Calbet, Albert; Riisgaard, Karen; Saiz, Enric; Zamora, Sara; Stedmon, Colin A; Nielsen, Torkel Gissel (2011): Chlorophyll a content, protist biomass and experimental plankton growth and mortality in West Greenland water samples [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808238, Supplement to: Calbet, A et al. (2011): Phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing along a sub-Arctic fjord (Godthabsfjord, west Greenland). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 442, 11-22, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09343
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We evaluated the role of microzooplankton (sensu latto, grazers <500 µm) in determining the fate of phytoplankton production (PP) along a glacier-to-open sea transect in the Greenland subarctic fjord, Godthabfjord. Based on the distribution of size fractionated chlorophyll a (chl a) concentrations we established 4 zones: (1) Fyllas Bank, characterized by deep chl a maxima (ca. 30 to 40 m) consisting of large cells, (2) the mouth and main branch of the fjord, where phytoplankton was relatively homogeneously distributed in the upper 30 m layer, (3) inner waters influenced by glacial melt water and upwelling, with high chl a concentrations (up to 12 µg/l) in the >10 µm fraction within a narrow (2 m) subsurface layer, and (4) the Kapisigdlit branch of the fjord, ice-free, and characterized with a thick and deep chl a maximum layer. Overall, microzooplankton grazing impact on primary production was variable and seldom significant in the Fyllas Bank and mouth of the fjord, quite intensive (up to >100% potential PP consumed daily) in the middle part of the main and Kapisigdlit branches of the fjord, and rather low and unable to control the fast growing phytoplankton population inhabiting the nutrient rich waters in the upwelling area in the vicinity of the glacier. Most of the grazing impact was on the <10 µm phytoplankton fraction, and the major grazers of the system seem to be >20 µm microzooplankton, as deducted from additional dilution experiments removing this size fraction. Overall, little or no export of phytoplankton out of the fjord to the Fyllas Bank can be determined from our data.
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Median Latitude: 64.366621 * Median Longitude: -51.338185 * South-bound Latitude: 63.898330 * West-bound Longitude: -53.245000 * North-bound Latitude: 64.683330 * East-bound Longitude: -50.318330
Date/Time Start: 2010-06-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2010-06-21T00:00:00
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Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
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- Calbet, A; Riisgaard, K; Saiz, E et al. (2011): (Table 1) Chlorophyll a concentration of samples collected during a DANA cruise in 2010 in Fyllas Bank and Godthåbsfjord. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808234
- Calbet, A; Riisgaard, K; Saiz, E et al. (2013): (Table 4) Phytoplankton growth rate and mortality during pre-filtered dilution grazing experiments. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808237
- Calbet, A; Riisgaard, K; Saiz, E et al. (2011): (Table 3) Phytoplankton growth rate and primary production during dilution grazing experiments. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808236
- Calbet, A; Riisgaard, K; Saiz, E et al. (2011): (Table 2) Mean biomass of protists in water samples from Godthåbsfjord and Kapisigdlit fjord, West Greenland. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808235