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| Fontela, Marcos; Garcia-ibanez, Maria Isabel; Hansell, Dennis A.; Mercier, Herle; Perez, Fiz F. |
| The quantitative role of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) export is evaluated by combining DOC measurements with observed water mass transports. In the eastern subpolar North Atlantic, both upper and lower limbs of the AMOC transport high-DOC waters. Deep water formation that connects the two limbs of the AMOC results in a high downward export of non-refractory DOC (197 Tg-C center dot yr(-1)). Subsequent remineralization in the lower limb of the AMOC, between subpolar and subtropical latitudes, consumes 72% of the DOC exported by the whole Atlantic Ocean. The contribution of DOC to the carbon sequestration in the North Atlantic Ocean (62 Tg-C center dot yr(-1)) is considerable and represents almost a... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00342/45298/44754.pdf |
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| Cossa, Daniel; Heimburger, Lars-eric; Perez, Fiz F; Garcia-ibanez, Maria Isabel; Sonke, Jeroen E.; Planquette, Helene; Lherminier, Pascale; Boutorh, Julia; Cheize, Marie; Barraqueta, Jan Lukas Menzel; Shelley, Rachel; Sarthou, Geraldine. |
| We report here the results of total mercury (HgT) determinations along the 2014 GEOTRACES GEOVIDE cruise (GA01 transect) in the North Atlantic Ocean (NA) from Lisbon (Portugal) to the Labrador coast (Canada). Ninety-seven percent of the HgT concentrations of unfiltered samples (HgTUNF) ranged between 0.16 and 1.00 pmol L−1. The geometric mean was 0.51 pmol L−1 for the 535 samples analysed. The dissolved fraction (< 0.45 μm) of HgT, determined on 141 samples, averaged 78 % of the HgTUNF for the whole water column. HgTUNF concentrations increased eastwards and with depth from Greenland to Europe and from sub-surface to bottom waters, respectively. The Hg distribution mirrored that of dissolved oxygen concentration, with highest HgTUNF levels associated... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00412/52303/53071.pdf |
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| Perez, Fiz F; Fontela, Marcos; Garcia-ibanez, Maria Isabel; Mercier, Herle; Velo, Anton; Lherminier, Pascale; Zunino, Patricia; De La Paz, Mercedes; Alonso-perez, Fernando; Guallart, Elisa E.; Padin, Xose A.. |
| Since the Industrial Revolution, the North Atlantic Ocean has been accumulating anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) and experiencing ocean acidification1, that is, an increase in the concentration of hydrogen ions (a reduction in pH) and a reduction in the concentration of carbonate ions. The latter causes the ‘aragonite saturation horizon’—below which waters are undersaturated with respect to a particular calcium carbonate, aragonite—to move to shallower depths (to shoal), exposing corals to corrosive waters2,3. Here we use a database analysis to show that the present rate of supply of acidified waters to the deep Atlantic could cause the aragonite saturation horizon to shoal by 1,000–1,700 metres in the subpolar North Atlantic within the next three... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00426/53783/55106.pdf |
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| Garcia-ibanez, Maria Isabel; Zunino, Patricia; Frob, Friederike; Carracedo, Lidia I.; Rios, Aida F.; Mercier, Herle; Olsen, Are; Perez, Fiz F. |
| Repeated hydrographic sections provide critically needed data on and understanding of changes in basin-wide ocean CO2 chemistry over multi-decadal timescales. Here, high-quality measurements collected at twelve cruises carried out along the same track between 1991 and 2015 have been used to determine long-term changes in ocean CO2 chemistry and ocean acidification in the Irminger and Iceland basins of the North Atlantic Ocean. Trends were determined for each of the main water masses present and are discussed in the context of the basin-wide circulation. The pH has decreased in all water masses of the Irminger and Iceland basins over the past 25 years with the greatest changes in surface and intermediate waters (between −0.0010 ± 0.0001 and −0.0018 ± 0.0001... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00343/45443/44968.pdf |
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| Lemaitre, Nolwenn; Planquette, Helene; Planchon, Frederic; Sarthou, Geraldine; Jacquet, Stephanie; Garcia-ibanez, Maria Isabel; Gourain, Arthur; Cheize, Marie; Monin, Laurence; Andre, Luc; Laha, Priya; Terryn, Herman; Dehairs, Frank. |
| The remineralisation of sinking particles by prokaryotic heterotrophic activities is important for controlling oceanic carbon sequestration. Here, we report mesopelagic particulate organic carbon (POC) remineralisation fluxes in the North Atlantic along the GEOTRACES-GA01 section (GEOVIDE cruise; May–June 2014) using the particulate biogenic barium (excess barium; Baxs) proxy. Important mesopelagic (100–1000 m) Baxs differences were observed along the transect depending on the intensity of past blooms, the phytoplankton community structure and the physical forcing, including downwelling. The subpolar province was characterized by the highest mesopelagic Baxs content (up to 727 pmol L−1), which was attributed to an intense bloom averaging 6 mg Chl-a m−3... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00412/52308/53075.pdf |
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| Cossa, Daniel; Heimburger, L. E.; Sonke, J. E.; Planquette, H.; Lherminier, Pascale; Garcia-ibanez, Maria Isabel; Perez, Ff; Sarthou, G.. |
| The Labrador Sea links the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans and constitutes one of the main entrances of atmospheric inputs into the Ocean's interior. We report here the first high-resolution Hg distribution pattern along a transect from Greenland to Labrador coasts sampled after the 2014 winter convection. Total Hg concentrations in unfiltered (HgTUNF) samples ranged from 0.25 pmol L− 1 to 0.67 pmol L− 1 averaging 0.44 ± 0.10 pmol L− 1 (n = 113, 1σ). Concentrations in filtered samples (HgTF, < 0.45 μm) represented from 62 to 92% of the HgTUNF and exhibited a similar distribution. High HgTUNF concentrations were found (i) in the waters of the Labrador Current, which receive desalted waters from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and (ii) in the waters... |
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Palavras-chave: Labrador Sea; Mercury; North Atlantic. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00411/52207/52929.pdf |
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| Zunino Rodriguez, Patricia; Garcia-ibanez, Maria Isabel; Lherminier, Pascale; Mercier, Herle; Rios, A. F.; Perez, Ff. |
| The interannual to decadal variability in the transport of anthropogenic CO2 (Cant) across the subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA) is investigated, using summer data of the FOUREX and OVIDE high-resolution transoceanic sections, from Greenland to Portugal, occupied six times from 1997 to 2010. The transport of Cant across this section, T-cant hereafter, is northward, with a mean value of 254 +/- 29 kmol s(-)1 over the 1997-2010 period. We find that T-cant undergoes interannual variability, masking any trend different from 0 for this period. In order to understand the mechanisms controlling the variability of T-cant across the SPNA, we propose a new method that quantifies the transport of Cant caused by the diapycnal and isopycnal circulation. The diapycnal... |
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| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00192/30317/28792.pdf |
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| Garcia-ibanez, Maria Isabel; Perez, Fiz F.; Lherminier, Pascale; Zunino, Patricia; Mercier, Herle; Treguer, Paul. |
| We present the distribution of water masses along the GEOTRACES-GA01 section during the GEOVIDE cruise, which crossed the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea in the summer of 2014. The water mass structure resulting from an extended Optimum MultiParameter (eOMP) analysis provides the framework for interpreting the observed distributions of trace elements and their isotopes. Central Waters and Subpolar Mode Waters (SPMW) dominated the upper part of the GEOTRACES-GA01 section in 2014. At intermediate depths, the dominant water mass was Labrador Sea Water, while the deep parts of the section were filled by Iceland–Scotland Overflow Water (ISOW) and North East Atlantic Deep Water. We also evaluate the water mass volume transports across the 2014... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00412/52307/53112.pdf |
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