The Yellow Sea(YS)and East China Sea(ECS)are important marginal seas of the western Pacific.Understanding the dynamics of methane(CH_(4))in the YS and ECS are essential to evaluate the role of coastal seas in global w...The Yellow Sea(YS)and East China Sea(ECS)are important marginal seas of the western Pacific.Understanding the dynamics of methane(CH_(4))in the YS and ECS are essential to evaluate the role of coastal seas in global warming.We measured dissolved CH_(4) at various depths in the water column of the YS and ECS during a cruise from March to April 2017.The concentrations of CH_(4) varied greatly in different water masses,suggesting that the hydrographic conditions can substantially aff ect the CH_(4) distribution.The CH_(4) budget in the shelf of the ECS,which was estimated with a box model,suggests CH_(4) consumption in the water column was the major sink(>95%),followed by a loss with a total of 2.2%CH_(4) released to the atmosphere.Overall a local CH_(4) production of 0.28 nmol/(L·d)was needed to maintain the CH_(4) excess.Results from laboratory incubations showed an increase in CH_(4)(1.5 times higher than the value of the control)after the addition of dimethylsulfoniopropionate(DMSP).Field incubations result in a CH_(4) production rate of 1.2 nmol/(L·d)under a N-stressed conditions(N꞉P<1),indicates that the DMSP-dependent CH_(4) production prefer to occur in the oligotrophic seawaters,where nitrogen is depleted.This study demonstrates that the marginal seas of China is a hotspot for CH_(4) dynamics,and the cycling of methylated sulfur compounds(such as DMSP)may contribute importantly to locally formed CH_(4).This may have further implication to carbon and sulfur biogeochemical cycles in the western Pacific.展开更多
Quantifying the gross and net production is an essential component of carbon cycling and marine ecosystem studies.Triple oxygen isotope measurements and the O_(2)/Ar ratio are powerful indices in quantifying the gross...Quantifying the gross and net production is an essential component of carbon cycling and marine ecosystem studies.Triple oxygen isotope measurements and the O_(2)/Ar ratio are powerful indices in quantifying the gross primary production and net community production of the mixed layer zone,respectively.Although there is a substantial advantage in refining the gas exchange term and water column vertical mixing calibration,application of mixed layer depth history to the gas exchange term and its contribution to reducing indices error are unclear.Therefore,two cruises were conducted in the slope regions of the northern South China Sea in October 2014(autumn)and June 2015(spring).Discrete water samples at Station L07 in the upper 150 m depth were collected for the determination ofδ^(17)0,δ^(18)O,and the O_(2)/Ar ratio of dissolved gases.Gross oxygen production(GOP)was estimated using the triple oxygen isotopes of the dissolved O_(2),and net oxygen production(NOP)was calculated using O_(2)/Ar ratio and O_(2)concentration.The vertical mixing effect in NOP was calibrated via a N_(2)O based approach.GOP for autumn and spring was(169±23)mmol/(m^(2)·d)(by O_(2))and(189±26)mmol/(m^(2)·d)(by O_(2)),respectively.While NOP was 1.5 mmol/(m^(2)·d)(by O_(2))in autumn and 8.2 mmol/(m^(2)·d)(by O_(2))in spring.Application of mixed layer depth history in the gas flux parametrization reduced up to 9.5%error in the GOP and NOP estimations.A comparison with an independent O_(2)budget calculation in the diel observation indicated a26%overestimation in the current GOP,likely due to the vertical mixing effect.Both GOP and NOP in June were higher than those in October.Potential explanations for this include the occurrence of an eddy process in June,which may have exerted a submesoscale upwelling at the sampling station,and also the markedly higher terrestrial impact in June.展开更多
基金Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2016YFA0601302)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41776122,42006040)+1 种基金the Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province(No.201511014)the Aoshan Talents Program of the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(No.2015ASTPOS08)。
文摘The Yellow Sea(YS)and East China Sea(ECS)are important marginal seas of the western Pacific.Understanding the dynamics of methane(CH_(4))in the YS and ECS are essential to evaluate the role of coastal seas in global warming.We measured dissolved CH_(4) at various depths in the water column of the YS and ECS during a cruise from March to April 2017.The concentrations of CH_(4) varied greatly in different water masses,suggesting that the hydrographic conditions can substantially aff ect the CH_(4) distribution.The CH_(4) budget in the shelf of the ECS,which was estimated with a box model,suggests CH_(4) consumption in the water column was the major sink(>95%),followed by a loss with a total of 2.2%CH_(4) released to the atmosphere.Overall a local CH_(4) production of 0.28 nmol/(L·d)was needed to maintain the CH_(4) excess.Results from laboratory incubations showed an increase in CH_(4)(1.5 times higher than the value of the control)after the addition of dimethylsulfoniopropionate(DMSP).Field incubations result in a CH_(4) production rate of 1.2 nmol/(L·d)under a N-stressed conditions(N꞉P<1),indicates that the DMSP-dependent CH_(4) production prefer to occur in the oligotrophic seawaters,where nitrogen is depleted.This study demonstrates that the marginal seas of China is a hotspot for CH_(4) dynamics,and the cycling of methylated sulfur compounds(such as DMSP)may contribute importantly to locally formed CH_(4).This may have further implication to carbon and sulfur biogeochemical cycles in the western Pacific.
基金The National Key Research and Development Programs of China of the Ministry of Science and Technology under contract Nos 2020YFA0608301,2014CB441503the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41976042,41776122+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province,China。
文摘Quantifying the gross and net production is an essential component of carbon cycling and marine ecosystem studies.Triple oxygen isotope measurements and the O_(2)/Ar ratio are powerful indices in quantifying the gross primary production and net community production of the mixed layer zone,respectively.Although there is a substantial advantage in refining the gas exchange term and water column vertical mixing calibration,application of mixed layer depth history to the gas exchange term and its contribution to reducing indices error are unclear.Therefore,two cruises were conducted in the slope regions of the northern South China Sea in October 2014(autumn)and June 2015(spring).Discrete water samples at Station L07 in the upper 150 m depth were collected for the determination ofδ^(17)0,δ^(18)O,and the O_(2)/Ar ratio of dissolved gases.Gross oxygen production(GOP)was estimated using the triple oxygen isotopes of the dissolved O_(2),and net oxygen production(NOP)was calculated using O_(2)/Ar ratio and O_(2)concentration.The vertical mixing effect in NOP was calibrated via a N_(2)O based approach.GOP for autumn and spring was(169±23)mmol/(m^(2)·d)(by O_(2))and(189±26)mmol/(m^(2)·d)(by O_(2)),respectively.While NOP was 1.5 mmol/(m^(2)·d)(by O_(2))in autumn and 8.2 mmol/(m^(2)·d)(by O_(2))in spring.Application of mixed layer depth history in the gas flux parametrization reduced up to 9.5%error in the GOP and NOP estimations.A comparison with an independent O_(2)budget calculation in the diel observation indicated a26%overestimation in the current GOP,likely due to the vertical mixing effect.Both GOP and NOP in June were higher than those in October.Potential explanations for this include the occurrence of an eddy process in June,which may have exerted a submesoscale upwelling at the sampling station,and also the markedly higher terrestrial impact in June.
