Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Nov 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996gecoa..60.4509o&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 60, Issue 22, pp.4509-4523
Mathematics
Logic
16
Scientific paper
We assess the utility of four species of living planktonic foraminifera as tracers of thermocline and intermediate water masses in the northern Pacific Ocean, based on their water-column distribution and shell isotopic composition. Assuming oxygen isotopic equilibria with the water column, we infer apparent calcification depths. This allows an estimate of apparent carbon isotopic disequilibria. We then relax the assumption of oxygen isotopic equilibrium to examine habitat effects on kinetic disequilibrium processes. In the California Current, left-coiling Neogloboquadrina pachyderma and Globigerina calida calcify in the upper thermocline. Globorotalia scitula resides within the Shallow Salinity Minumum (potential density = 25.1-26.7), while Globoquadrina hexagona is associated with the deeper, North Pacific Intermediate Water ( = 26.7-26.9). Apparent carbon isotopic disequilibria corrected for oxygen isotopic disequilibria, range from 1.0-1.9 in these asymbiotic species. The carbon isotopic disequilibrium can be modeled as a single exponential function of temperature or a logarithmic function of potential food supply. We infer that carbon isotopic disequilibrium increases with metabolic rate, related to temperature and/or food supply. Kinetic processes of oxygen and carbon isotopic disequilibria yields reasonable depth habitats if the slope of the oxygen:carbon isotopic shift is about 0.35, consistent with culture data. Our finding of a link between environment, metabolism, and isotopic disequilibrium observed in oceanic settings suggests the potential to better reconstruct the structure and biological processes of the upper water column from geologic data.
Collier Robert W.
Mix Alan C.
Ortiz J. D.
Rugh W.
Watkins James M.
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