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    Photosynthetic parameters and primary production, with focus on large phytoplankton, in a temperate mid-shelf ecosystem

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    Moran, Xose Anxelu G. cc
    Scharek, Renate
    KAUST Department
    Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
    Marine Science Program
    Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
    Date
    2015-01-09
    Online Publication Date
    2015-01-09
    Print Publication Date
    2015-03
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    Annual variability of photosynthetic parameters and primary production (PP), with a special focus on large (i.e. >2μm) phytoplankton was assessed by monthly photosynthesis-irradiance experiments at two depths of the southern Bay of Biscay continental shelf in 2003. Integrated chl a (22-198mgm-2) was moderately dominated by large cells on an annual basis. The March through May dominance of diatoms was replaced by similar shares of dinoflagellates and other flagellates during the rest of the year. Variability of photosynthetic parameters was similar for total and large phytoplankton, but stratification affected the initial slope αB [0.004-0.049mgCmg chl a-1h-1 (μmol photons m-2s-1)-1] and maximum photosynthetic rates PmB (0.1-10.7mgCmg chl a-1h-1) differently. PmB, correlated positively with αB only for the large fraction. PmB tended to respond faster to ambient irradiance than αB, which was negatively correlated with diatom abundance in the >2μm fraction. Integrated PP rates were relatively low, averaging 387 (132-892) for the total and 207 (86-629) mg C m-2d-1 for the large fraction, probably the result of inorganic nutrient limitation. Although similar mean annual contributions of large phytoplankton to total values were found for biomass and PP (~58%), water-column production to biomass ratios (2-26mgCmg chl-1d-1) and light utilization efficiency of the >2μm fraction (0.09-0.84gCg chl-1mol photons-1m2) were minimum during the spring bloom. Our results indicate that PP peaks in the area are not necessarily associated to maximum standing stocks.
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    Photosynthetic parameters and primary production, with focus on large phytoplankton, in a temperate mid-shelf ecosystem 2015, 154:255 Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
    Publisher
    Elsevier BV
    Journal
    Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ecss.2014.12.047
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    http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0272771415000098
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.ecss.2014.12.047
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    Articles; Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division; Red Sea Research Center (RSRC); Marine Science Program

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