scholarly journals The conservative behavior of dissolved organic carbon in surface waters of the southern Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean, during early summer

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuki Tanaka ◽  
Nobuyuki Takesue ◽  
Jun Nishioka ◽  
Yoshiko Kondo ◽  
Atsushi Ooki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Organic Carbon ◽  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Chukchi Sea ◽  
Early Summer

scholarly journals Towards an assessment of riverine dissolved organic carbon in surface waters of the Western Arctic Ocean based on remote sensing and biogeochemical modeling

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Le Fouest ◽  
Atsushi Matsuoka ◽  
Manfredi Manizza ◽  
Mona Shernetsky ◽  
Bruno Tremblay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Organic Carbon ◽  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Coupled Model ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Optical Remote Sensing ◽  
Western Arctic ◽  
Future Work

Abstract. Future climate warming of the Arctic could potentially enhance the load of riverine dissolved organic carbon (RDOC) of Arctic rivers due to increased carbon mobilization within watersheds. A greater flux of RDOC might thus impact the biogeochemical processes of the coastal Arctic Ocean (AO). In this study, we show that estimates of RDOC concentrations in the surface waters of the Canadian Beaufort Sea computed for 2003–2011 by both optical remote sensing and a physical-biogeochemical coupled model compare favorably. Our results suggest that, over spring-summer, RDOC contributes to 35 % of primary production and that an equivalent of ~ 10 % of the riverine RDOC is exported westwards with a potential for fueling the biological production of the eastern Alaskan nearshore waters. The combination of model and satellite data can be extended to the entire AO to quantify the expected changes in RDOC fluxes and their potential impact on AO biogeochemistry. This is left for future work.

scholarly journals Distribution and bacterial availability of dissolved neutral sugars in the South East Pacific

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1165-1173 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sempéré ◽  
M. Tedetti ◽  
C. Panagiotopoulos ◽  
B. Charrière ◽  
F. Van Wambeke
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Organic Carbon ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Detectable Effect ◽  
Neutral Sugar ◽  
The South ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
Significant Stimulation ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Neutral Sugars

Abstract. The distribution and bacterial availability of dissolved neutral sugars were studied in the South East Pacific from October to December 2004 during the BIOSOPE cruise. Four contrasting stations were investigated: Marquesas Islands (MAR), the hyper-oligotrophic South Pacific Gyre (GYR), the eastern part of the Gyre (EGY), and the coastal waters associated to the upwelling area off Chile (UPW). Total (free and combined) dissolved neutral sugar (TDNS) concentrations were in the same order of magnitude at MAR (387±293 nM), GYR (206±107 nM), EGY (269±175 nM), and UPW (231±73 nM), with the highest and lowest concentrations found at MAR (30 m, 890 nM) and EGY (250 m, 58 nM), respectively. Their contribution to dissolved organic carbon (TDNS-C×DOC−1%) was generally low for all sites varying from 0.4% to 6.7% indicating that South East Pacific surface waters were relatively poor in neutral sugars. Free dissolved neutral sugar (FDNS; e.g. sugars analyzed without hydrolysis) concentrations were very low within the detection limit of our method (5–10 nM) accounting for <5% of the TDNS. In general, the predominant sugars within the TDNS pool were glucose, xylose, arabinose, and galactose, while in the FDNS pool only glucose was present. TDNS stock to bacterial production ratios (integrated values from the surface to the deep chlorophyll maximum) were high at GYR with respect to the low primary production, whereas the opposite trend was observed in the highly productive area of UPW. Intermediate situations were observed for MAR and EGY. Bioavailability of dissolved organic matter (DOM) exposed to natural solar radiation was also experimentally studied and compared to dark treatments. Our results showed no or little detectable effect of sunlight on DOM bacterial assimilation in surface waters of UPW and GYR, while a significant stimulation was found in MAR and EGY. The overall results clearly suggest that DOM is less labile at GYR compared to UPW, which is consistent with the observed accumulation of dissolved organic carbon and the elevated C/N ratios reported by Raimbault et al. (2008).

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