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dc.contributor.authorCastro de la Guardia, Laura
dc.contributor.authorHernández Fariñas, Tania
dc.contributor.authorMarchese, Christian
dc.contributor.authorAmargant I Arumi, Marti
dc.contributor.authorMyers, Paul G.
dc.contributor.authorBélanger, Simon
dc.contributor.authorAssmy, Philipp Kurt Wolf
dc.contributor.authorGradinger, Rolf Rudolf
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-21T09:32:48Z
dc.date.available2023-12-21T09:32:48Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-24
dc.description.abstractThe northwestern Barents Sea (NW-BS) is a highly productive region within the transitional zones of an Atlantic to Arctic-dominated marine ecosystem. The steep latitudinal gradients in sea ice concentration, Atlantic and Arctic Water, offer an opportunity to test hypotheses on physical drivers of spatial and temporal variability of net primary production (NPP). However, quantifying NPP in such a large ocean region can be challenged by the lack of in situ measurements with high spatial and temporal resolution, and gaps in remote sensing estimates due to the presence of clouds and sea ice, and assumptions regarding the depth distribution of alga biomass. Without reliable data to evaluate models, filling these gaps with numerical models is limited by the model representation of the physical environment and its assumptions about the relationships between NPP and its main limiting factors. Hence, within the framework of the Nansen Legacy Project, we combined in situ measurements, remote sensing, and model simulations to constrain the estimates of phytoplankton NPP in the NW-BS. The region was subdivided into Atlantic, Subarctic, and Arctic subregions on the basis of different phytoplankton phenology. In 2004 there was a significant regime change in the Atlantic subregion that resulted in a step-increase in NPP in tandem with a step-decrease in sea ice concentration. Contrary to results from other Arctic seas, this study does not find any long term trends in NPP despite changes in the physical environment. Mixing was the main driver of simulated annual NPP in the Atlantic subregion, while light and nutrients drove annual NPP in the Subarctic and Arctic subregions. The multi-source estimate of annual NPP ranged 79–118 gC m<sup>−2</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup> in the Atlantic, 74–82 gC m<sup>−2</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup> in the Subarctic, and 19–47 gC m<sup>−2</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup> in the Arctic. The total NPP in the NW-BS region was estimated between 15 and 48 Tg C yr<sup>−1</sup>, which is 15–50% of the total NPP needed to sustain three of the most harvested fish species north of 62°N (roughly 90 Tg C yr<sup>−1</sup>). This research shows the importance of continuing to strive for better regional estimates of NPP.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCastro de la Guardia, Hernández Fariñas, Marchese, Amargant I Arumi MA, Myers, Bélanger, Assmy, Gradinger, Duarte. Assessing net primary production in the northwestern Barents Sea using in situ, remote sensing and modelling approaches. Progress in Oceanography. 2023;219en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2213019
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103160
dc.identifier.issn0079-6611
dc.identifier.issn1873-4472
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/32190
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalProgress in Oceanography
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleAssessing net primary production in the northwestern Barents Sea using in situ, remote sensing and modelling approachesen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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