Review of gross community production, primary production, net community production and dark community respiration in the Gulf of Lions

Lefevre, D., Minas, H. J., Minas, M., Robinson, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3033-4565, Williams, P. J. le B. and Woodward, E. M. S. (1997) Review of gross community production, primary production, net community production and dark community respiration in the Gulf of Lions. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 44 (3-4). pp. 801-832. ISSN 0967-0645

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Abstract

Thirty years of data were used to examine the influence of the Rhone River discharge on the spatio-temporal distribution of primary production in the Gulf of Lions. These patterns are characterised for four hydrological provinces: (i) the Gulf of Marseilles, a coastal oligotrophic system exhibiting a typical diatom-based bloom succession; (ii) the mouth and plume of the Rhone River, containing high levels of nutrients, constant levels of chlorophyll a, and a plankton assemblage dominated by nanoflagellates; (iii) the highly productive dilution area to the west of the Rhone, with a diatom spring bloom and smaller winter diatom blooms; (iv) the southern area encompassing the oligotrophic Liguro-Provençal Current, a frontal zone of constantly high primary production and a divergence area exhibiting a typical spring bloom situation. No evidence of eutrophication due to river input was seen. In situ and in vitro net community production data suggest the Gulf of Lions as a whole is a balanced ecosystem on an annual time scale, with the mean primary production lying between 78 and 142 g C m−2 a−1.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017)
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2011 15:50
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2024 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/26186
DOI:	10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00091-4

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