Marine Ecology Progress Series | |
Changes in pteropod distributions and shell dissolution across a frontal system in the California Current System | |
N. Bednar#x161ek1  M. D. Ohman1  | |
关键词: Pteropoda; Ocean fronts; Vertical distribution; Shell dissolution; | |
DOI : 10.3354/meps11199 | |
学科分类:海洋学与技术 | |
来源: Inter-Research | |
【 摘 要 】
ABSTRACT: We tested the sensitivity of the vertical distributions and shell dissolution patterns of thecosome pteropods to spatial gradients associated with an eddy-associated front in the southern California Current System. The aragonite saturation horizon (Ωarag = 1.0) shoaled from >200 to <75 m depth across the front. The vertical distribution of thecosome pteropods tracked these changes, with all 5 species showing reduced occurrence at depths below 100 m where waters were less saturated with respect to aragonite. Shell dissolution patterns of the numerically dominant thecosome Limacina helicina corresponded to the cross-frontal changes in Ωarag saturation state. Severe shell dissolution (categorized here as Type II and Type III) was low in near-surface waters where Ωarag > 1.4, while peak dissolution occurred in depths where Ωarag = 1.0 to 1.4. Vertical habitat compression and increased shell dissolution may be expected to accompany future shoaling of waters that are undersaturated with respect to aragonite.
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