Time-series observation of dissolved inorganic carbon and nutrients in the northwestern North Pacific |
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| Authors: | Hajime Kawakami Makio C Honda Masahide Wakita Shuichi Watanabe |
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| Institution: | (1) Mutsu Institute for Oceanography, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Aza-kitasekine Oaza-sekine, Mutsu, Aomori 035-0022, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Time-series measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and nutrient concentrations were conducted in the northwestern
North Pacific from October 2002 to August 2004. Assuming that data obtained in different years represented time-series seasonal
data for a single year, vertical distributions of DIC and nutrients showed large seasonal variabilities in the surface layer
(∼100 m). Seasonal variabilities in normalized DIC (nDIC) and nitrate concentrations at the sea surface were estimated to
be 81–113 μmol kg−1 and 12.7–15.7 μmol kg−1, respectively, in the Western Subarctic Gyre. The variability in nutrients between May and July was generally at least double
that in other seasons. In the Western Subarctic Gyre, estimations based on statistical analyses revealed that seasonal new
production was 39–61 gC m−2 and tended to be higher in the southwestern regions or coastal regions. The seasonal new productions in the northwestern
North Pacific were two or more times higher than in the North Pacific subtropical gyre and the northeastern North Pacific.
It is likely that this difference is due to spatial variations in the concentrations of trace metals and the species of phytoplankton
present. In addition, from estimations of surface pCO2 it was verified that the Western Subarctic Gyre is a source of atmospheric CO2 between February and May and a sink for CO2 between July and October. |
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| Keywords: | DIC nutrients seasonal new production northwestern North Pacific |
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