Comparing marine primary production estimates through different methods and development of conversion equations

A Regaudie-de-Gioux, S Lasternas, S Agustí… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Numerous studies have compared the rates of primary production using various techniques
at specific locations and times. However, these comparisons are local and cannot be used to …

Temperature dependence of planktonic metabolism in the ocean

A Regaudie‐de‐Gioux… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Standard metabolic theory predicts that both respiration and photosynthesis should increase
with increasing temperature, albeit at different rates. However, test of this prediction for …

The oceanic biological pump modulates the atmospheric transport of persistent organic pollutants to the Arctic

C Galbán-Malagón, N Berrojalbiz, MJ Ojeda… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Semivolatile persistent organic pollutants have the potential to reach remote environments,
such as the Arctic Ocean, through atmospheric transport and deposition. Here we show that …

Temperature dependence of CO2-enhanced primary production in the European Arctic Ocean

JM Holding, CM Duarte, M Sanz-Martín, E Mesa… - Nature Climate …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The Arctic Ocean is warming at two to three times the global rate and is perceived to
be a bellwether for ocean acidification,. Increased CO2 concentrations are expected to have …

The “degradative” and “biological” pumps controls on the atmospheric deposition and sequestration of hexachlorocyclohexanes and hexachlorobenzene in the North …

CJ Galbán-Malagón, N Berrojalbiz… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
The cycling of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) has been
studied in the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean. Concentrations of HCHs and HCB were …

Carbon fluxes in the Canadian Arctic: patterns and drivers of bacterial abundance, production and respiration on the Beaufort Sea margin

E Ortega-Retuerta, WH Jeffrey, M Babin… - …, 2012 - bg.copernicus.org
During August 2009, measurements of bacterial abundance and nucleic acid content were
made along with production and respiration in coastal waters of the Beaufort Sea (Arctic …

Experimentally determined temperature thresholds for Arctic plankton community metabolism

JM Holding, CM Duarte, JM Arrieta… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
Climate warming is especially severe in the Arctic, where the average temperature is
increasing 0.4° C per decade, two to three times higher than the global average rate …

Polar marine biology science in Portugal and Spain: recent advances and future perspectives

JC Xavier, A Barbosa, S Agustí, L Alonso-Sáez… - Journal of Sea …, 2013 - Elsevier
Polar marine ecosystems have global ecological and economic importance because of their
unique biodiversity and their major role in climate processes and commercial fisheries …

Seasonal patterns in Arctic planktonic metabolism (Fram Strait–Svalbard region)

R Vaquer-Sunyer, CM Duarte, J Holding… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
The metabolism of the Arctic Ocean is marked by extremely pronounced seasonality and
spatial heterogeneity associated with light conditions, ice cover, water masses and nutrient …

Multiple environmental changes induce interactive effects on bacterial degradation activity in the A rctic O cean

J Piontek, M Sperling, EM Nöthig… - Limnology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Arctic Ocean faces multiple environmental changes induced by climate change
on both global and regional scale. In addition to global changes in seawater temperature …