Net community production in the North Atlantic Ocean derived from Volunteer Observing Ship data

Ostle, Clare; Johnson, Martin; Landschützer, Peter; Schuster, Ute; Hartman, Susan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6363-1331; Hull, Tom; Robinson, Carol. 2015 Net community production in the North Atlantic Ocean derived from Volunteer Observing Ship data. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29 (1). 80-95. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GB004868

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GB004868

Abstract/Summary

The magnitude of marine plankton net community production (NCP) is indicative of both the biologically driven exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the surface ocean and the export of organic carbon from the surface ocean to the ocean interior. In this study the seasonal variability in the NCP of five biogeochemical regions in the North Atlantic was determined from measurements of surface water dissolved oxygen and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) sampled from a Volunteer Observing Ship (VOS). The magnitude of NCP derived from dissolved oxygen measurements (NCPinline image) was consistent with previous geochemical estimates of NCP in the North Atlantic, with an average annual NCPinline image of 9.5 ± 6.5 mmol O2 m−2 d−1. Annual NCPinline image did not vary significantly over 35° of latitude and was not significantly different from NCP derived from DIC measurements (NCPDIC). The relatively simple method described here is applicable to any VOS route on which surface water dissolved oxygen concentrations can be accurately measured, thus providing estimates of NCP at higher spatial and temporal resolution than currently achieved.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GB004868
ISSN:	08866236
Additional Keywords:	marine plankton; net community production; dissolved oxygen; dissolved inorganic carbon; Atlantic Ocean; Volunteer Observing Ship
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences
Date made live:	27 Mar 2015 13:05 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510484

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GB004868

ISSN:

08866236

Additional Keywords:

marine plankton; net community production; dissolved oxygen; dissolved inorganic carbon; Atlantic Ocean; Volunteer Observing Ship

NORA Subject Terms:

Marine Sciences

Date made live:

27 Mar 2015 13:05 +0 (UTC)