Constraining the 2-component model of marine dissolved organic radiocarbon |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA;1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA 98266, USA;2. College of Science and Engineering, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA |
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| Abstract: | Keeling plots of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration and Δ14C depth profiles imply rapid, diapycnal transport of DOC to the meso- and bathypelagic zones, but do not constrain the mechanism of redistribution. We review the 2-component Keeling plot model, and present an alternative formulation explicitly based on homogenization of water parcels. Applying this new model to DOC and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) depth profiles suggests that the dominant controls on DOC redistribution differ throughout the water column. DOC concentration and Δ14C gradients were consistent with biogeochemical processing in the epipelagic and advection in the mesopelagic. Vertical gradients in DOC concentration and Δ14C were insufficient for further interpretation in the bathypelagic. Ultimately, additional concurrent measurements of DOC and DIC concentrations and Δ14C values throughout the water column at more locations are needed to constrain the applicability of two-component mixing models to marine DOC. |
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