夏季东海西部表层海水中的pCO_2及海-气界面通量   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

谭燕  张龙军  王凡  胡敦欣 《海洋与湖沼》2004,(3)

根据 2 0 0 1年夏季长江口及东海西部海域表层海水pCO2 的实测数据 ,结合水文、化学和生物等要素的同步观测资料 ,对该海域pCO2 分布和变化的重要影响因素进行了探讨。结果表明 ,长江冲淡水是造成东海西部海域表层海水pCO2 分布不均匀的主要原因。利用Wan ninkhof( 1 992 )提出的通量模式计算 ,长江口口门附近海域和浙江近岸海域为CO2 的源区 ,1 2 3°E以东的调查海域表现为大气CO2 的汇 ,尤其是以 1 2 3°E ,32°N为中心 ,存在着一个极强的大气CO2 汇区。就整个东海西部海域而言 ,夏季可从大气净吸收 1 5 3× 1 0 4 tC。  相似文献   

南海北部春季非水华期的CO_2分压及其调控   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

翟惟东 《海洋学报》2015,37(6):31-40

针对南海北部和吕宋海峡附近海域的海-气CO2通量及其调控问题,研究了2009年3月底至4月中旬在这些海域通过走航观测的方法取得的海-气CO2分压和海表温度、盐度等相关数据。结果表明,在河口、沿岸流以外的南海北部开阔海域,与大气平衡的CO2分压分布在368~380μatm,南低北高,平均值为371μatm;而海表CO2分压分布在293~405μatm,南高北低。南海北部开阔海域的海表CO2分压主要受温度效应调控,也在一定程度上受水团混合、海-气交换、生物活动等非温度效应的影响。在相同水温条件下,黑潮区的海表CO2分压比南海北部的海表CO2分压低。本研究和大多数前人研究的结果都表明,南海北部海盆区域和吕宋海峡西侧海域在春季与大气CO2接近源汇平衡,而非大气CO2的显著源区。  相似文献   

秋季东海和南黄海表层海水CO_2体系各参数分布及海-气界面通量   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

胡玉斌  刘春颖  杨桂朋  张洪海 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》2010,40(2)

根据2007年11月在东海和南黄海海域表层海水测得的TCO2和TA数据,计算了表层海水pCO2,结合现场环境对表层海水CO2体系各参数的分布进行了讨论,探讨了pCO2与海水温度及叶绿素的相关性,利用Wanninkhof(1992)提出的通量模式并采用加权平均法估算了整个调查海域的海-气CO2的净通量。结果表明:观测海域表层海水CO2系统各参量的分布呈明显的不均匀性,在水团的混合处往往是各参量的高值或低值中心。由相关性分析可知,pCO2的分布主要受海水温度的影响,生物活动的影响较弱。受秋季较大风速的影响,调查海域表现为强的CO2源,秋季可向大气释放CO2约为556×104tC。  相似文献   

基于南海观测平台的海-气界面CO_2通量研究     

李水清  赵栋梁  马昕  黄健  盛立芳 《海洋通报》2014,33(6):637-646

利用南海北部的海上综合观测平台,开展了基于涡相关方法的海-气界面CO2通量的长期观测,得到了2010年9月至2012年9月近2年的海-气界面CO2通量数据,结果分析表明,观测平台附近海域全年表现为一个碳汇,年平均值为-0.088 mg m-2s-1,存在明显的季节变化规律,秋冬季节海洋表现为一个强碳汇,春季海洋依然是一个碳汇,但强度明显减弱,而夏季海洋呈现不稳定的源汇变化特征;从日周期特征上看,夜间通量强度较强,白天减弱;进一步的分析表明,海上风和大气稳定性对海-气界面CO2通量有明显的贡献。  相似文献   

胶州湾秋季表层海水pCO_2分布及水-气界面通量   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

刘启珍  张龙军  薛明 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》2010,40(10)

根据2007年11月31日在胶州湾走航连续观测所得pCO2数据,结合水文、化学和生物等要素的同步观测资料,对胶州湾海域pCO2分布及其影响因素进行了探讨。结果表明:秋季胶州湾表层海水pCO2实测值在315~720μatm之间,平均值为423μatm。东部海域由于有机物降解及李村河水输入的影响表现为大气CO2的源;西部海域由于浮游植物活动的影响为大气CO2的弱汇区;湾中部水交换较好的海域,浮游植物活动和有机物降解共同影响着pCO2的分布。总体来说,秋季胶州湾表现为大气CO2的弱源,海-气界面CO2交换速率在-5.94~23.15 mmol.m-2.d-1之间,平均值为2.87 mmol.m-2.d-1,由此可估算出秋季胶州湾可向大气释放940.74 tC。  相似文献   

1998年冬季南海环流的三维结构   总被引：10，自引：3，他引：7  

廖光洪  袁耀初  徐晓华 《海洋学报》2005,27(2):8-17

利用1998年11月28日至12月27日南海的调查资料,采用三维海流诊断模式,计算了冬季南海三维海流,所得结果如下:(1)冬季南海环流系统方面:1)南海北部,在吕宋西北海域分别存在一个气旋式、反气旋式涡.2)南海中部,在越南近岸存在较强的、南向的西边界射流.其以东海域出现较强的气旋式环流.南海中部东侧海域存在一个较弱的反气旋式环流.3)南海南部,一般流速较弱.在112°E以西受反气旋式环流所控制,加里曼丹岛西北海域存在气旋性环流.由于受调查海域所限,这两个环流只部分出现.(2)上述环流系统与200 m层水平温度、密度分布对应较好.(3)南海冬季环流垂向速度分布方面:1)表层,南海北部,在吕宋西北为范围较大的上升流海区.而在东沙群岛附近海域出现了下降流.海南岛以南及东南海域也存在下降流.南海中部,越南以东海域出现范围较大的下降流,其以东为上升流海域,而在巴拉望岛西北海域又出现下降流.南海南部,基本上被上升流海域所控制.2)次表层与表层不同,例如在次表层,海南岛东南部海域出现上升流.中层和深层垂向速度分布与次表层相似.(4)关于南海垂向速度分量分布的动力原因:在表层,风应力旋度场起着主要作用;在次表层,β效应与斜压场相互作用是重要的动力因子,而风应力旋度场和β效应与正压场相互作用也有一定影响;在南海中部等区域的中层以及在南海的深层,主要受B效应与斜压场相互作用和B效应与正压场相互作用的共同作用.  相似文献   

南海表层叶绿素的空间变异分析   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

张彤辉  詹海刚  陈楚群 《热带海洋学报》2007,26(5):9-14

将南海划分为30个3°×3°区域,利用MODIS 4km分辨率遥感数据,计算2003年4、7、10、12月每个区域表层叶绿素的半方差函数,分析南海表层叶绿素的空间变化特征。计算结果表明,各个区域块金方差都非常小,说明4km空间分辨率可以较为充分地揭示区域内表层叶绿素的空间变异特征。近岸区域叶绿素分布受地形及径流影响,各区域的变程与相对基台值存在明显差异。主要上升流区的变程与相对基台值在上升流形成期间显著增大,叶绿素相关范围明显扩大,单独分析吕宋岛西北部上升流区也可以得到一致的结论。海盆区域的气旋式涡旋内部的变程较大,表明叶绿素为较大尺度聚集型分布;反气旋则相反。分析表明,南海表层叶绿素存在复杂的空间变异格局,季风及其驱动的南海地区性上升流、中尺度涡旋等是造成海表叶绿素呈现这种格局的主要原因。  相似文献   

基于遥感的台湾岛周边海域表层海水温盐特征     

《海洋地质前沿》2017,(8)

卫星遥感具有观测周期短、频率高的优势,可实现大范围、连续的海洋观测。利用遥感的手段对台湾岛周边海域表层海水温度和盐度进行反演,研究了台湾岛周边海域表层海水温度和盐度的分布特征及其成因。研究表明,台湾岛周边海域海水表层温度总体呈现西北低、东南高,由NW向SE以圆弧状向吕宋岛北部沿岸扩散,温度逐步升高,吕宋岛北部沿岸常年温度在26℃以上;台湾岛东部海域海水盐度全年相对稳定,吕宋岛北部有一相对固定高盐度区域,台湾海峡受季风、黑潮分支、沿岸流的影响,盐度分布变化较大。  相似文献   

秋季北黄海表层海水CO_2分压分布及其影响因素探讨   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

张龙军  郭朝  薛亮 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》2009,39(4)

根据2007年10月在北黄海走航连续观测所得pCO2数据,结合水文、化学和生物等要素的同步观测资料,对该海域pCO2分布及其影响因素进行了探讨.结果表明:秋季北黄海表层海水pCO2值在354～435 μatm之间,统计平均值为395 μatm.受河流输入影响的辽南沿岸流区域,山东半岛以北沿岸受渤海沿岸水输入影响的泥沙沉积区,是大气CO2的源区;在北黄海中部,黄海混合水范围内,由于强烈的生物活动,形成了较大范围的大气CO2汇区;而黄海混合水的其他区域仍然是大气CO2的源.总体来说,秋季北黄海表现出大气CO2弱源的性质.  相似文献   

浙江沿岸春季上升流的数值研究   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

倪婷婷  管卫兵  曹振轶  陈琪 《海洋学研究》2014,32(2):1-13

采用三维斜压非线性数值模式ROMS(Regional Ocean Modeling System),在浙江沿岸特殊地形的基础上综合考虑风场、台湾暖流、潮流以及长江径流等可变因子,对春季浙江沿岸上升流进行了数值研究。研究结果表明,浙江沿岸春季存在上升流,且上升流以带状分布在浙江近岸海域,在渔山列岛附近(28.40°N,122.00°E)以及舟山群岛附近(30.70°N,122.60°~123.00°E)存在2个上升流中心。风、台湾暖流和潮动力是影响浙江沿岸春季上升流的重要因子,其中风和台湾暖流对浙江沿岸整条上升流带均有影响;潮动力仅对28.60°N 纬度线以北至舟山群岛附近的上升流以及2个上升流中心的强度存在影响;长江径流对2个上升流中心、舟山群岛及长江口附近的上升流有一定影响。通过对浙江沿岸海域流场的分析可以发现,舟山群岛附近底层各等深线上水体向岸运动的速度比周围海域的大,跨越底层各等深线向上涌升的趋势更明显,间接反映了舟山群岛附近的上升流强度相对较强。对于舟山群岛附近的上升流而言,30 m深度以浅的海域,科氏力、水平平流作用与垂直粘性力是上升流形成的主要动力, 30 m深度以深的海域,上升流形成的主要动力为科氏力与压强梯度力,此时水平平流作用和垂直粘性力对上升流的影响较弱。  相似文献   

基于ST-ConvLSTM的南海海表面CO₂分压的空间和时间序列预测     

高宇  李爽  郝鹏  宋金宝 《海洋与湖沼》2023,54(6):1573-1585

海表面二氧化碳分压(pCO₂)的未来变化趋势,对统计评估全球碳收支以及理解全球气候变化背景下的海洋酸化现象至关重要。目前传统的海面pCO₂预测方法大部分基于有限的实测数据,然而实测数据存在着时间和地理方面的制约,且计算成本较高。近年来,随着时空观测数据的爆炸性增长,基于深度学习的数据驱动模型在海表面pCO₂预测方面中表现出良好的潜力。然而,由于多种环境因素与海表面pCO₂之间的关系错综复杂,到目前为止尚无十分简单有效的相关模型来对海表面pCO₂进行预测。为应对这一挑战,利用时空卷积长短时记忆神经网络(ST-ConvLSTM)模型,通过海面温度(sea surface temperature, SST)、海面盐度(sea surface salinity, SSS)、叶绿素a浓度(chl a)和海面pCO₂数据,预测南海的海面pCO₂,并将2019年1～12月的数据作为测试集对模型的表现进行了验证。结果显示, ST-ConvLSTM模型...  相似文献   

西沙大气二氧化碳浓度变化特征研究     

吕洪刚  王海燕  姜亦飞  陈海南  乔然  王彰贵 《海洋学报》2015,37(6):21-30

CO2是引起全球气候变暖的最重要温室气体。大气中过量CO2被海水吸收后将改变海水中碳酸盐体系的组成,造成海水酸化,危害海洋生态环境。本文采用局部近似回归法对2013年12月—2014年11月期间西沙海洋大气CO2浓度连续监测数据进行筛分,得到西沙大气CO2区域本底浓度。结果表明,西沙大气CO2区域浓度具有明显的日变化和季节变化特征。4个季节西沙大气CO2区域本底浓度日变化均表现为白天低、夜晚高,最高值405.39×10-6(体积比),最低值399.12×10-6(体积比)。西沙大气CO2区域本底浓度季节变化特征表现为春季和冬季高,夏季和秋季低。CO2月平均浓度最高值出现在2013年12月,为406.22×10-6(体积比),最低值出现在2014年9月,为398.68×10-6(体积比)。西沙大气CO2区域本底浓度日变化主要受本区域日照和温度控制。季节变化主要控制因素是南海季风和大气环流,南海尤其是北部海域初级生产力变化和海洋对大气CO2的源/汇调节作用。  相似文献   

Carbonate chemistry and projected future changes in pH and CaCO₃ saturation state of the South China Sea   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Chen-Tung Arthur Chen  Shu-Lun Wang  Wen-Chen Chou  David D. Sheu 《Marine Chemistry》2006,101(3-4):277-305

To study the dissolved carbonate system in the South China Sea (SCS) and to understand the water mass exchange between the SCS and the West Philippine Sea (WPS), pH, total alkalinity and total CO₂ were measured aboard the R/V Ocean Researcher 1. Because of the sill that separates these two seas in the Luzon Strait with a maximum depth of 2200 m, the SCS Deep Water has characteristics similar to those of water at about 2200 m in the WPS. The minimum pH and the maxima of normalized alkalinity and total CO₂ commonly found in the open oceans at mid-depth also prevail in the WPS but are, however, very weak in the SCS. Rivers and inflows from Kuroshio Surface and Deep Waters through the Luzon Strait as well as those through the Mindoro Strait transport carbon to the SCS year-round. Meanwhile, the outflowing Taiwan Strait water as well as the SCS Surface and Intermediate Waters of the Luzon Strait transports carbon out of the SCS year-round. The Sunda Shelf is also a channel for carbon transport into the SCS in the wet season and out of the SCS in the dry season.fCO₂ data and mass balance calculations indicate that the SCS is a weak CO₂ source in the wet season but an even weaker CO₂ sink in the dry season. With these facts taken together, the SCS is likely a very weak CO₂ source. Anthropogenic CO₂ penetrates to about 1500 m in depth in the SCS, and the entire SCS contains 0.60 ± 0.15 × 10¹⁵ g of excess carbon. Typical profiles of pH as well as the degree of saturation of each of calcite and aragonite in 1850 and 1997 are presented, and those for 2050 AD are projected. The maximum decrease in pH is estimated to be 0.16 pH units in the surface layer when the amount of CO₂ is doubled. It is anticipated that aragonite in the upper continental slope will likely start to dissolve, thereby neutralizing excess CO₂ by around 2050 AD. This paper is unique in that it presents the results of the first attempt ever to estimate the past, present and future physico-chemical properties of the world's largest marginal sea.  相似文献   

白令海BR断面海-气CO2通量及其参数特征   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

高众勇  孙恒  陈立奇 《海洋学报》2011,33(6):85-92

通过对2008年夏季白令海大气和海水pCO2连续观测资料,结合BR断面上站位水体垂直采样测量,对白令海不同海区pCO2的分布特征及其与理化参数的关系进行了初步研究,结果表明,将白令海划分为4个具有不同CO2吸收能力的海区,其中陆坡流区碳通量高达-18.72 mmol/(m2·d),是海盆北区的近2倍,比海盆南区高一个量...  相似文献   

Spatial variability in the partial pressures of CO₂ in the northern Bering and Chukchi seas   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Liqi Chen  Zhongyong Gao   《Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography》2007,54(23-26):2619

In the summers of 1999 and 2003, the 1st and 2nd Chinese National Arctic Research Expeditions measured the partial pressure of CO₂ in the air and surface waters (pCO₂) of the Bering Sea and the western Arctic Ocean. The lowest pCO₂ values were found in continental shelf waters, increased values over the Bering Sea shelf slope, and the highest values in the waters of the Bering Abyssal Plain (BAP) and the Canadian Basin. These differences arise from a combination of various source waters, biological uptake, and seasonal warming. The Chukchi Sea was found to be a carbon dioxide sink, a result of the increased open water due to rapid sea-ice melting, high primary production over the shelf and in marginal ice zones (MIZ), and transport of low pCO₂ waters from the Bering Sea. As a consequence of differences in inflow water masses, relatively low pCO₂ concentrations occurred in the Anadyr waters that dominate the western Bering Strait, and relatively high values in the waters of the Alaskan Coastal Current (ACC) in the eastern strait. The generally lower pCO₂ values found in mid-August compared to at the end of July in the Bering Strait region (66–69°N) are attributed to the presence of phytoplankton blooms. In August, higher pCO₂ than in July between 68.5 and 69°N along 169°W was associated with higher sea-surface temperatures (SST), possibly as an influence of the ACC. In August in the MIZ, pCO₂ was observed to increase along with the temperature, indicating that SST plays an important role when the pack ice melts and recedes.  相似文献   

中国南海、东海及黄海海域海气二氧化碳通量与生产力的物理生物地球化学模拟研究     

季轩梁  刘桂梅  高姗  王辉  张苗茵 《海洋学报(英文版)》2017,36(12):1-10

Marginal seas play important roles in regulating the global carbon budget, but there are great uncertainties in estimating carbon sources and sinks in the continental margins. A Pacific basin-wide physical-biogeochemical model is used to estimate primary productivity and air-sea CO_2 flux in the South China Sea(SCS), the East China Sea(ECS), and the Yellow Sea(YS). The model is forced with daily air-sea fluxes which are derived from the NCEP2 reanalysis from 1982 to 2005. During the period of time, the modeled monthly-mean air-sea CO_2 fluxes in these three marginal seas altered from an atmospheric carbon sink in winter to a source in summer. On annualmean basis, the SCS acts as a source of carbon to the atmosphere(16 Tg/a, calculated by carbon, released to the atmosphere), and the ECS and the YS are sinks for atmospheric carbon(–6.73 Tg/a and –5.23 Tg/a, respectively,absorbed by the ocean). The model results suggest that the sea surface temperature(SST) controls the spatial and temporal variations of the oceanic pCO_2 in the SCS and ECS, and biological removal of carbon plays a compensating role in modulating the variability of the oceanic pCO_2 and determining its strength in each sea,especially in the ECS and the SCS. However, the biological activity is the dominating factor for controlling the oceanic pCO_2 in the YS. The modeled depth-integrated primary production(IPP) over the euphotic zone shows seasonal variation features with annual-mean values of 293, 297, and 315 mg/(m~2·d) in the SCS, the ECS, and the YS, respectively. The model-integrated annual-mean new production(uptake of nitrate) values, as in carbon units, are 103, 109, and 139 mg/(m~2·d), which yield the f-ratios of 0.35, 0.37, and 0.45 for the SCS, the ECS, and the YS, respectively. Compared to the productivity in the ECS and the YS, the seasonal variation of biological productivity in the SCS is rather weak. The atmospheric pCO_2 increases from 1982 to 2005, which is consistent with the anthropogenic CO_2 input to the atmosphere. The oceanic pCO_2 increases in responses to the atmospheric pCO_2 that drives air-sea CO_2 flux in the model. The modeled increase rate of oceanic pCO_2 is0.91 μatm/a in the YS, 1.04 μatm/a in the ECS, and 1.66 μatm/a in the SCS, respectively.  相似文献   

High-resolution measurement of Southern Ocean CO₂ and O₂/Ar by membrane inlet mass spectrometry     

C. Guguen  P.D. Tortell 《Marine Chemistry》2008,108(3-4):184-194

This paper evaluates the simultaneous measurement of dissolved gases (CO₂ and O₂/Ar ratios) by membrane inlet mass spectrometry (MIMS) along the 180° meridian in the Southern Ocean. The calibration of pCO₂ measurements by MIMS is reported for the first time using two independent methods of temperature correction. Multiple calibrations and method comparison exercises conducted in the Southern Ocean between New Zealand and the Ross Sea showed that the MIMS method provides pCO₂ measurements that are consistent with those obtained by standard techniques (i.e. headspace equilibrator equipped with a Li–Cor NDIR analyser). The overall MIMS accuracy compared to Li–Cor measurements was 0.8 μatm. The O₂/Ar ratio measurements were calibrated with air-equilibrated seawater standards stored at constant temperature (0 ± 1 °C). The reproducibility of the O₂/Ar standards was better than 0.07% during the 9 days of transect between New Zealand and the Ross Sea.The high frequency, real-time measurements of dissolved gases with MIMS revealed significant small-scale heterogeneity in the distribution of pCO₂ and biologically-induced O₂ supersaturation (ΔO₂/Ar). North of 65°S several prominent thermal fronts influenced CO₂ concentrations, with biological factors also contributing to local variability. In contrast, the spatial variation of pCO₂ in the Ross Sea gyre was almost entirely attributed to the biological utilization of CO_2, with only small temperature effects. This high productivity region showed a strong inverse relationship between pCO₂ and biologically-induced O₂ disequilibria (r² = 0.93). The daily sea air CO₂ flux ranged from − 0.2 mmol/m² in the Northern Sub-Antarctic Front to − 6.4 mmol/m² on the Ross Sea shelves where the maximum CO₂ influx reached values up to − 13.9 mmol/m². This suggests that the Southern Ocean water (south of 58°S) acts as a seasonal sink for atmospheric CO₂ at the time of our field study.  相似文献   

2008年夏季加拿大海盆净二氧化碳吸收量评估     

孙恒  高众勇  修鹏  卢鹏  陈立奇 《海洋学报(英文版)》2017,36(8):94-100

The third Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition(CHINARE) was conducted in the summer of 2008.During the survey,the surface seawater partial pressure of CO_2(pCO_2) was measured,and sea water samples were collected for CO_2 measurement in the Canada Basin.The distribution of pCO_2 in the Canada Basin was determined,the influencing factors were addressed,and the air-sea CO_2 flux in the Canada Basin was evaluated.The Canada Basin was divided into three regions:the ice-free zone(south of 77°N),the partially ice-covered zone(77°–80°N),and the heavily ice-covered zone(north of 80°N).In the ice-free zone,pCO_2 was high(320 to 368μatm,1 μatm=0.101 325 Pa),primarily due to rapid equilibration with atmospheric CO_2 over a short time.In the partially ice-covered zone,the surface pCO_2 was relatively low(250 to 270 μatm) due to ice-edge blooms and icemelt water dilution.In the heavily ice-covered zone,the seawater pCO_2 varied between 270 and 300 μatm due to biological CO_2 removal,the transportation of low pCO_2 water northward,and heavy ice cover.The surface seawater pCO_2 during the survey was undersaturated with respect to the atmosphere in the Canada Basin,and it was a net sink for atmospheric CO_2.The summertime net CO_2 uptake of the ice-free zone,the partially ice-covered zone and the heavily ice-covered zone was(4.14±1.08),(1.79±0.19),and(0.57±0.03) Tg/a(calculated by carbon,1Tg=10~(12) g),respectively.Overall,the net CO_2 sink of the Canada Basin in the summer of 2008 was(6.5±1.3) Tg/a,which accounted for 4%–10% of the Arctic Ocean CO_2 sink.  相似文献   

fCO₂ variability at the CARIACO tropical coastal upwelling time series station     

Y.M. Astor  M.I. Scranton  F. Muller-Karger  R. Bohrer  J. García   《Marine Chemistry》2005,97(3-4):245-261

Monthly seawater pH and alkalinity measurements were collected between January 1996 and December 2000 at 10°30′N, 64°40′W as part of the CARIACO (CArbon Retention In A Colored Ocean) oceanographic time series. One key objective of CARIACO is to study temporal variability in Total CO₂ (TCO₂) concentrations and CO₂ fugacity (fCO₂) at this tropical coastal wind-driven upwelling site. Between 1996 and 2000, the difference between atmospheric and surface ocean CO₂ concentrations ranged from about − 64.3 to + 62.3 μatm. Physical and biochemical factors, specifically upwelling, temperature, primary production, and TCO₂ concentrations interacted to control temporal variations in fCO₂. Air–sea CO₂ fluxes were typically depressed (0 to + 10 mmol C m^{− 2} day^{− 1}) in the first few months of the year during upwelling. Fluxes were higher during June–November (+ 10 to 20 mmol C m^{− 2} day^{− 1}). Fluxes were generally independent of the slight changes in salinity normally seen at the station, but low positive flux values were seen in the second half of 1999 during a period of anomalously heavy rains and land-derived runoff. During the 5 years of monthly data examined, only two episodes of negative air–sea CO₂ flux were observed. These occurred during short but intense upwelling events in March 1997 (−10 mmol C m^{− 2} day^{− 1}) and March 1998 (− 50 mmol C m^{− 2} day^{− 1}). Therefore, the Cariaco Basin generally acted as a source of CO₂ to the atmosphere in spite of primary productivity in excess of between 300 and 600 g C m^{− 2} year^{− 1}.  相似文献