Pulsed export of carbon in the north-western Mediterranean Sea

Michel DENIS; Dominique LEFEVRE; Melilotus THYSSEN; Ian R.JENKINSON; Gérald GRÉGORI

doi:10.1007/s00343-022-2026-0

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Pulsed export of carbon in the north-western Mediterranean Sea

Ecology | Updated：2023-04-27

- Pulsed export of carbon in the north-western Mediterranean Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 41, Issue 1, Pages: 189-202(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS/INSU, IRD, Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie(MIO), Marseille cedex09 13288, France
  2.Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
  3.Agency for Consultation and Research in Oceanography, Lavergne, 19320 La Roche Canillac, France
- Author bio：
  
  Michel DENIS, E-mail: michel.denis@mio.osupytheas.fr
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-022-2026-0
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- Received：20 January 2022，
  
  Accepted：25 February 2022，
  
  Online First：24 April 2022，
  
  Published：2023-01
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Michel DENIS, Dominique LEFEVRE, Melilotus THYSSEN, et al. Pulsed export of carbon in the north-western Mediterranean Sea[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2023, 41(1): 189-202.
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Michel DENIS, Dominique LEFEVRE, Melilotus THYSSEN, et al. Pulsed export of carbon in the north-western Mediterranean Sea[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2023, 41(1): 189-202. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-022-2026-0.

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The short term (hourly scale) variability of heterotrophic prokaryote (HP) vertical distribution and respiratory activity

was investigated in the north-western (NW) Mediterranean Sea. HP vertical distribution was determined on board by flow cytometry analysis of seawater samples collected by series of CTD casts. Cell counts and viability were determined for all samples. HP respiratory rates were determined later in the laboratory from filtered seawater samples (23 dm

) from 300Ƀ1 150-m depth. The average cell viability was 94.8%±2.2% (

=240). There was no accumulation of dead cells

due to quick decay of damaged cells. In the epipelagic layer

three HP groups were distinguished

two (HNA1

HNA2) whose cells exhibited a high nucleic acid content and one (LNA) with low nucleic acid content cells. HNA2 was most populated at 50 m but not detected at 90 m and below

presumably aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophic bacteria (AAPs). The variability in HP abundance was mainly confined in the upper 80 m. A few secondary peaks of HP abundance were observed (80Ƀ150 m) in connection with abundance troughs in the surface layer. HP cells were continuously present in a wide layer around 500 m (mean 191×10

cells/cm

). Below this layer

HP abundance randomly exhibited peaks

coupled to respiratory rate peaks. The HP abundance and variability in the water column was suppressed during a strong wind event. The observed sporadic variability was tentatively interpreted through a pulsed carbon-export mechanism induced by the microorganism production of dissolved polysaccharides

followed by flocculation and rapid sinking. This mechanism would thus contribute to (i) preventing organic matter accumulation in the epipelagic layer

(ii) seeding the water column with live HP cells

and (iii) supplying the aphotic water column with fresh and labile organic matter. This important vertical flux mechanism needs further observations and modelling.

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