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| Bettencourt, João H.; Rossi, Vincent; Renault, Lionel; Haynes, Peter; Morel, Yves; Garçon, Véronique. |
| We apply a coupled modelling system composed of a state-of-the-art hydrodynamical model and a low complexity biogeochemical model to an idealized Iberian Peninsula upwelling system to identify the main drivers of dissolved oxygen variability and to study its response to changes in the duration of the upwelling season and in phytoplankton growth regime. We find that the export of oxygenated waters by upwelling front turbulence is a major sink for nearshore dissolved oxygen. In our simulations of summer upwelling, when phytoplankton population is generally dominated by diatoms whose growth is largely enhanced by nutrient input, net primary production and air-sea exchange compensate dissolved oxygen depletion by offshore export over the shelf. A shorter... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00516/62747/67135.pdf |
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| Giraud, Mélanie; Garçon, Véronique; De La Broise, Denis; L'Helguen, Stéphane; Sudre, Joël; Boye, Marie. |
| Installation of an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion pilot plant (OTEC) off the Caribbean coast of Martinique is expected to use approximately 100,000 m3 h−1 of deep seawater for its functioning. This study examined the potential effects of the cold nutrient-rich deep seawater discharge on the phytoplankton community living in the surface warm oligotrophic waters before the installation of the pilot plant. Numerical simulations of deep seawater upwelled by the OTEC, showed that a 3.0 °C temperature change, considered as a critical threshold for temperature impact, was never reached during an annual cycle on the top 150 m of the water column on two considered sections centered on the OTEC. The thermal effect should be limited, <1 km2 on the area exhibited... |
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Palavras-chave: Marine microbial ecosystem; Biogeochemistry; Modeling; Artificial seawater discharge in situ experiments; Environmental standards. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00507/61867/65935.pdf |
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