ORCID
0000-0001-6362-7845 (Schmidt)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2022
DOI
10.1038/s41598-022-26593-1
Publication Title
Scientific Reports
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
22258 (1-12)
Abstract
Fully and accurately reconstructing changes in oceanic productivity and carbon export and their controls is critical to determining the efficiency of the biological pump and its role in the global carbon cycle through time, particularly in modern CO2 source regions like the eastern equatorial Pacific (EEP). Here we present new high-resolution records of sedimentary 230Th-normalized opal and nannofossil carbonate fluxes and [231Pa/230Th]xs ratios from site MV1014-02-17JC in the Panama Basin. We find that, across the last deglaciation, phytoplankton community structure is driven by changing patterns of nutrient (nitrate, iron, and silica) availability which, in turn, are caused by variability in the position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and associated changes in biogeochemical cycling and circulation in the Southern Ocean. Our multi-proxy work suggests greater scrutiny is required in the interpretation of common geochemical proxies of productivity and carbon export in the EEP.
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Data Availability
Article states: "Radiocarbon, [231Pa/230Th]xs, opal flux, and carbonate flux data will be archived at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) database upon publication and are also available as a supplement to this manuscript."
"The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26593-1."
Original Publication Citation
Schimmenti, D., Marcantonio, F., Hayes, C.T., Hertzberg, J., Schmidt, M., & Sarao, J. (2022) Insights into the deglacoal variability of phytoplankton community structure in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean using [231Pa/230Th]xs and opal-carbonate fluxes. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-12, Article 22258. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26593-1
Repository Citation
Schimmenti, Danielle; Marcantonio, Franco; Hayes, Christopher T.; Hertzberg, Jennifer; Schmidt, Matthew; and Sarao, John, "Insights Into the Deglacial Variability of Phytoplankton Community Structure in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean Using [231Pa/230Th]xs and Opal-Carbonate Fluxes" (2022). OES Faculty Publications. 472.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_fac_pubs/472