Seasonality in Southern Ocean isoscapes

Type Article
Date 2020-12
Language English
Author(s) St. John Glew Katie1, Espinasse BorisORCID2, Hunt Brian P. V.ORCID3, 4, 5, Pakhomov Evgeny A3, 4, 5, Bury Sarah J6, Pinkerton Matt H6, Nodder Scott D6, Gutierrez-Rodriguez AndresORCID6, Safi Karl7, Brown Julie C.S.6, Graham LauraORCID8, 9, Dunbar Robert BORCID10, Mucciarone David A.10, Magozzi Sarah11, Somes Christopher J.ORCID12, Trueman Clive1, 13
Affiliation(s) 1 : School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3UH, UK
2 : Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
3 : Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
4 : Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
5 : Hakai Institute, Tula Foundation, Heriot Bay BC, V0P 1H0, Canada
6 : National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA), Greta Point, 301 Evans Bay Parade, Hataitai, Wellington, New-Zealand, 6021
7 : National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA), Gate 10 Silverdale Road, Hillcrest, Hamilton 3216
8 : Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
9 : Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Group, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
10 : Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
11 : Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Fano Marine Centre, viale Adriatico 1-N, 61032 Fano, Italy
12 : Marine Biogeochemical Modelling,GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
13 : Hong Kong Branch of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Hong Kong, China
Source ESS Open Archive (Wiley), 2020-12 , P. 42p.
DOI 10.1002/essoar.10505064.1
Note This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary.
Keyword(s) Stable isotopes, δ13C and δ15N, POM, Bayesian spatial modelling, migration pathways, trophic baseline
Abstract

Polar marine ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Warming temperatures, freshening seawater and disruption to sea ice formation potentially all have detrimental cascading effects on food webs. New approaches are needed to better understand spatio-temporal interactions among biogeochemical processes at the base of Southern Ocean food webs, and how these interactions vary seasonally. In marine systems, isoscapes (models of the spatial variation in the stable isotopic composition) of carbon and nitrogen identify the spatial expression of varying biogeochemical processes on nutrient utilization by phytoplankton. Isoscapes also provide a baseline for interpreting stable isotope compositions of higher trophic level animals in movement, migration and diet research. Here we produce carbon and nitrogen isoscapes across the entire Southern Ocean (>40°S) using surface particulate organic matter (POM) isotope data, collected from multiple sources over the past 50 years and throughout the annual cycle. We use Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation (INLA)-based approaches to predict mean annual isoscapes and four seasonal isoscapes using a suite of environmental data as predictor variables. Clear spatial gradients in δ13C and δ15N values were predicted across the Southern Ocean, consistent with previous statistical and mechanistic isoscape views of isotopic variability in this region. We identify strong seasonal variability in both carbon and nitrogen isoscapes, with key implications for the use of static or annual average isoscape baselines in animal studies attempting to document seasonal migratory or foraging behaviours.

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St. John Glew Katie, Espinasse Boris, Hunt Brian P. V., Pakhomov Evgeny A, Bury Sarah J, Pinkerton Matt H, Nodder Scott D, Gutierrez-Rodriguez Andres, Safi Karl, Brown Julie C.S., Graham Laura, Dunbar Robert B, Mucciarone David A., Magozzi Sarah, Somes Christopher J., Trueman Clive (2020). Seasonality in Southern Ocean isoscapes. ESS Open Archive, 42p. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10505064.1 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00848/95996/