Poleward decrease in the isotope effect of nitrate assimilation across the Southern Ocean

Details Poleward decrease in the isotope effect of nitrate assimilation across the Southern Ocean Poleward decrease in the isotope effect of nitrate assimilation across the Southern Ocean

Sep 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010georl..3717601d&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 37, Issue 17, CiteID L17601

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Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Stable Isotopes (0454, 1041), Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Nutrients And Nutrient Cycling (0470, 1050), Paleoceanography: Biogeochemical Cycles, Processes, And Modeling (0412, 0414, 0793, 1615, 4805), Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Phytoplankton, Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Biogeochemical Cycles, Processes, And Modeling (0412, 0414, 0793, 1615, 4912)

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Recent studies provide seasonally and spatially resolved information on the isotopic characteristics of nitrate supply and N cycling in Southern Ocean surface waters. The new data improve our understanding of the nitrate supply to the Antarctic surface and its isotopic characteristics, especially with regard to the summertime subsurface minimum temperature (Tmin) layer in the Antarctic. We use these findings to update and compile estimates of the N isotope effect of nitrate assimilation, $\varepsilon$, in the Southern Ocean near Australia. A poleward decrease in $\varepsilon$ emerges, from 8-9‰ in the Subantarctic Zone (SAZ, 40-52°S) to ˜5‰ in the Polar Antarctic Zone (PAZ, ˜66°S). $\varepsilon$ is strongly correlated with mixed layer depth at the time of sampling. We hypothesize that the correlation is driven by the physiological response of diatoms to light availability, with light limitation leading to higher cellular efflux of nitrate and thus higher $\varepsilon$.

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