Oceanography and the base of the pelagic food web in the southern Indian Ocean
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Oceanography and the base of the pelagic food web in the southern Indian Ocean. / Visser, Andre W.; Nielsen, Torkel Gissel; Middelboe, Mathias; Høyer, Jacob L.; Markager, Stiig.
I: Journal of Plankton Research, Bind 37, Nr. 3, 2015, s. 571-583.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Oceanography and the base of the pelagic food web in the southern Indian Ocean
AU - Visser, Andre W.
AU - Nielsen, Torkel Gissel
AU - Middelboe, Mathias
AU - Høyer, Jacob L.
AU - Markager, Stiig
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Processes governing productivity at the base of the pelagic food web of the southern Indian Ocean are influenced primarily by physical–chemical conditions with implications for the structure and function of the entire pelagic food web. Here, we report observations along a great circle transect from Cape Town, South Africa, to Broome in north western Australia. Primary production was tightly linked to water column stability and nutrient availability, with high productivity (1144 mg C m−2 day−1) in the sub-tropical convergence zone, and falling off by an order of magnitude in the sub-tropical gyre and tropical waters off northwest Australia. Primary production was largely confined to the GF/F fraction (GF/F >75% of total production and usually much higher) and the photosynthetic parameters showed adaption to the prevailing light levels. Bacterial production ranged from 19 to 155 mg C m−2 day−1. No relationships were found between bacterial production and primary production or phytoplankton biomass and bacterial production seem more related to the state of the phytoplankton community as high bacterial production was observed in a post-bloom situation. The average BP:PP ratio was 31% (range 3.5–71%).
AB - Processes governing productivity at the base of the pelagic food web of the southern Indian Ocean are influenced primarily by physical–chemical conditions with implications for the structure and function of the entire pelagic food web. Here, we report observations along a great circle transect from Cape Town, South Africa, to Broome in north western Australia. Primary production was tightly linked to water column stability and nutrient availability, with high productivity (1144 mg C m−2 day−1) in the sub-tropical convergence zone, and falling off by an order of magnitude in the sub-tropical gyre and tropical waters off northwest Australia. Primary production was largely confined to the GF/F fraction (GF/F >75% of total production and usually much higher) and the photosynthetic parameters showed adaption to the prevailing light levels. Bacterial production ranged from 19 to 155 mg C m−2 day−1. No relationships were found between bacterial production and primary production or phytoplankton biomass and bacterial production seem more related to the state of the phytoplankton community as high bacterial production was observed in a post-bloom situation. The average BP:PP ratio was 31% (range 3.5–71%).
U2 - 10.1093/plankt/fbv019
DO - 10.1093/plankt/fbv019
M3 - Journal article
VL - 37
SP - 571
EP - 583
JO - Journal of Plankton Research
JF - Journal of Plankton Research
SN - 0142-7873
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 138215034