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Título: | Vertical distribution of zooplankton in Canary Island waters: Implications for export flux | Autores/as: | Hernández-León, Santiago Gomez, M Pagazaurtundua, María Portillo-Hahnefeld, Agustín Montero, Irene Almeida, Carlos |
Clasificación UNESCO: | 251001 Oceanografía biológica | Palabras clave: | Biomass Metabolism Vertical distribution Zooplankton Canary Islands |
Fecha de publicación: | 2001 | Editor/a: | 0967-0637 | Publicación seriada: | Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers | Resumen: | Zooplankton biomass, gut fluorescence and electron transfer system (ETS) activity were measured in vertical profiles (0–900 m) in two different size classes (<1 and >1 mm) in Canary Island waters. Both size fractions displayed a typical pattern of distribution with higher biomass, gut fluorescence and ETS in the shallower layers at night. By day, however, the vertical distribution varied between the size fractions, with higher biomass of the small fraction in the 0–200 m and a layer of large organisms at depth (∼500 m). For both size fractions, average ETS activity was higher by day than at night at depths between 200 and 600 m. Similarly, gut fluorescence was slightly higher by day below 200 m. The downward export of respiratory carbon was 1.92 and 4.29 mg C m−2 d−1 for samples obtained southwest of Gran Canaria Island and west of Tenerife Island respectively, being 2.68 mg C m−2 d−1 for the whole area. These values represented 16–45% (22–28% for the area) of the calculated passive particulate export production resulting from primary production. The estimated “gut flux” accounted for 0.35 (western zone) and 2.37 mg C m−2 d−1 (southwest of Gran Canaria), being 1.28 mg C m−2 d−1 for the whole area and represented between 3 and 25% (11–14% for the whole area) of the estimated passive particle export flux. These results agree with previous estimates and suggest that diel-migrant zooplankton can play an important role in the downward flux of carbon. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/47639 | ISSN: | 0967-0637 | DOI: | 10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00074-1 | Fuente: | Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers [ISSN 0967-0637], v. 48, p. 1071-1092 |
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