Vertical distribution of suspended aggregates at time series station DYNAPROC

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Day/night variations in the size distribution of the particulate matter >0.15 mm (PM) were studied in May 1995 during the DYNAPROC time-series cruise in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Data on vertical distributions of PM (>0.15 mm) and zooplankton were collected with the Underwater Video Profiler (UVP). The comparisons of the UVP data with plankton net data and POC data from water bottles indicated that more than 97% of the particles detected by the UVP were non-living particles (0.15 mm) and that the PM contributed 4-34% of the total dry weight measured on GF/F filters. Comparison of seven pairs of day and night vertical profiles performed during the cruise showed that in the upper 800 m, the mean size and the volume of particles was higher at night than during the day. During the night, the integrated volume of the PM increased on average by 32±20%. This increase corresponded to a shift of smaller size classes (0.5 mm). During the day, the pattern was reversed, and the quantity of PM >0.5 mm decreased. During the study period, the standing stock of PM (60-800 m) decreased from 7.5 to less than 2 g m?2 but the diel variations persisted, except for two short periods in the superficial layer following a wind event. The cyclic feeding activity induced by the diel vertical migration of zooplankton could be the best candidate to explain the observed diel fluctuations in the size classes of PM in the water column. However, our results also suggest that in the upper layer additional driving forces such as the increase of the level of turbulence after a wind event or the modification of the zoo- and phytoplankton community can influence the PM temporal evolution.

Supplement to: Stemmann, Lars; Picheral, Marc; Gorsky, G (2000): Diel variation in the vertical distribution of particulate matter (>0.15 mm) in the NW Mediterranean Sea investigated with the Underwater Video Profiler. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 47(1), 505-531

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738720
Related Identifier IsSupplementTo https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00100-4
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Provenance
Creator Stemmann, Lars ORCID logo; Picheral, Marc ORCID logo; Gorsky, G ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2000
Funding Reference Sixth Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011103 Crossref Funder ID 36949 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/36949 Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 45 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (7.512W, 43.248S, 7.521E, 43.255N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 1995-05-10T14:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 1995-05-31T16:50:00Z