海洋の夕暮れ地帯を通る炭素の流れを再考する
Ken O Buesseler1, Carl H Lamborg, Philip W Boyd
1Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA. kbuesseler@whoi.edu
まとめ
海洋生物ポンプは二酸化炭素を吸収しますが,夕暮れ地帯では急速に消費され,効率が低下します. 私たちの研究は,非常に変動する炭素転送効率を明らかにし,世界の炭素結合推定に影響を与えています.
科学分野:
- 海洋学 海洋学とは
- マリン・バイオジオケミストリー
- 炭素循環に関する研究
背景:
- 海洋生物ポンプは,深海における大気中の二酸化炭素を,沈む粒子を介して隔離するために不可欠です.
- この炭素封じ込めの効率は,海洋の黄昏地帯 (100-1000m) の急速な生物消費と再鉱化によって制限されています.
- この中水深地域は,慢性的に十分に研究されていないまま,炭素循環の正確なモデリングを妨げています.
研究 の 目的:
- 夕暮れ地帯で沈没する微粒子の有機炭素 (POC) の転送効率を定量化するために.
- 異なる海洋地域におけるこの効率の変動性を評価する.
- この変動性の影響が,地球規模の炭素収縮モデルに及ぼす影響を強調する.
主な方法:
- 沈む粒子のサンプルを採取するために,中性浮遊性沈殿物トラップを展開する.
- 夕暮れ地帯 (深さ150~500メートル) からサンプルを採取.
- 2つの対照的な海洋の場所での微粒子有機炭素の転送効率の測定.
主要な成果:
- 150~500メートルの深さで沈没する有機炭素粒子の測定された転送効率は,2つの研究された場所ではそれぞれ20%と50%でした.
- 黄昏地帯内での炭素転送効率の有意な変動が示されました.
- この変動性は,現在の生地化学モデルで十分に反映されていないことを確認しました.
結論:
- 海洋生物ポンプの効率は,黄昏地帯では非常に変動します.
- 現在のバイオジオケミカルモデルは,この変動性により,世界の炭素結合を過小評価したり,誤って表現したりする可能性があります.
- この変動のグローバルな影響は,年間3ペタグラム以上の炭素の封じ込めの違いに相当する可能性があります.
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