التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Biological Uptake, Water Mass Mixing and Scavenging Limit the Transport of Manganese‐Rich Waters From the East Antarctic Shelf. |
| المؤلفون: |
Latour, P., van der Merwe, P., Wuttig, K., Corkill, M., Townsend, A. T., Holmes, T. M., Rintoul, S. R., Weldrick, C. K., Strzepek, R. F., Gault‐Ringold, M., Schlitzer, R., Bowie, A. R. |
| المصدر: |
Global Biogeochemical Cycles; Aug2023, Vol. 37 Issue 8, p1-16, 16p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
WATER masses, TRACE metals, ANTARCTIC Circumpolar Current, BOTTOM water (Oceanography), PRECIPITATION scavenging, SEAWATER, BIOLOGICAL interfaces, WATER consumption |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
ANTARCTICA |
| مستخلص: |
Manganese (Mn) is an essential element involved in photosynthesis, yet its concentrations in Southern Ocean open waters are very low, arising from biological uptake and limited external inputs. At southern latitudes, waters overlying the Antarctic shelf are expected to have much higher Mn concentrations due to their proximity to external sources. In this study, we investigated the potential export of Mn‐rich Antarctic shelf waters toward depleted open Southern Ocean waters. Our results showed that while high Mn concentrations were observed over the shelf, biological uptake decreased dissolved Mn concentrations in surface waters north of the South Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front (<0.1 nmol kg−1), limiting its export. Conversely, mixing between Mn‐rich Antarctic Bottom Waters and Mn‐depleted Lower Circumpolar Deep Waters combined with oxidative and scavenging processes led to a decrease in dissolved Mn concentrations within bottom waters, with distance from the coast. Particulate Mn concentrations also showed a decreasing trend with distance from the coast. A comparison with other Antarctic coastal regions suggests this bottom water Mn removal may be widespread and that East Antarctica may be characterized by lower Mn concentrations compared to other regions. Still, subsurface dissolved Mn maxima (0.3–0.6 nmol kg−1) represented a potential reservoir for surface waters. We hypothesize that these high subsurface values result from external sources near the shelf. Overall, these results suggest that the moderate lateral export of trace metal‐enriched waters contributes to the extremely low and potentially limiting Mn concentrations previously reported further north in this Southern Ocean region. Key Points: High shelf manganese export is limited by biological uptake in surface watersIn bottom waters, dissolved and particulate manganese concentrations can be explained by water mass mixing and removal processesEast Antarctica is characterized by lower dissolved manganese concentrations compared to other coastal Antarctic regions [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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