Comparison of east and west chlorophyll a standing stock and oceanic habitat along the Transition Domain of the North Pacific |
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Authors: | Shiomoto Akihiro; Hashimoto Shinji |
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Institution: | National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, 7-1, Orido 5 chome,Shimizu-shi, Shizuoka, 424-8633, Japan |
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Abstract: | Chlorophyll (Chl) a was measured every 10 m from 0 to 150 min the Transition Domain (TD), located between 37 and 45°N,and from 160°E to 160°W, in May and June (Leg 1) andin June and July (Leg 2), 199396. Total Chl a standingstocks integrated from 0 to 150 m were mostly within the rangeof 20 and 50 mg m2. High standing stocks (>50 mg m2)were generally observed westof 180°, with the exceptionof the sporadic high values at the easternmost station. Thetotal Chl a standing stock tended to be higher in the westernTD (160°E172°30'E) than in the central (175°E175°W)and eastern (170°W160°W) TD on Leg 1, but thesame result was not observed on Leg 2. It was likely that largephytoplankton (210 and >10 µm fractions) contributedto the high total Chl a standing stock. We suggest that thehigh total Chl a standing stock on Leg 1, in late spring andearly summer, reflects the contribution of the spring bloomin the subarctic region of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Thedistribution of total Chl a standing stock on Leg 2 was scarcelyaffected by the spring phytoplankton bloom, suggesting thattotal Chl a standing stock is basically nearly uniform in theTD in spring and summer. Moreover, year-to-year variation inthe total Chl a standing stock was observed in the western TDon Leg 1, suggesting that phytoplankton productivity and/orthe timing of the main period of the bloom exhibits interannualvariations. |
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