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[FR] Le pCO2 dans le colonne d'eau et les échanges de CO2 entre l'air et l'eau ont été étudiés durant 18 mois (mai 1994-septembre 1995) dans une baie affectée par l’upwelling au nord-ouest de la peninsule Iberique (Ria de Vigo et plateau continental adjacent). En moyenne annuelle, cette region est un puits de CO2 atmosphtrique, le flux net air-mer variant de 0,54 a 22 mgC mm-2 d-1. Durant les periodes d’upwelling modéré ou de relaxation de l’upwelling, la zone étudiée se comporte comme un puits de CO2; en revanche, durant l’hiver et lors d’evenements advectifs forts, cette zone devient une source de CO2 pour l’atmosphere. L’influence relative des processus physiques et biologiques a été évaluée par deux approches différentes: une analyse statistique et une analyse physico-chimique a partir des relations thermodynamiques. Ces deux methodes conduisent a des resultats comparables et montrent que les processus principaux qui controlent la variabilité spatiale et saisonnière du pC02 sont la production et la remineralisation de la matière organique, qui expliquent 70 % de la variabilité totale. A l’indrieur de la baie, les échanges air-mer de CO2 sont principalement modulés par le gradient de pression partielle de CO2, tandis que sur le plateau continental, ils le sont par le coefficient d’échange.
[EN] Water column pCO2 and air-sea CO2 fluxes were studied during an 18-month period (May 1994-September 1995)in a coastal embayment affected by upwelling, located in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula (Ria de Vigo and adjacent shelf). Overall, the region acted as a net annual atmospheric CO2 sink, with magnitude ranging from 0.54 mgC m-2 d-1 in the Ria estuary to 22 mgC m-2 d-1 offshore. During moderate upwelling and upwelling relaxation conditions the sampling area was a sink for atmospheric CO2. By contrast, during winter conditions and during intense upwelling the flux reversed towards the atmosphere. The relative influence of physical and biological processes on pC10, was evaluated using two different approaches: firstly, statistical analysis of physico-chemical correlations, and secondly, a thermodynamic analysis in the oceanic CO2 system. Both methods yielded consistent results, showing that the main processes controlling seasonal and spatial pC02 variability were the production and remineralization of organic matter, explaining ca. 70 % of the total variability. In the inner part of the embayment, air-sea CO2 exchange was mainly modulated by CO2 partial pressure gradient, whereas in the adjacent shelf, wind speed largely contributed to CO2 fluxes between the ocean and the atmosphere.
Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, project AMB92-0165
17 páginas, 4 tablas, 8 figuras
Peer reviewed
Spatial-temporal variability, spatial-temporal variability, Variabilité spatiale-temporelle, Northwestern Iberian Peninsula, Échange air-mer, échange air-mer, nord-ouest de la péninsule Ibérique, northwestern Iberian Peninsula, dioxyde de carbone, variabilité spatiale-temporelle, contrôle physique-biologique, Contrôle physique-biologique, Air-sea exchanges, carbon dioxide, air-sea exchange, Nord-ouest de la péninsula Ibérique, physical-biological control, Physical-biological control, Carbon dioxide, Dioxyde de carbone
Spatial-temporal variability, spatial-temporal variability, Variabilité spatiale-temporelle, Northwestern Iberian Peninsula, Échange air-mer, échange air-mer, nord-ouest de la péninsule Ibérique, northwestern Iberian Peninsula, dioxyde de carbone, variabilité spatiale-temporelle, contrôle physique-biologique, Contrôle physique-biologique, Air-sea exchanges, carbon dioxide, air-sea exchange, Nord-ouest de la péninsula Ibérique, physical-biological control, Physical-biological control, Carbon dioxide, Dioxyde de carbone
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