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| Lourantou, Anna; Metzl, Nicolas. |
| The fate of the Southern Ocean atmospheric CO(2) sink is under question. Here we assess seasonal to decadal changes of surface fCO(2) within an extended sink area along the track between Kerguelen and Amsterdam islands in the subantarctic zone. Data from 17 oceanographic cruises were used, from 1991 to 2011 and two distinct regions were examined, separated by the Subantarctic Front (SAF). The region south of the SAF displays a strong summer phytoplankton bloom of up to -28 mmol C m(-2) d(-1) within a calm area, constrained by physics and topography. On an annual basis, this region is a 6-fold more important sink than that deduced from Takahashi climatology, highlighting the importance of key-areas separate examination before proceeding to spatial... |
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Palavras-chave: Kerguelen; Air-sea CO2 fluxes; Carbon cycle; Frontal region; Island mass effect; Subantarctic zone. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00144/25557/23706.pdf |
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| Becquey, S; Gersonde, R. |
| Estimates of summer sea surface temperatures (SSSTs) derived from planktic foraminiferal associations using the Modern Analog Technique and combined with isotopic analyses and determination of ice-rafted debris, mirror the Pleistocene evolution of the planktic Subantarctic surface waters in the Atlantic Ocean. The SSSTs indicate that the isotherms that define the modern polar front zone and Subantarctic front, were located at more northerly latitudes (up to 7degrees) during most of the investigated period, which covers the past 550 kyr. Exceptions are during climatic optima in the early Holocene, at marine isotope stages (MIS) 5.5, 7.1, 7.5, 9.3, and presumably during MIS 11.3 when SSSTs exceeded modern values by 1degrees-5degreesC. The close similarity... |
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Palavras-chave: Subantarctic zone; Sea surface temperatures; Planktic foraminifers; Ice rafted debris; Climate. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00224/33501/31947.pdf |
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