Enhanced red fluorescence emission in the oxygen minimum zone of the Arabian Sea |
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| Authors: | Wiebke Breves Rüdiger Heuermann Rainer Reuter |
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| Institution: | 1.Carl von Ossietzky Universit?t Oldenburg, Fachbereich Physik, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany e-mail: rainer.reuter@uni-oldenburg.de,DE |
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| Abstract: | Depth profiles of fluorescence at several excitation and emission wavelengths were measured along with CTD data during the
cruise So119 of RV Sonne in the Arabian Sea from 12 May to 10 June 1997. In addition to chlorophyll fluorescence from phytoplankton in the near-surface
layer, the profiles in the oxygen minimum region well below the euphotic zone show enhanced red fluorescence. Red fluorescence
intensity is inversely related to the oxygen concentration in intermediate and deep waters. A relationship to characteristic
water masses of the region cannot be found in the data, and this holds also with chemical data such as DOC. Absorbance spectra
of water samples taken in the oxygen minimum zone show an absorption band at 420 nm wavelength with about 50 nm bandwidth,
much weaker than gelbstoff absorbance in the same wavelength range. The absorption band remains stable after sample filtration
with 0.45 μm glass fibre filters. Hence, the size of the absorbing matter is in the range of dissolved molecules or particles
much smaller than 1 μm. Fluorescence spectra of unfiltered samples with 420 nm excitation show a weak emission band at 600
nm and a more pronounced one at 660 nm wavelength. The trailing edge of the 660 nm band falls into the range of chlorophyll
emission, thus giving rise to the observed depth profiles of red fluorescence in the oxygen minimum zone. Red fluorescence
measured on samples remain stable during a few hours after sampling even in the presence of oxygen. It is not detectable after
several weeks of sample storage in the dark and cannot be reproduced even after depletion of dissolved oxygen.
Received: 22 May 2002 / Accepted: 18 February 2003
Responsible Editor: Andreas Oschlies
Acknowledgements. This work was supported by a grant from the Federal Minister of Education and Technology, Bonn, within the frame work of
the JGOFS Arabian Sea program. We are grateful to the captain and the crew of RV Sonne for their support. We are indebted to Mrs. Kirsten Neumann from the Institute of Marine Chemistry and Biogeochemistry of
the University of Hamburg for providing the oxygen data, and to Mr. Nikolai Delling from the same institute for making the
DOC and chlorophyll data available to us. |
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| Keywords: | Fluorescence Red fluorescence DOM Gelbstoff Oxygen minimum zone Arabian Sea Chlorophyll |
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