Tracing terrestrial DOC in the Baltic Sea - a 3-D model study

Fransner, FilippaStockholms universitet,Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU) (author)

The fate of terrestrial organic matter brought to the coastal seas by rivers, and its role in the global carbon cycle, are still not very well known. Here the degradation rate of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (DOCter) is studied in the Baltic Sea, a subarctic semi-enclosed sea, by releasing it as a tracer in a 3-D circulation model and applying linear decay constants. A good agreement with available observational data is obtained by parameterizing the degradation in two rather different ways; one by applying a decay time on the order of 10 years to the whole pool of DOCter, and one by dividing the DOCter into one refractory pool and one pool subject to a decay time on the order of 1 year. The choice of parameterization has a significant effect on where in the Baltic Sea the removal takes place, which can be of importance when modeling the full carbon cycle and the CO2 exchange with the atmosphere. In both cases the biogeochemical decay operates on time scales less than the water residence time. Therefore only a minor fraction of the DOCter reaches the North Sea, whereas approximately 80% is removed by internal sinks within the Baltic Sea. This further implies that DOCter mineralization is an important link in land-sea-atmosphere cycling of carbon in coastal- and shelf seas that are heavily influenced by riverine DOC.

Nycander, JonasStockholms universitet,Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU)(Swepub:su)nycan (author)
Mörth, Carl-MagnusStockholms universitet,Baltic Nest Institute,Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper(Swepub:su)morth (author)
Humborg, ChristophStockholms universitet,Baltic Nest Institute,Institutionen för tillämpad miljövetenskap (ITM)(Swepub:su)christop (author)
Meier, H. E. MarkusStockholms universitet,Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU),Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden (author)
Hordoir, Robinson (author)
Gustafsson, ErikStockholms universitet,Baltic Nest Institute(Swepub:su)ergus (author)
Deutsch, BarbaraStockholms universitet,Baltic Nest Institute,Institutionen för tillämpad miljövetenskap (ITM)(Swepub:su)bdeut (author)
Stockholms universitetMeteorologiska institutionen (MISU) (creator_code:org_t)

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