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1 Linking Surface Ocean and the Deep Sea. Richard Lampitt Southampton Oceanography Centre With many thanks to: AvanAntia Dave Billett Adrian Burd Maureen Conte Roger Francois Sus Honjo George Jackson Christine Klaas Corinne Lequere Alex Mustard Susanne Neuer Uta Passow Katya Popova Olivier Ragueneau Richard Rivkin Ben Wigham And all the other people from whom I have stolen ideas, data and images. 1

2 5m Primary Production 5m Seabed Linking Surface Ocean and the Deep Sea. 1. Processes responsible 2. Temporal, Vertical and Geographic variations 3. Modelling approaches 4. Significance for (and of) benthic communities 5. The major achievements of JGOFS 6. Challenges ahead of us 2

3 Processes responsible for downward flux: Downwelling-DOM and POM Diffusion - DOM Gravitational sinking - POM Vertical migration -DOM and POM DOC (µmol) Depth (meters) Richard Rivkin & Louis Legendre 3

4 What is POM? The Fabulous Faecal Photo -- Debbie Steinberg 4

5 Bacterial Biomass (µg C l -1 ) Depth (meters) Richard Rivkin & Louis Legendre Mesozooplankton: A copepod 5

6 Marine Snow Inanimate particles greater than.5mm diameter. The principal vehicles for downward particle flux 6

7 Zooplankter feeding on marine snow aggregate Lampitt 1995 Breakup of an aggregate By Euphausia pacifica (16 mm in length) Dilling and Alldredge 2 7

8 In situ holographic Imaging Holo-Cam 2.4 m long 1. m dia. 2.3 tonnes 1 ns pulse 5 litre view Marine Snow particle As recorded by in situ holographic camera 8

9 Aggregation models: Stickiness Abundance S i z e Sinking rate Linking Surface Ocean and the Deep Sea. 1. Processes responsible 2. Temporal, Vertical and Geographic variations 3. Modelling approaches 4. Significance for (and of) benthic communities 5. The major achievements of JGOFS 6. Challenges ahead of us 9

10 Means of examination: Inferences from twilight zone oxygen consumption Inferences from primary production Measurement by sediment trap Inference from biological processes e.g. Gut evacuation rates, vertical migration Model output Oxygen uptake rate based on tritium-helium tracer dating of water masses => oxygen demand => Export flux ~3.8 mol m -2 a -1 or 45 g m -2 a -1 Jenkins

11 Annual export of organic carbon as calculated from PTE model, temp and net PP. Laws et al 2 Means of examination: Inferences from upper ocean processes Measurement by sediment trap Inference from biological processes e.g. Gut evacuation rates, vertical migration Model output 1 1

12 BGC Provinces (Longhurst 1995) Qualifying deep ocean sediment trap stations. 1 2

13 Depth (m) 23 Th Trapping Efficiency (%) ESTOC OMEX-2 OMEX-3 OMEX-4 WAST CAST EAST Yu et al 21 Scholten et al 22 L1 L2 L3 NABE 34 NABE 48 BOFS ESTOC Downward particle flux in contrasting environments DW Flux (mg/m 2 /d) DW Flux (mg/m 2 /d) Apr J u n Aug O c t Dec Feb A p r Western Indian Ocean 316m depth (Haake et al 1993) Day Number 1986 SW Monsoon NE Monsoon J a n M a r May Jul Sep Nov Jan Day Number 1992 Equatorial Pacific 3618m depth (Honjo et al 1995)

14 High frequency variability and episodic flux"events off Bermuda at 32m Mass flux (mg m -2 d -1 ) m Maureen Conte BTM upper ocean records: Oct 96 - Jan 97 Fluorescence (V) Depth (m) Passage of a warm mesoscale feature over the time-series site (Dickey et al. 21) 1 4

15 High frequency variability and episodic flux"events off Bermuda at 32m Mass flux (mg m -2 d -1 ) m Maureen Conte COLLECTION DATE Mass flux (mg m -2 d -1 ) Biomarker Flux (µg m -2 d -1) /18-11/2-11/18-12/2-11/2 11/18 12/2 12/18 Fluorescence Increase at BTM Nov 27 MASS Organic Carbon Phytosterols diols+ketols+acylglycerols alkenones (x2) PUFAs(x4) 12 /18-12/31 12/31-1/ Org C flux (mg m - 2 d -1 ) Maureen Conte 1 5

16 Vertical trends Organic Carbon Flux (g/m 2 /y) Depth (m) 2 3 Martin et al J=J 1 /((Z/1) ) 5 Downward particulate flux as a function of depth 1 6

17 Export Ratio (POC FLUX/PP),,5,1,15 1 WML Depth (m) Betzer Pace Berger This Antiastudy Suess Significance of the mixed layer depth Export Ratio (POC FLUX/PP),,5,1,15 1 WML Depth (m) Betzer Pace Berger This Antiastudy Suess Significance of the mixed layer depth 1 7

18 THE MINERAL ASSOCIATION MODEL Free POC POC associated with ballast POC flux tightly linked to flux of ballast (Armstrong et al., 22) Annual export of organic carbon as calculated from PTE model, temp and net PP. Laws et al 2 1 8

19 Roger Francois Roger Francois 1 9

20 Transfer efficiency Roger Francois Increased settling velocity with depth (Berelson 22) 2

21 Conclusion High latitudes have high export ratio but low transfer efficiency to the deep ocean. Explanations may lie in: the effect of SST, the mineral association of the organic carbon Sinking rate of particles Frequency of episodic events. Means of examination: Inferences from primary production Inferences from twilight zone oxygen consumption Measurement by sediment trap Inference from biological processes e.g. Gut evacuation rates, vertical migration Model output 2 1

22 Plankton diel vertical migration Alex Mustard (SOC) Potential mechanisms for material transport by plankton migration 1: Mortality 2: Defecation 3: Excretion 4: Reproduction 5: Respiration Surface Seasonal Thermocline Permanent Thermocline 2 2

23 Contribution of migrating plankton to downward flux 8 % Passive flux Subtrop. and trop. Atl BATS (M-A) EQPAC NABE BATS (All) HOT From Steinberg modified by Ducklow et al. 21 5m Primary Production Migration 5m Advection Seabed 2 3

24 Linking Surface Ocean and the Deep Sea. 1. Processes responsible 2. Temporal, Vertical and Geographic variations 3. Modelling approaches 4. Significance for (and of) benthic communities 5. The major achievements of JGOFS 6. Challenges ahead of us 1D model: 2 4

25 Labile DON Phytoplankton Nitrate Ammonium Bacteria Zooplankton Slow Detritus Fast Detritus Ecosystem model based on Fasham and Evans The Porcupine Abyssal Plain Study site m 2m 1m 4m Rockall Bank PAP Rockall Trough 2m North 45 JGOFS Porcupine Abyssal Plain 4 Iberian Abyssal Plain 35 Madeira Abyssal Plain West 2 5

26 Organic carbon Flux (mg/m 2 /d) Downward particle flux at the PAP time series site at 3m depth (49 o N 16.5 o W) Modelled flux Measured flux Year Lampitt et al 21 Annual downward flux of organic carbon at 3m depth. 3 Model Measured Flux (g/m 2 /y) Year Lampitt et al

27 Global GCM s with biogeochemistry The Seabed beneath: the ultimate sediment trap 2 7

28 6 The Porcupine Abyssal Plain Study site m 2m 1m 4m Rockall Bank PAP Rockall Trough 2m North 45 JGOFS Porcupine Abyssal Plain 4 Iberian Abyssal Plain 35 Madeira Abyssal Plain West Time lapse photographs Of the seabed at 4m on eastern side of PAP. Mound is 18cm across. Lampitt

29 15cm long specimen of Benthogone rosea feeding on the phtodetrital layer at 2m depth Organic carbon Flux (mg/m 2 /d) Year Benthic phytodetritus % Benthic coverage Lampitt et al

30 A movie of 9 months on the floor of the PAP Billett et al pers comm. Three specimens of the Holothurian Amperima rosea 3

31 Abundance (#/hectare) Amperima rosea Year Bett & Wigham Annual downward flux of organic carbon at 3m depth. 3 Model Measured Flux (g/m 2 /y) Year Lampitt et al

32 Linking surface ocean and the deep sea Major achievement of JGOFS 1. How to measure flux. 2. Temporal and geographical variability in flux and composition of material. 3. Ballast affects transfer efficiency. 4. Benthic communities are highly sensitive to upper ocean processes. 5. Models and data are converging. 6. Establishment of time series sites Linking surface ocean and the deep sea Future challenges 1. How does the Martin curve change in time and space? 2. What components of the midwater biosphere are the major players? 3. What is the effect of temporal variation in flux on aphotic communities? 4. Develop models. 5. Maintain time series sites. 3 2

33 A poor understanding of spatial and temporal distributions can have surprising and adverse effects. Winslet and Di Caprio 1997 The End 3 3

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