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Production and respiration control the marine microbial metabolic balance in the eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre |
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| Authors: | María Aranguren-Gassis Pablo SerretEmilio Fernández Juan L HerreraJose F Domínguez Valesca PérezJose Escanez |
| Institution: | a Universidad de Vigo, Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Carretera Colegio Universitario s/n, 36310, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain. b Universidad de Vigo, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Carretera Colegio Universitario s/n, 36310, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain c Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias, Calle General Gutiérrez, 4, 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain d Centro de Investigación e Información Ambiental - CINAM de Lourizán, de la Consellería de Medio Ambiente e Desenvolvemento Sostible, Xunta de Galicia. Carretera de Marín km. 4, Apdo. 127, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain |
| Abstract: | Two main contrasted hypotheses have arisen during the last decades about the factors controlling the planktonic net metabolic balance in oligotrophic waters: gross primary production controls net community production vs. variability of net community production is also influenced by changes in microbial respiration. This work discusses both hypotheses analyzing the variability of metabolic rates along a gradient from the margin to the centre of the North Atlantic oligotrophic gyre, i.e. from relatively productive to more oligotrophic conditions. Net community production (NCP) was close to zero (between −3.34 and −11.77 mmol O2 m−2 d−1) at the margin of the gyre and tended towards net heterotrophy (−44.03 mmol O2 m−2 d−1) to the centre of the gyre as both gross primary production (GPP) and community respiration (CR) decreased. The strong relationships found between nutrient availability and both NCP and GPP suggest that factors controlling GPP are prevalent in determining NCP variability in this biogeographic region. However implementation of existing models to predict NCP from the measured GPP indicates that the precise estimation of NCP in different oligotrophic systems requires consideration of the magnitude and variability of microbial respiration rates. |
| Keywords: | North Atlantic subtropical gyre Oligotrophic ocean Marine plankton Net community production Production Respiration |
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