Etudes biologiques, energetiques et biochimiques du Krill antarctique Euphausia superba et Thysanoessa macrura, recolte au cours de la campagne FIBEX (fevrier 1981)

SIGLECNRS T Bordereau / INIST-CNRS - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et TechniqueFRFranc

Physical Forcing Controls the Basin-Scale Occurrence of Nitrogen-Fixing Organisms in the North Pacific Ocean

Biological nitrogen fixation is increasingly recognized as an important source of new nitrogen in a warming ocean. However, the basin-scale spatiotemporal distribution of nitrogen-fixing organisms (diazotrophs) in the ocean and its controlling environmental factors remain unclear. Here we examined the basin-scale seasonal distribution patterns of major diazotrophs (filamentous cyanobacterialTrichodesmium, unicellular cyanobacterial UCYN-A1, and proteobacterial Gamma-A) in surface waters of the North Pacific from 2014 to 2016 with unprecedented coverage and resolution. In general, UCYN-A1,Trichodesmium, and Gamma-A were abundant during spring-autumn, summer-autumn, and spring respectively. Regarding latitudinal patterns of abundance, UCYN-A1 showed dome shape;Trichodesmiumwas gradually decreasing from low- to high-latitude regions; and Gamma-A did not show a clear pattern, which were coincident with the distinct correlations between the diazotrophs and temperature. All three diazotrophs were abundant (reached 10(6)-10(7)nifHgene copy number L-1) in the North Pacific transition zone and subtropical gyre, where the cyanobacterial diazotrophs were more abundant in both the western and eastern North Pacific than in the central North Pacific. The diazotroph abundance in the western North Pacific was positively correlated with eddy kinetic energy and sea surface height anomaly, which implies an enhancement of diazotrophs in mesoscale eddies associated with the western boundary current Kuroshio and its extension. The cyanobacterial diazotrophs were positively correlated with wind stress curl, a measurable parameter of wind-driven upwelling, in the eastern North Pacific. Our study refines the biogeography of three major diazotrophs and highlights the importance of physical forcing in mediating their dynamics

Larval fish assemblages and circulation in the Eastern Tropical Pacific in Autumn and Winter

In this work, we linked larval fish assemblages with water masses and circulation in the Eastern Tropical Pacific off Mexico, during autumn 2005 and winter 2007. Four assemblages were defined. (i) The “Transitional” assemblage, with the lowest mean larval abundance and dominated by tropical mesopelagic Vinciguerria Lucelia and Diogenicthys laternatus. It was associated with modified California Current Water in winter and with modified Tropical Surface Water in autumn. (ii) The “Coastaloceanic” assemblage was found off Cabo Corrientes, with high larval abundance, and dominated by Bregmaceros bathymaster; part of this assemblage was trapped by coastal cyclonic eddies. (iii) The “Tropical A” assemblage was associated with Tropical Surface Water. It had the highest abundance and richness, and the largest number of dominant species (e.g. D. laternatus, Auxis spp.); it covered a wider area in winter than in autumn. (iv) The “Tropical B” assemblage, distinguished by the highest abundance of V. lucetia, was present only in autumn; it was associated with overall anticyclonic circulation of warm Tropical Surface Water. The agreement between larval fish assemblage distributions, water masses and mesoscale dynamics indicates that the formation and permanence of assemblages depends on the interaction of spawning strategies of different species with large-scale and mesoscale processes

Physical Forcing Controls the Basin‐Scale Occurrence of Nitrogen‐Fixing Organisms in the North Pacific Ocean

Biological nitrogen fixation is increasingly recognized as an important source of new nitrogen in a warming ocean. However, the basin-scale spatiotemporal distribution of nitrogen-fixing organisms (diazotrophs) in the ocean and its controlling environmental factors remain unclear. Here we examined the basin-scale seasonal distribution patterns of major diazotrophs (filamentous cyanobacterialTrichodesmium, unicellular cyanobacterial UCYN-A1, and proteobacterial Gamma-A) in surface waters of the North Pacific from 2014 to 2016 with unprecedented coverage and resolution. In general, UCYN-A1,Trichodesmium, and Gamma-A were abundant during spring-autumn, summer-autumn, and spring respectively. Regarding latitudinal patterns of abundance, UCYN-A1 showed dome shape;Trichodesmiumwas gradually decreasing from low- to high-latitude regions; and Gamma-A did not show a clear pattern, which were coincident with the distinct correlations between the diazotrophs and temperature. All three diazotrophs were abundant (reached 10(6)-10(7)nifHgene copy number L-1) in the North Pacific transition zone and subtropical gyre, where the cyanobacterial diazotrophs were more abundant in both the western and eastern North Pacific than in the central North Pacific. The diazotroph abundance in the western North Pacific was positively correlated with eddy kinetic energy and sea surface height anomaly, which implies an enhancement of diazotrophs in mesoscale eddies associated with the western boundary current Kuroshio and its extension. The cyanobacterial diazotrophs were positively correlated with wind stress curl, a measurable parameter of wind-driven upwelling, in the eastern North Pacific. Our study refines the biogeography of three major diazotrophs and highlights the importance of physical forcing in mediating their dynamics