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Western Arctic Ocean Primary Productivity Changes over the Last Three Decades and in the Future: not a Simple Story. Yvette H. Spitz Oregon State University, CEOAS Carin J. Ashjian (1) , Robert G. Campbell (2) , Michael Steele (3) and Jinlun Zhang (3). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Yvette H. SpitzOregon State University, CEOAS
Carin J. Ashjian(1), Robert G. Campbell(2), Michael Steele(3) and Jinlun Zhang(3)
(1) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution(2) University of Rhode Island, GSO
(3) University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/zhang/BIOMAS/index.html
Western Arctic Ocean Primary Productivity Changes over the Last Three Decades and in
the Future: not a Simple Story.
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Ice Extent (Sept 1979)
Ice Extent (Sept 2011)
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NSIDC Courtesy Irina Overseem, University of Colorado Boulder.
Open Water Days in the Beaufort Sea , 1980 to 2009
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Deepening of the nutricline and chlorophyll maximum in the Canada Basin interior, 2003–2009 (Fiona A. McLaughlin and Eddy C. Carmack)
Salinity
Depth of 33.1 salinity
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How will this large scale ice melting and
changes of water properties (light,
temperature, mixing, etc) affect the
ecosystem?
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BIOMAS’ Circulation Model and Grid
physical open boundary conditions imposed from a global model run
Parallel ocean and sea ice model (Zhang/Rothrock 2003).
=> Multi-category thickness and enthalpy distribution sea ice model.
=> POP (parallel ocean program) ocean model (Smith et al. 1992).
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DOM
Small Zoo (ZS)
Copepods (ZL)
Detritus
Flagellates (PF)Diatoms (PD)
NO3NH4DOM
NH4
SinkingVertical Migration
Predators (ZP)
Si(OH)4
opal
Schematic of BIOMAS’ Pelagic Ecosystem Model
Zhang et al. (2010) – based on Nemuro
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Changes in PP and planktonin the Arctic Ocean
Satellite derived PP values are from Pabi et al. 2008 and Arrigo et al. 2008
Is the trend the same for all the Seas?
Is that due to a longer growing season? If not,
then why?
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Arctic Regions for Analysis Purpose
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Start and End of Growing Season (10% above Phytoplankton Winter Value)Beaufort Sea
Chukchi Sea
Diatom Flagellate Chlorophyll
Year1988 2010
Day
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Change in Spring Mean Primary Productivity
(01-06) – (88-00) (07-11) – (88-00)
Integrated PP (mg C m-2 d-1 ) April – June, 1988-2000
PP and its increase over the years are small in the spring
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Change of mean PAR (%) at the water
surface(01-06) – (88-00) (07-11) – (88-00)
PAR (W m-2) – April-June. 1988-2000 Spring Mean PAR
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Trend of Yearly Maximum (day (black), magnitude (red)) for the Beaufort Sea
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Maximum of Biomass and Primary Productivity, and Minimum of Nitrate – Change in Day from 1988 to 2010
Change in timing of the secondary producer biomass is largest in deep basin, especially for the predatory zooplankton
Nitrate minimum happens earlier at the surface but later at depth in the Beaufort Sea and Deep Basin
Change in timing of max. PP is the largest in the Chukchi Sea and the largest change in timing of phytoplankton happens in the Beaufort Sea
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Maximum of Biomass and Primary Productivity, and Minimum of Nitrate – Change in value from 1988 to 2010
Change in the secondary producer biomass is the largest in deep basinNitrate is decreasing at the surface (except in the Chukchi Sea) and over the first 100m
Change in flagellate biomass and PP is the largest in the deep basin. Decrease of diatom biomass in Beaufort and Deep Basin
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Summer Mean Int. Primary
Productivity (100m or bottom)
(01-06) – (88-00) (07-11) – (88-00)
Integrated PP (mg C m-2 d-1 ) July – September, 1988-2000
• Decrease significantly in the Beaufort Gyre
• Increase on the shelves (almost double on the western Chukchi Sea shelf
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Change of mean PAR (%) at the water
surface
(01-06) – (88-00) (07-11) – (88-00)
PAR (W m-2) – July-September. 1988-2000 Summer Mean PAR
Significant especially in the Beaufort Sea
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Summer Mean Int. Total Nitrogen (100m or bottom)
(01-06) – (88-00) (07-11) – (88-00)
Int. Total Nitrogen (mmol N m-3) July – September, 1988-2000
• Decrease significantly in the Beaufort Gyre (close to be depleted at the center of the Gyre)
• Increase on the shelves (almost triple on the western Chukchi Sea shelf
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Summer Mean Int. Chlorophyll
(100m or bottom)
(01-06) – (88-00) (07-11) – (88-00)
Int. Chlorophyll (mg Chl m-3) July – September, 1988-2000
• Decrease significantly in the Beaufort Gyre (almost zero at the center
• Increase on the shelves (almost double on the western Chukchi Sea shelf
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Summer Mean Int. Zooplankton (100m or bottom)
(01-06) – (88-00) (07-11) – (88-00)
Int. Zooplankton (mmol N m-3) July – September, 1988-2000
• Decrease in the Beaufort Gyre
• Increase on the shelves, especially on shelf break/slope
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Summer Mean Int. Kinetic Energy (100m or bottom)
(01-06) – (88-00) (07-11) – (88-00)
Int. Kinetic Energy (cm2 s-2) July – September, 1988-2000
• Reduction of KE on the shelves
• Acceleration of the Beaufort Gyre
• Note the change at the Bering Strait
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Conclusions and future research
•While we found that the maximum of productivity occurs earlier and reaches higher values in general, we did not find a significant trend in the start and end of the growing season.
But•The timing, magnitude and pattern of cycles are changing differently from region to region. Flagellate increase is larger than diatom increase in general. Grazer increase is larger in the Deep Basin.
•There is increase of primary productivity and total nitrogen over the shelves (especially Western Chukchi Sea) and shelfbreak but decrease at the center of the Beaufort Gyre. This decrease of nitrate is accompanied of a reduction of primary productivity. On the edge of the gyre, there seems to be an increase of plankton biomass and primary prodiuctivity.
•While trends can be found, the complex nature of the Arctic Seas call for cautions when analyzing observations. High resolution models are needed to resolve the present and future changes in the Western Arctic
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Surface Chlorophyll-a (mg Chl m-3) – July 04 - ICESCAPE
2003 2011Constant Chl:N
Chl:N from ICESCAPE regression of Chl and PON
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