在西南极洲,鱼体型推动了有机颗粒碳的出口
Rebecca Trinh1,2, Hugh W Ducklow3,4, Deborah K Steinberg5
1Deparment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. rtrinh@ldeo.columbia.edu.
Nature
|June 14, 2023
概括
南极的体型, 而不是生物量, 控制了海洋的碳出口. 较大的鱼产生较大的便颗粒,增加微粒有机碳 (POC) 流量和海洋储存,对气候调节有影响.
科学领域:
- 海洋生态
- 海洋学
- 气候科学
背景情况:
- 海洋碳出口对于全球气候的调节至关重要.
- 西南极半岛呈现高颗粒有机碳出口和快速变暖的情况.
- 了解POC出口驱动因素是预测气候变化影响的关键.
研究的目的:
- 确定西南极半岛POC出口的主要驱动因素.
- 调查南极鱼与碳出口模式之间的关系.
- 评估环境变化对鱼的碳储存的影响.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自南洋的21年有机颗粒物 (POC) 流量数据.
- POC流与南极 (Euphausia superba) 的体型和生命周期数据的相关性.
- 研究的便颗粒在POC出口中的作用.
主要成果:
- 南极的体型和生命史,而不是生物量,是控制POC流量的主要因素.
- 在每年POC流量中观察到5年的周期性,与鱼体积同步.
- 较大的鱼会通过较大的便颗粒增加POC流量.
结论:
- 南极的大小动态显著影响海洋碳出口和储存.
- 由于海冰的减少, 鱼种群的变化可能会改变碳出口模式.
- 的碳出口变化可能会影响全球气候变化.
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