Characteristics of suspended particulate organic matter in the southwestern Atlantic: Influence of temperature, nutrient and phytoplankton features on the stable isotope signature

Surface particulate organic matter (POM) along a transect from Subantarctic coastal waters on the Argentine shelf to the Bellingshausen Sea was characterized by its organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON) content and δ13C and δ15N signatures in relation to sea surface water temperature (SST), nutrie...

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spelling paper:paper_09247963_v79_n1-2_p199_Lara2023-06-08T15:51:07Z Characteristics of suspended particulate organic matter in the southwestern Atlantic: Influence of temperature, nutrient and phytoplankton features on the stable isotope signature Alder, Viviana A. Nutrients Plankton Seston Southwestern Atlantic Stable isotopes Temperature Antarctic regions Coastal waters Drake passage Inverse relationship Isotopic enrichment Multiple regressions N value Nutrient gradients Particulate organic matters Plankton Regenerative system Sea surface temperatures Sea surfaces Seston Shallow waters Shelf ecosystems Shelf waters South Atlantic Southwestern Atlantic Stable isotopes Subantarctic waters Suspended particulates Algae control Ammonium compounds Atmospheric temperature Biogeochemistry Biological materials Isotopes Ocean habitats Organic carbon Phytoplankton Seawater Silicates Submarine geophysics Surface waters Nutrients coastal water correlation nutrient enrichment phytoplankton regeneration sea surface temperature seston stable isotope Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean (Southwest) Surface particulate organic matter (POM) along a transect from Subantarctic coastal waters on the Argentine shelf to the Bellingshausen Sea was characterized by its organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON) content and δ13C and δ15N signatures in relation to sea surface water temperature (SST), nutrients and plankton. The correlation of δ13C with SST was highly significant for the entire transect but less obvious within Subantarctic shelf ecosystems. Stable isotopes of POM varied from δ13C ~ - 12‰ and δ15N ~ 8‰ in Subantarctic shallow waters to δ13C ~ - 32‰ and δ15N ~ - 2‰ in the sector including the oceanic Subantarctic waters and the Antarctic region. In Argentine shelf waters δ13C was > - 24‰ (on average - 20.9‰) and more variable than in oceanic Subantarctic and Antarctic waters (average of - 27.6‰). High isotopic variability of POM in northern Argentine shelf waters is probably due to a pronounced nutrient gradient. There, a sharp δ13C decrease of ca. 12‰ was associated to an increase of the silicate to nitrate (Si:N) ratio to values > 0.25, and an increase of siliceous phytoplankton. Further south, Si:N ratios > 1 did not significantly affect δ13C, and the influence of the sea surface temperature (SST) was more evident. δ15N in POM of Argentine shelf waters averaged 6.3 ± 2.4‰, and the lowest δ15N values (- 1.7‰) occurred in the northern Drake Passage, where they build, together with δ13C around - 27‰, a clearly distinct pattern in the western South Atlantic. For the whole transect, SST alone accounted for 74% of the δ13C variability. A multiple regression including SST, ammonium and POC explained 83% of δ13C variance. The fit improvement by ammonium involved the nutrient-poor, regenerative system in the northernmost shallow sector and the Subantarctic shelf. δ15N showed a strong inverse relationship with the fraction of unutilized nitrate, probably due to isotopic enrichment in the nitrate pool by phytoplankton uptake. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Fil:Alder, V. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2010 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_09247963_v79_n1-2_p199_Lara http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09247963_v79_n1-2_p199_Lara
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topic Nutrients
Plankton
Seston
Southwestern Atlantic
Stable isotopes
Temperature
Antarctic regions
Coastal waters
Drake passage
Inverse relationship
Isotopic enrichment
Multiple regressions
N value
Nutrient gradients
Particulate organic matters
Plankton
Regenerative system
Sea surface temperatures
Sea surfaces
Seston
Shallow waters
Shelf ecosystems
Shelf waters
South Atlantic
Southwestern Atlantic
Stable isotopes
Subantarctic waters
Suspended particulates
Algae control
Ammonium compounds
Atmospheric temperature
Biogeochemistry
Biological materials
Isotopes
Ocean habitats
Organic carbon
Phytoplankton
Seawater
Silicates
Submarine geophysics
Surface waters
Nutrients
coastal water
correlation
nutrient enrichment
phytoplankton
regeneration
sea surface temperature
seston
stable isotope
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean (Southwest)
spellingShingle Nutrients
Plankton
Seston
Southwestern Atlantic
Stable isotopes
Temperature
Antarctic regions
Coastal waters
Drake passage
Inverse relationship
Isotopic enrichment
Multiple regressions
N value
Nutrient gradients
Particulate organic matters
Plankton
Regenerative system
Sea surface temperatures
Sea surfaces
Seston
Shallow waters
Shelf ecosystems
Shelf waters
South Atlantic
Southwestern Atlantic
Stable isotopes
Subantarctic waters
Suspended particulates
Algae control
Ammonium compounds
Atmospheric temperature
Biogeochemistry
Biological materials
Isotopes
Ocean habitats
Organic carbon
Phytoplankton
Seawater
Silicates
Submarine geophysics
Surface waters
Nutrients
coastal water
correlation
nutrient enrichment
phytoplankton
regeneration
sea surface temperature
seston
stable isotope
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean (Southwest)
Alder, Viviana A.
Characteristics of suspended particulate organic matter in the southwestern Atlantic: Influence of temperature, nutrient and phytoplankton features on the stable isotope signature
topic_facet Nutrients
Plankton
Seston
Southwestern Atlantic
Stable isotopes
Temperature
Antarctic regions
Coastal waters
Drake passage
Inverse relationship
Isotopic enrichment
Multiple regressions
N value
Nutrient gradients
Particulate organic matters
Plankton
Regenerative system
Sea surface temperatures
Sea surfaces
Seston
Shallow waters
Shelf ecosystems
Shelf waters
South Atlantic
Southwestern Atlantic
Stable isotopes
Subantarctic waters
Suspended particulates
Algae control
Ammonium compounds
Atmospheric temperature
Biogeochemistry
Biological materials
Isotopes
Ocean habitats
Organic carbon
Phytoplankton
Seawater
Silicates
Submarine geophysics
Surface waters
Nutrients
coastal water
correlation
nutrient enrichment
phytoplankton
regeneration
sea surface temperature
seston
stable isotope
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean (Southwest)
description Surface particulate organic matter (POM) along a transect from Subantarctic coastal waters on the Argentine shelf to the Bellingshausen Sea was characterized by its organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON) content and δ13C and δ15N signatures in relation to sea surface water temperature (SST), nutrients and plankton. The correlation of δ13C with SST was highly significant for the entire transect but less obvious within Subantarctic shelf ecosystems. Stable isotopes of POM varied from δ13C ~ - 12‰ and δ15N ~ 8‰ in Subantarctic shallow waters to δ13C ~ - 32‰ and δ15N ~ - 2‰ in the sector including the oceanic Subantarctic waters and the Antarctic region. In Argentine shelf waters δ13C was > - 24‰ (on average - 20.9‰) and more variable than in oceanic Subantarctic and Antarctic waters (average of - 27.6‰). High isotopic variability of POM in northern Argentine shelf waters is probably due to a pronounced nutrient gradient. There, a sharp δ13C decrease of ca. 12‰ was associated to an increase of the silicate to nitrate (Si:N) ratio to values > 0.25, and an increase of siliceous phytoplankton. Further south, Si:N ratios > 1 did not significantly affect δ13C, and the influence of the sea surface temperature (SST) was more evident. δ15N in POM of Argentine shelf waters averaged 6.3 ± 2.4‰, and the lowest δ15N values (- 1.7‰) occurred in the northern Drake Passage, where they build, together with δ13C around - 27‰, a clearly distinct pattern in the western South Atlantic. For the whole transect, SST alone accounted for 74% of the δ13C variability. A multiple regression including SST, ammonium and POC explained 83% of δ13C variance. The fit improvement by ammonium involved the nutrient-poor, regenerative system in the northernmost shallow sector and the Subantarctic shelf. δ15N showed a strong inverse relationship with the fraction of unutilized nitrate, probably due to isotopic enrichment in the nitrate pool by phytoplankton uptake. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
author Alder, Viviana A.
author_facet Alder, Viviana A.
author_sort Alder, Viviana A.
title Characteristics of suspended particulate organic matter in the southwestern Atlantic: Influence of temperature, nutrient and phytoplankton features on the stable isotope signature
title_short Characteristics of suspended particulate organic matter in the southwestern Atlantic: Influence of temperature, nutrient and phytoplankton features on the stable isotope signature
title_full Characteristics of suspended particulate organic matter in the southwestern Atlantic: Influence of temperature, nutrient and phytoplankton features on the stable isotope signature
title_fullStr Characteristics of suspended particulate organic matter in the southwestern Atlantic: Influence of temperature, nutrient and phytoplankton features on the stable isotope signature
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics of suspended particulate organic matter in the southwestern Atlantic: Influence of temperature, nutrient and phytoplankton features on the stable isotope signature
title_sort characteristics of suspended particulate organic matter in the southwestern atlantic: influence of temperature, nutrient and phytoplankton features on the stable isotope signature
publishDate 2010
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