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Announcements in class 2/5/07 Movie Wed. Don’t miss it! Material will be on the exam. Only one showing. Problem Set 4 is posted online. Print it out yourself. PS 4 is due in class Monday, 2/12/07 PS 5 will be posted Mon. 2/12 and due Wed. 2/21
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Outline f-ratio Phosphorous Cycling Carbon Cycling
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Nitrate Phytoplankton Upwelling Mixing Vertical Flux N 2 Fixation Rivers Deposition PON DIN Euphotic Zone
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f-ratio Upwelling Zone 0.8 Gyre 0.1 Global Average < 0.5 New Production New + Regenerated Production
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Sediment traps to catch sinking particles
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Sustainable yields
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Nitrate Phytoplankton Upwelling Mixing Vertical Flux N 2 Fixation Rivers Deposition PON DIN Euphotic Zone Fishing
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New Production Oligotrophic gyres Upwelling regions
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↑Annual ↓Perennial r-selected K-selected
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Chemical Forms – P PO 4 3- (Phosphate) Organic
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The cycling of Phosphorus Dissolved InorganicParticulate Organic uptake excretion Runoff upwellingsinking decomposition Balance maintained via weathering of rock
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Chemical Transformations – P Assimilation PO 4 3- → Organic Phytoplankton or other autotrophs Remineralization Organic → PO 4 3- Heterotrophs Excretion Organic → Dissolved Heterotrophs and Autotrophs
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Experimental Lakes Area Lake 227
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Lake 226 C, N, P Eutrophic algal blooms C, N
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Lake 227
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Oligotrophic LakeEutrophic Lake 25 - 100 micrograms/liter phosphorus> 15 micrograms/liter phosphorus
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Chemical forms of Carbon Inorganic –CO 2 –bicarbonate ion HCO 3 - –carbonate ion CO 3 2- Organic (fixed …) Dissolved (DIC and DOC) Particulate (biomass and detritus)
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Carbonate Equilibrium CO 2 «» HCO 3 - «» CO 3 2- dissolved bicarbonate carbonate CO 2 ↑ HCO 3 - ↑ CO 3 2- ↑ pH ↓ Ocean pH 8.2
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Source NASA
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Source R. Rohde
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C Cycle “Food Web” Diagram P Z B Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Dissolved Organic Carbon Main Thermocline CO 2 Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Dissolved Organic Carbon Deep Remineralization Sinking Particles
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Pteropod Foraminifera Coccolithophore
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Carbon Solubility Pump –Solubility of CO 2 is greater in cooler water –Deep water formation ↑DIC –C pumped from atmosphere to ocean Biological Pump –POC and PIC sinking, DOC downwelling –C pumped from surface ocean to depth
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Deep Water Formation Source: USC
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Thermohaline circulation
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Saharan Dust Storm Over the Atlantic
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The Cycling of Silicon Dissolved InorganicParticulate Organic uptake Runoff upwellingsinking dissolution Balance maintained via weathering of rock
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