton biomass is increasing, while a decrease is observed in the subtropics, which supports model predictions of climate-driven changes in productivity. These biomass trends are synchronous with increasing temperature, changes in mixing and an increasing uptake of atmospheric CO2 in the subpolar North Atlantic. Our results highlight that phytoplankton play a significant role in the variability as well as the trends of the CO2 uptake from the atmosphere over recent decades. 
PY 2022
PD NOV
SO Environmental Research Letters
SN 1748-9326
PU Iop Publishing Ltd
VL 17
IS 11
UT 000885921100001
DI 10.1088/1748-9326/ac9ecf
ID 93591
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