IEDA
Project Information
POC Production and Export in the Indian Ocean Sector of the Southern Ocean: A US-China Collaborative Research Program
Start Date:
1998-06-15
End Date:
2001-10-31
Description/Abstract
This proposed work is a study of the biological production and export flux of biogenic matter in response to ventilation of intermediate and deep water masses within the Polar Front zone. It is a collaborative work between the University of Maine and the Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE). The shipboard work is proposed for the Chinese antarctic resupply vessel off Prydz Bay in the Indian Ocean sector. In the austral Spring, this region experiences phytoplankton blooms that are thought to be the result of nutrient transport by the ventilation of intermediate and deep water masses. On an annual basis, it is believed that such blooms are the primary source of particulate organic carbon and biogenic silica flux to the ocean bottom. At this time however no data exists on the amount of particulate organic matter that sinks through the water column, leaving the quantitative relationships between production and export largely undefined in this region. The initial phase of the work consists of setting out a time-series sediment trap mooring at approximately 64 deg S latitude and 73 deg E longitude to take advantage of the historical data set that CHINARE has obtained in this area over the past decade. The biweekly to monthly trap samples will be analyzed for their organic constituents, and in conjunction with primary productivity observations will provide the basic data from which export values can be derived. This work will be carried out in collaboration with the State Oceanic Administration of the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition. In addition to providing time on the antarctic resupply vessel, the SOA will sponsor the shipboard primary productivity experiments and the supporting hydrographic measurements. The collaborating American scientists will provide guidance in making these observations to standards developed for the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study, and provide the hardware for the moored sediment trap. There will be a mutual sharing between the U.S. and Chinese investigators of all samples and data sets, and the data analysis will be carried out jointly. ***
Personnel
Person Role
Leventer, Amy Investigator
Funding
Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Award # 9726186
AMD - DIF Record(s)
Deployment
Deployment Type
NBP0101 ship expedition
Data Management Plan
None in the Database
Product Level:
Not provided
Datasets
Repository Title (link) Format(s) Status
R2R Expedition data of NBP0101 None exists
R2R Expedition data of NBP0101 None exists
Publications
  1. Rigual-Hernández, A. S., Pilskaln, C. H., Cortina, A., Abrantes, F., & Armand, L. K. (2019). Diatom species fluxes in the seasonally ice-covered Antarctic Zone: New data from offshore Prydz Bay and comparison with other regions from the eastern Antarctic and western Pacific sectors of the Southern Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 161, 92–104. (doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.06.005)
Platforms and Instruments

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