全球估计中性中性浮游生物群的生物量
Yulia Egorova1, Gabriel Reygondeau2, William W L Cheung3
1Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada. egorova.uu@gmail.com.
Scientific reports
|July 2, 2025
概括
这项研究估计了使用微粒有机碳 (POC) 和净初级生产率 (NPP) 的全球半平流性半平流性浮游生物群 (MMB). 结果表明MMB比以前认为的更高,空间模式与POC和物种丰富性有关.
科学领域:
- 海洋生态海洋生态学
- 生物海洋学 生物海洋学
- 动物浮游生物生态生态学
背景情况:
- 半平流区 (200-1000米) 对于海洋生态系统至关重要,但它的半平流生物质量仍然不够量化.
- 了解内生浮游生物质对于评估深海碳循环和热量动力学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了估计全球中性中浮游生物质 (MMB) 的现存量.
- 确定MMB的关键预测因素,包括微粒有机碳 (POC) 和净初级生产率 (NPP).
- 分析MMB的空间模式,并比较 epipelagic 和 mesopelagic 生物质关系.
主要方法:
- 使用POC和NPP的估计来建模MMB.
- 采用线性模型来确定预测因素和MMB之间的关系.
- 使用散点图和空间绘图检查了物种多样性和生物量.
- 使用标准 (200-1000m) 和可变深度标准定义了中层层区域.
主要成果:
- NPP和POC是MMB的显著预测因素,解释了中等到高的差异.
- 估计全球MMB在0.20和0.91PgC之间,可能高于之前的观察.
- 在高物种丰富和POC种群的地区确定了高MMB.
- 观察到表面生物质和中层生物质之间的一致的空间模式.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了MMB的第一个估计,使用两个介质带区定义.
- 与此之前估计的 mesopelagic mesozooplankton 生物量似乎比此前估计的要高.
- 环礁/半层生物质比率受到半层生物质区域深度的影响.
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