期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 113, 期 38, 页码 10497-10502出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605344113
关键词
DOC; new nutrients; net community production; Atlantic; surface ocean
资金
- Spanish government
- US National Science Foundation [OCE1436748]
- US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research, under SciDAC Award [DE-SC0012550]
- Division Of Ocean Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1436748] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0012550] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
The inventories of carbon residing in organic matter dissolved in the ocean [dissolved organic carbon (DOC)] and in the atmosphere as CO2 are of the same order of magnitude, such that small changes in the DOC pool could have important consequences in atmospheric carbon and thus climate. DOC in the global ocean is largely formed in the sunlit euphotic zone, but identifying predictable controls on that production is an important yet unrealized goal. Here, we use a testable and causative correlation between the net production of DOC and the consumption of new nutrients in the euphotic zone of the Atlantic Ocean. We demonstrate that new nutrients introduced to the euphotic zone by upwelling in divergence zones and by winter convective overturn of the water column, and the primary production associated with those nutrients, are the ultimate driver of DOC distributions across the Atlantic basins. As new nutrient input will change with a changing climate, the role of DOC in the ocean's biological pump should likewise be impacted.
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