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High-resolution trends of nutrients, DOM and nitrogen uptake in the annual sea ice at Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2008

Stefano Cozzi
Stefano Cozzi*
Affiliation:
CNR - I.S.MAR, Istituto di Scienze Marine, Trieste, Viale Romolo Gessi 2, 34123 Trieste, Italy
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stefano.cozzi@ts.ismar.cnr.it
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Abstract

High-resolution trends of nutrients and DOM are analysed, with respect to nitrate and ammonium uptakes, in two coastal stations placed on the annual land-fast ice at Terra Nova Bay. The highest accumulations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (87.2 µmol N dm-3), reactive phosphorus (14.1 µmol P dm-3) and reactive silicon (22.9 µmol Si dm-3) were observed in the bottom ice, although this process was preceded by a nutrient decrease in an interior sea ice layer. In the upper layer of sea ice, DOM was rather constant in concentration and P-deficient (C:N:P = 377:34:1–579:53:1). In the bottom and platelet ice, the accumulation of DOM (1277 µmol C dm-3; 108.2 µmol N dm-3; 7.67 µmol P dm-3) occurred with lower C:N:P ratios (123:14:1–59:7:1), because of a major contribution of fresher organic matter. Nitrate (< 7.33 µmol N dm-3 d-1) and ammonium (< 2.85 µmol N dm-3 d-1) uptakes in the bottom ice were higher than in the platelet ice. The comparison between the data of N-uptake and the concomitant release of total dissolved nitrogen in the bottom ice indicated that the microbial community may be subjected to low growths in situ and high releases of dissolved nitrogen, when it accumulates in this sea ice habitat.

Keywords

DOCDONDOPnutrient balance and ratiostime-series
Type
Biological Sciences
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Antarctic Science , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 441 - 454
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2008

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