Phytoplankton absorption predicts patterns in primary productivity in Australian coastal shelf waters
| Autor: | Charlotte M. Robinson, N. J. Hardman-Mountford, Jason D. Everett, Peter J. Ralph, Martina A. Doblin, M. J. McLaughlin, Nagur Cherukuru, Virginie van Dongen-Vogels, Kevin Davies |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Wet season geography geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Continental shelf 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Primary production Aquatic Science Oceanography 01 natural sciences 13. Climate action Photosynthetically active radiation Phytoplankton absorption Phytoplankton Environmental science 14. Life underwater Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) Primary productivity 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 192:1-16 |
| ISSN: | 0272-7714 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.04.012 |
| Popis: | The phytoplankton absorption coefficient (aPHY) has been suggested as a suitable alternate first order predictor of net primary productivity (NPP). We compiled a dataset of surface bio-optical properties and phytoplankton NPP measurements in coastal waters around Australia to examine the utility of an in-situ absorption model to estimate NPP. The magnitude of surface NPP (0.20–19.3 mmol C m−3 d−1) across sites was largely driven by phytoplankton biomass, with higher rates being attributed to the microplankton (>20 μm) size class. The phytoplankton absorption coefficient aPHY for PAR (photosynthetically active radiation; āPHY)) ranged from 0.003 to 0.073 m-1, influenced by changes in phytoplankton community composition, physiology and environmental conditions. The aPHY coefficient also reflected changes in NPP and the absorption model-derived NPP could explain 73% of the variability in measured surface NPP (n = 41; RMSE = 2.49). The absorption model was applied to two contrasting coastal locations to examine NPP dynamics: a high chlorophyll-high variation (HCHV; Port Hacking National Reference Station) and moderate chlorophyll-low variation (MCLV; Yongala National Reference Station) location in eastern Australia using the GIOP-DC satellite aPHY product. Mean daily NPP rates between 2003 and 2015 were higher at the HCHV site (1.71 ± 0.03 mmol C m−3 d−1) with the annual maximum NPP occurring during the austral winter. In contrast, the MCLV site annual NPP peak occurred during the austral wet season and had lower mean daily NPP (1.43 ± 0.03 mmol C m−3 d−1) across the time-series. An absorption-based model to estimate NPP is a promising approach for exploring the spatio-temporal dynamics in phytoplankton NPP around the Australian continental shelf. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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