African biomass burning is a substantial source of phosphorus deposition to the Amazon, Tropical Atlantic Ocean, and Southern Ocean.

Autor:	Barkley AE; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149., Prospero JM; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149., Mahowald N; Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853., Hamilton DS; Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853., Popendorf KJ; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149., Oehlert AM; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149., Pourmand A; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149., Gatineau A; ATMO Guyane, 97343 Remire-Montjoly, Guyane (French Guiana), France., Panechou-Pulcherie K; ATMO Guyane, 97343 Remire-Montjoly, Guyane (French Guiana), France., Blackwelder P; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149.; Center for Advanced Microscopy, Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146., Gaston CJ; Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149; cgaston@rsmas.miami.edu.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 2019 Aug 13; Vol. 116 (33), pp. 16216-16221. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jul 29.
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.1906091116
Abstrakt:	The deposition of phosphorus (P) from African dust is believed to play an important role in bolstering primary productivity in the Amazon Basin and Tropical Atlantic Ocean (TAO), leading to sequestration of carbon dioxide. However, there are few measurements of African dust in South America that can robustly test this hypothesis and even fewer measurements of soluble P, which is readily available for stimulating primary production in the ocean. To test this hypothesis, we measured total and soluble P in long-range transported aerosols collected in Cayenne, French Guiana, a TAO coastal site located at the northeastern edge of the Amazon. Our measurements confirm that in boreal spring when African dust transport is greatest, dust supplies the majority of P, of which 5% is soluble. In boreal fall, when dust transport is at an annual minimum, we measured unexpectedly high concentrations of soluble P, which we show is associated with the transport of biomass burning (BB) from southern Africa. Integrating our results into a chemical transport model, we show that African BB supplies up to half of the P deposited annually to the Amazon from transported African aerosol. This observational study links P-rich BB aerosols from Africa to enhanced P deposition in the Amazon. Contrary to current thought, we also show that African BB is a more important source of soluble P than dust to the TAO and oceans in the Southern Hemisphere and may be more important for marine productivity, particularly in boreal summer and fall. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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