| BI Qianqian,DU Jinzhou,WU Ying,ZHOU Jing,ZHANG Jing. 2013. Particulate organic carbon export flux by 234Th/238U disequilibrium in the continental slope of the East China Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 32(10):67－73 |
| Particulate organic carbon export flux by 234Th/238U disequilibrium in the continental slope of the East China Sea |
| Particulate organic carbon export flux by 234Th/238U disequilibrium in the continental slope of the East China Sea |
| Received:July 07, 2012 Revised:February 25, 2013 |
| DOI：10.1007/s13131-013-0303-7 |
| Key words:234Th/238U disequilibrium residence time POC export East China Sea(ECS) |
| 中文关键词: 234Th/238U disequilibrium residence time POC export East China Sea(ECS) |
| 基金项目:The National Key Basic Research Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China under contract Nos 2011CB409801 and 2010DFA24590;the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41240038. |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | BI Qianqian | State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China | | | DU Jinzhou | State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China | jzdu@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn | | WU Ying | State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China | | | ZHOU Jing | State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China | | | ZHANG Jing | State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China | |
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| Abstract: |
| 234Th is widely used to quantify the magnitude of upper ocean particulate organic carbon(POC)export in oceans.In the present work,the rates of particulate organic carbon export were measured based on the distribution patterns of 234Th/238U disequilibrium in the water column within the continental slope of the East China Sea(ECS)during May 2011.The profiles of particulate and dissolved 234Th activities at all three stations showed a relative deficit with respect to 238U in the upper 100 m of the water column.The dissolved 234Th scavenging rates and the particulate 234Th removal rates and their residence times were calculated by a one-dimensional steady state model.The results showed that the dissolved 234Th scavenging rates and the particulate 234Th removal rates ranged from 12.4-61.4 dpm/(m3·d)and from 3.8-21.8 dpm/(m3·d), respectively.The residence times of dissolved and particulate 234Th were in the range of 3.4-158 d and 63.7-96.5 d,respectively.Combined with the measurement of POC/234Th ratios of suspended particles,POC export flux(calculated by carbon)from the euphotic zone was estimated in the study region,which ranged from 4.14-14.7 mmol/(m2·d),with an average of 8.21 mmol/(m2·d),occupying 35% of the prime productivity in the study area.The results of this study can provide new information for better understanding the carbon biogeochemical cycle within the continental slope of the ECS. |
| 中文摘要: |
| 234Th is widely used to quantify the magnitude of upper ocean particulate organic carbon(POC)export in oceans.In the present work,the rates of particulate organic carbon export were measured based on the distribution patterns of 234Th/238U disequilibrium in the water column within the continental slope of the East China Sea(ECS)during May 2011.The profiles of particulate and dissolved 234Th activities at all three stations showed a relative deficit with respect to 238U in the upper 100 m of the water column.The dissolved 234Th scavenging rates and the particulate 234Th removal rates and their residence times were calculated by a one-dimensional steady state model.The results showed that the dissolved 234Th scavenging rates and the particulate 234Th removal rates ranged from 12.4-61.4 dpm/(m3·d)and from 3.8-21.8 dpm/(m3·d), respectively.The residence times of dissolved and particulate 234Th were in the range of 3.4-158 d and 63.7-96.5 d,respectively.Combined with the measurement of POC/234Th ratios of suspended particles,POC export flux(calculated by carbon)from the euphotic zone was estimated in the study region,which ranged from 4.14-14.7 mmol/(m2·d),with an average of 8.21 mmol/(m2·d),occupying 35% of the prime productivity in the study area.The results of this study can provide new information for better understanding the carbon biogeochemical cycle within the continental slope of the ECS. |
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