Introduction to the French GEOTRACES North Atlantic transect (GA01): GEOVIDE cruise

© 2018 Author(s). The GEOVIDE cruise, a collaborative project within the framework of the international GEOTRACES programme, was conducted along the French-led section in the North Atlantic Ocean (Section GA01), between 15 May and 30 June 2014. In this special issue (https://www.biogeosciences.net/special-issue900.html), results from GEOVIDE, including physical oceanography and trace element and isotope cyclings, are presented among 18 articles. Here, the scientific context, project objectives, and scientific strategy of GEOVIDE are provided, along with an overview of the main results from the articles published in the special issue

Nitrate isotopic composition across a north-south transect in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: significance of nitrogen input through N2 fixation

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Fixed-Nitrogen and atmospheric N2 contribution to biological productivity in teh Eastern Atlantic Ocean

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The marine diatom and diazotroph under future climate: Role of Iron.

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Iron biogeochemistry under a changing climate: impact on the phytoplankton growth and the diazotrophic nitrogen fixation.

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The impact of iron biogeochemistry on the phytoplankton growth and the diazotrophic nitrogen fixation under a changing climate.

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Isotopic composition of nitrate from the temperate and subpolar North Atlantic

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Stable isotope composition of calanoid copepods in the open eastern Atlantic Ocean during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXIX/1

The majority of global ocean production and total export production is attributed to oligotrophic oceanic regions due to their vast regional expanse. However, energy transfers, food-web structures and trophic relationships in these areas remain largely unknown. Regional and vertical inter- and intra-specific differences in trophic interactions and dietary preferences of calanoid copepods were investigated in four different regions in the open eastern Atlantic Ocean (38°N to 21°S) in October/November 2012 using a combination of fatty acid (FA) and stable isotope (SI) analyses. Mean carnivory indices (CI) based on FA trophic markers generally agreed with trophic positions (TP) derived from d15N analysis. Most copepods were classified as omnivorous (CI ~0.5, TP 1.8 to ~2.5) or carnivorous (CI >=0.7, TP >=2.9). Herbivorous copepods showed typical CIs of =41% DM), mainly accumulated as WE (>=79% TL). C. carinatus and R. nasutus were primarily herbivorous with almost no bacterial input. Despite deviating feeding strategies, R. nasutus clustered with deep-dwelling, carnivorous species, which had high amounts of lipids (>=37% DM) and WE (>=54% TL). Tropical and subtropical calanoid copepods exhibited a wide variety of life strategies, characterized by specialized feeding. This allows them, together with vertical habitat partitioning, to maintain high abundance and diversity in tropical oligotrophic open oceans, where they play an essential role in the energy flux and carbon cycling

Spatial variation of the river Scheldt Nitrate isotopic composition

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