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Saavedra-Pellitero, Mariem; Baumann, Karl-Heinz; Lamy, Frank; Köhler, Peter (2017): Coccolithophore assemblage and palaeoproductivity proxies at sediment cores PS75/076-2 and PS75/079-2 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878116, Supplement to: Saavedra-Pellitero, M et al. (2017): Coccolithophore variability across Marine Isotope Stage 11 in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean and its potential impact on the carbon cycle. Paleoceanography, 32(8), 864-880, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017PA003156

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Abstract:
Proxy-based reconstructions of past changes in the marine biological carbon pumps are limited, especially in the Southern Ocean. This work provides new insights into the productivity variations in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean. We present new data derived from three sediment cores that show glacial/interglacial coccolithophore variability across Marine Isotope Stage 11 (MIS 11). The cores were retrieved during R/V Polarstern cruise PS75 from the Subantarctic and Polar Front Zones at the western flank of the East Pacific Rise and in the vicinity of the Antarctic-Pacific Ridge. Coccolithophore assemblages were overwhelmingly dominated by the species Gephyrocapsa caribbeanica and small Gephyrocapsa. Total numbers of coccoliths, coccolith accumulation rates, coccolith fraction (CF; <20 µm-fraction) Sr/Ca data and temperature-corrected CF Sr/Ca records consistently showed an increase in coccolithophore productivity during Termination V (MIS 12-11 boundary), highest productivity throughout MIS 11 (424-374 kyr), and a decrease during late MIS 11 in all the cores. We end with a discussion of back-calculated coccolith calcification rate in the surface ocean and its potential contribution to changes in the concentration of atmospheric CO2.
Project(s):
Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas (SPP1158)
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 5472008: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -56.515585 * Median Longitude: -156.688665 * South-bound Latitude: -57.502670 * West-bound Longitude: -157.237500 * North-bound Latitude: -55.528500 * East-bound Longitude: -156.139830
Date/Time Start: 2010-01-01T13:59:00 * Date/Time End: 2010-01-04T18:59:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Saavedra-Pellitero, M; Baumann, K-H; Lamy, F et al. (2017): (S3) Coccolith fraction Sr/Ca values and Sr/Ca residuals at sediment core PS75/076-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878114
  2. Saavedra-Pellitero, M; Baumann, K-H; Lamy, F et al. (2017): (S1) Abundance of coccolithophore taxa/groups in sediment core PS75/076-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878111
  3. Saavedra-Pellitero, M; Baumann, K-H; Lamy, F et al. (2017): (S3) Coccolith fraction Sr/Ca values and Sr/Ca residuals at sediment core PS75/079-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878115
  4. Saavedra-Pellitero, M; Baumann, K-H; Lamy, F et al. (2017): (S2) Abundance of coccolithophore taxa/groups in sediment core PS75/079-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.878112