[en] A dynamic model has been developed to represent biogeochemical variables and processes observed during a bloom of Emiliania huxleyi coccolithophore. This bloom was induced in a mesocosm experiment during which the ecosystem development was followed over a period of 23-days through changes in various biogeochemical parameters such as inorganic nutrients (nitrate, ammonium and phosphate), total alkalinity (TA), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2), dissolved oxygen (O2), photosynthetic pigments, particulate organic carbon (POC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEP), primary production, and calcification. This dynamic model is based on unbalanced algal growth and balanced bacterial growth. In order to adequately reproduce the observations, the model includes an explicit description of phosphorus cycling, calcification, TEP production and an enhanced mortality due to viral lysis. The model represented carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes observed in the mesocosms. Modelled profiles of algal biomass and final concentrations of DIC and nutrients are in agreement with the experimental observations.
Joassin, Pascal ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Océanologie
Delille, Bruno ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Océanographie chimique
Soetaert, Karline; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Yerseke, The Netherlands
Borges, Alberto ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Océanographie chimique
Chou, Lei; Laboratoire d’Océanographie Chimique et Géochimie des Eaux, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Engel, Anja; Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Laboratoire d’Océanographie, Université Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 7093, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique- Université Pierre et Marie Curie (CNRS-UPMC), BP 28, 06234 Villefranche-sur-mer Cedex, France
Harlay, Jérôme ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Océanographie chimique
Riebesell, Ulf; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
Suykens, Kim; Unite d'Oceanographie Chimique, Interfacultary Centre for Marine Research, Universite de Liege, Institut de Physique (B5), B-4000 Liege, Belgium
Grégoire, Marilaure ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Océanologie
Language :
English
Title :
A mathematical modelling of bloom of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi in a mesocosm experiment
Publication date :
23 July 2008
Event name :
Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modeling Research (AMEMR) symposium
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