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Dynamic Characteristics of Water Column Properties based on the Behavior of Water Mass and Inorganic Nutrients in the Western Pacific Seamount Area

서태평양 해저산 해역에서 수괴와 무기영양염 거동에 기초한 동적 수층환경 특성

  • Son, Juwon (Deep-sea and Seabed Mineral Resources Research Center, KIOST) ;
  • Shin, Hong-Ryeol (Department of Atmospheric Science, Kongju National University) ;
  • Mo, Ahra (Deep-sea and Seabed Mineral Resources Research Center, KIOST) ;
  • Son, Seung-Kyu (Deep-sea and Seabed Mineral Resources Research Center, KIOST) ;
  • Moon, Jai-Woon (Deep-sea and Seabed Mineral Resources Research Center, KIOST) ;
  • Kim, Kyeong-Hong (Deep-sea and Seabed Mineral Resources Research Center, KIOST)
  • 손주원 (한국해양과학기술원 심해저광물자원연구센터) ;
  • 신홍렬 (공주대학교 자연과학대학 대기과학과) ;
  • 모아라 (한국해양과학기술원 심해저광물자원연구센터) ;
  • 손승규 (한국해양과학기술원 심해저광물자원연구센터) ;
  • 문재운 (한국해양과학기술원 심해저광물자원연구센터) ;
  • 김경홍 (한국해양과학기술원 심해저광물자원연구센터)
  • Received : 2015.04.24
  • Accepted : 2015.07.02
  • Published : 2015.08.25
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Abstract

In order to understand the dynamic characteristics of water column environments in the Western Pacific seamount area (approximately $150.2^{\circ}E$, $20^{\circ}N$), we investigated the water mass and the behavior of water column parameters such as dissolved oxygen, inorganic nutrients (N, P), and chlorophyll-a. Physico-chemical properties of water column were obtained by CTD system at the nine stations which were selected along the east-west and south-north direction around the seamount (OSM14-2) in October 2014. From the temperature-salinity diagram, the main water masses were separated into North Pacific Tropical Water and Thermocline Water in the surface layer, North Pacific Intermediate Water in the intermediate layer, and North Pacific Deep Water in the bottom layer, respectively. Oxygen minimum zone (OMZ, mean $O_2$ $73.26{\mu}M$), known as dysoxic condition ($O_2<90{\mu}M$), was distributed in the depth range of 700~1,200 m throughout the study area. Inorganic nutrients typified by nitrite + nitrate and phosphate showed the lowest concentration in the surface mixed layer and then gradually increased downward with representing the maximum concentration in the OMZ, with lower N:P ratio (13.7), indicating that the nitrogen is regarded as limiting factor for primary production. Vertical distribution of water column parameters along the east-west and south-north station line around the seamount showed the effect of bottom water inflowing at around 500 m deep in the western and southern region, and concentrations of water column parameters in the bottom layer (below 2,500 m deep) of the western and southern region were differently distributed comparing to those of the other side regions (eastern and northern). The value of Excess N calculated from Redfield ratio (N:P=16:1) represented the negative value throughout the study area, which indicated the nitrogen sink dominant environments, and relative higher value of Excess N observed in the bottom layer of western and southern region. These observations suggest that the topographic features of a seamount influence the circulation of bottom current and its effects play a significant role in determining the behavior of water column environmental parameters.

서태평양에 위치한 해저산 해역($150.2^{\circ}E$, $20^{\circ}N$ 부근)에서 수층 환경의 동적 특성을 파악하고자 수괴 및 용존산소, 무기영양염(질소, 인), 엽록소-a 등과 같은 수층 환경 인자의 거동을 살펴보았다. 2014년 10월에 해저산(OSM14-2)을 중심으로 동-서 및 남-북 방향으로 총 9개의 정점에서 CTD system을 이용하여 물리 화학적 자료를 획득하였다. 수온-염분 도표로부터 연구 해역에서 파악된 수괴는 표층에서 북태평양 열대수와 수온약층수, 중층에서 북태평양 중층수 그리고 저층에서 북태평양 심층수로 구분되었다. 용존산소 농도가 낮은 최소층(평균 $73.26{\mu}M$)은 산소 결핍 환경(dysoxic<$90{\mu}M$)으로 연구 해역 전반에 걸쳐 수심 700~1,200 m 사이에 분포하였다. 아질산염+질산염과 인산염으로 대표되는 무기영양염은 표면혼합층 내에서 빈영양 환경을 보인 후 수심 증가에 따라 점차적으로 증가해 용존산소 최소층에서 최대 농도를 나타냈으며, N:P ratio(13.7) 결과로부터 연구 해역은 식물플랑크톤이 성장하기에 질소 성분이 제한된 환경으로 파악되었다. 해저산을 중심으로 동-서 및 남-북 정점 라인에서 환경 인자의 수직 분포는 서쪽과 남쪽 해역에서 저층수 유입에 의한 영향으로 수심 500 m 부근에서 그리고 수심 2,500 m 이하의 저층 내에서도 서쪽 해역과 남쪽 해역에서 반대 해역과 비교해 환경 인자의 농도가 다르게 분포하였다. Redfield ratio(N:P=16:1)을 이용하여 구해진 Excess N 값은 연구 해역 전반에 걸쳐 음의 값을 보여 질소 제거 기작이 우세한 환경임을 나타냈으며, 서쪽 해역과 남쪽 해역 저층에서 상대적으로 높은 값이 관측되었다. 이러한 결과들은 해저산의 지형적인 특성이 저층 해류 순환에 영향을 미치고 이는 수층 환경 인자들의 거동을 결정하는데 중요하게 작용함을 지시한다.

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