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The Biogeochemical Structure of Southern Ocean Mesoscale Eddies

doi: 10.1029/2020jc016115
handle: 2117/329080
AbstractMesoscale eddies play a key role in modulating physical and biogeochemical properties across the global ocean. They also play a central role in cross‐frontal transport of heat, freshwater, and carbon, especially in the Southern Ocean. However, the role that eddies play in the biogeochemical cycles is not yet well constrained, partly due to a lack of observations below the surface. Here, we use hydrographic data from two voyages, conducted in the austral summer and autumn, to document the vertical biogeochemical structure of two mesoscale cyclonic eddies and quantify the role of these eddies in the meridional transport of nutrients across the Subantarctic Front. Our study demonstrates that the nutrient distribution is largely driven by eddy dynamics, yielding identical eddy structure below the mixed layer in both seasons. This result allowed us to relate nutrient content to dynamic height and estimate the average transport by eddies across the Subantarctic Front. We found that relative to Subantarctic Zone waters, long‐lived cold‐core eddies carry nitrate anomalies of 1.6±0.2×1010 moles and silicate anomalies of −5.5±0.7×1010 moles across the fronts each year. This cross‐frontal transport of nutrients has negligible impact on Subantarctic Zone productivity; however, it has potential to modify the nutrient content of mode waters that are exported from the Southern Ocean to lower latitudes.
- University of Tasmania Australia
- Universitat Polite`cnica de Catalunya Spain
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center Spain
- Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research Australia
- Cooperative Research Centre Australia
Meridional transport, :Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida::Biologia [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 551, Corrents marins, nutrient transport, Mesoscale eddies, Southern Ocean, Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida::Biologia, biomass, Nutrients, Biogeochemistry, stoichiometry, Ocean currents, Antarctic Ocean, observations, Biogeochemical structure, Nutrient transport, eddies, Eddies
Meridional transport, :Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida::Biologia [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], 551, Corrents marins, nutrient transport, Mesoscale eddies, Southern Ocean, Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida::Biologia, biomass, Nutrients, Biogeochemistry, stoichiometry, Ocean currents, Antarctic Ocean, observations, Biogeochemical structure, Nutrient transport, eddies, Eddies
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