Zonneveld, Karin A F; Bockelmann, Frank Detlef; Holzwarth, Ulrike (2007): Degradation rates and productivity signals of organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst species in surface sediment samples [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.615916, Supplement to: Zonneveld, KAF et al. (2007): Selective preservation of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts as a tool to quantify past net primary production and bottom water oxygen concentrations. Marine Geology, 237(3-4), 109-126, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.023
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Abstract:
To understand the role of the ocean within the global carbon cycle, detailed information is required on key-processes within the marine carbon cycle; bio-production in the upper ocean, export of the produced material to the deep ocean and the storage of carbon in oceanic sediments. Quantification of these processes requires the separation of signals of net primary production and the rate of organic matter decay as reflected in fossil sediments. This study examines the large differences in degradation rates of organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst species to separate these degradation and productivity signals. For this, accumulation rates of cyst species known to be resistant (R-cysts) or sensitive (S-cysts) to aerobic degradation of 62 sites are compared to mean annual chlorophyll-a, sea-surface temperature, sea-surface salinity, nitrate and phosphate concentrations of the upper waters and deep-water oxygen concentrations. Furthermore, the degradation of sensitive cysts, as expressed by the degradation constant k and reaction time t, has been related to bottom water [O2]. The studied sediments were taken from the Arabian Sea, north-western African Margin (North Atlantic), western-equatorial Atlantic Ocean/Caraibic, south-western African margin (South Atlantic) and Southern Ocean (Atlantic sector).
Significant relationships are observed between (a) accumulation rates of R-cysts and upper water chlorophyll-a concentrations, (b) accumulation rates of S-cysts and bottom water [O2] and (c) degradation rates of S-cysts (kt) and bottom water [O2].
Relationships that are extremely weak or are clearly insignificant on all confidence intervals are between (1) S-cyst accumulation rates and chlorophyll-a concentrations, sea-surface temperature (SST), sea-surface salinity (SSS), phosphate concentrations (P) and nitrate concentrations (N), (2) between R-cyst accumulation rates and bottom water [O2], SST, SSS, P and N, and between (3) kt and water depth. Co-variance is present between the parameters N and P, N, P and chlorophyll-a, oxygen and water depth. Correcting for this co-variance does not influence the significance of the relationship given above.
The possible applicability of dinoflagellate cyst degradation to estimate past net primary production and deep ocean ventilation is discussed.
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Median Latitude: 5.254937 * Median Longitude: 8.278860 * South-bound Latitude: -42.044800 * West-bound Longitude: -59.388333 * North-bound Latitude: 32.181667 * East-bound Longitude: 66.033300
Date/Time Start: 1992-01-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2000-03-04T02:21:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.01 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.01 m
Event(s):
GeoB1704-2 * Latitude: -19.405000 * Longitude: 11.611667 * Date/Time: 1992-01-07T00:00:00 * Elevation: -395.0 m * Recovery: 0.38 m * Location: Walvis Ridge * Campaign: M20/2 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: MultiCorer (MUC) * Comment: 6 gr., 4 kl., Foraminiferensand
GeoB1705-2 * Latitude: -19.500000 * Longitude: 11.381667 * Date/Time: 1992-01-07T00:00:00 * Elevation: -647.0 m * Recovery: 0.45 m * Location: Walvis Ridge * Campaign: M20/2 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Giant box corer (GKG) * Comment: Tonschl., olivgrün, Foraminif.
GeoB1706-1 * Latitude: -19.561667 * Longitude: 11.175000 * Date/Time: 1992-01-08T00:00:00 * Elevation: -980.0 m * Recovery: 0.4 m * Location: Walvis Ridge * Campaign: M20/2 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Giant box corer (GKG) * Comment: Tonschl., olivgrün, Foraminif.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 4 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | |||
| 5 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Geocode | ||
| 6 | Accumulation rate, dinoflagellate cysts | Acc rate dinofl cyst | #/cm2/ka | Zonneveld, Karin A F | Calculated, see reference(s) | S-cysts |
| 7 | Accumulation rate, dinoflagellate cysts | Acc rate dinofl cyst | #/cm2/ka | Zonneveld, Karin A F | Calculated, see reference(s) | R-cysts |
| 8 | kt-index | kt | #/cm2/ka | Zonneveld, Karin A F | Calculated, see reference(s) | |
| 9 | Oxygen | O2 | µmol/l | Zonneveld, Karin A F | see reference(s) | bottom water oxygen |
| 10 | Chlorophyll a | Chl a | µg/l | Zonneveld, Karin A F | Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) | upper water chlorophyll-a |
| 11 | Sedimentation rate | SR | cm/ka | Zonneveld, Karin A F | Calculated, see reference(s) | |
| 12 | Sea surface temperature, annual mean | SST (1-12) | °C | Zonneveld, Karin A F | see reference(s) | |
| 13 | Sea surface salinity | SSS | Zonneveld, Karin A F | see reference(s) | mean annual | |
| 14 | Phosphate | [PO4]3- | µmol/l | Zonneveld, Karin A F | see reference(s) | mean annual |
| 15 | Nitrate | [NO3]- | µmol/l | Zonneveld, Karin A F | see reference(s) | mean annual |
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