%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Dekaezemacker, J. %A Bonnet, Sophie %A Grosso, O. %A Moutin, T. %A Bressac, M. %A Capone, D.G. %T Evidence of active dinitrogen fixation in surface waters of the eastern tropical South Pacific during El Niño and La Niña events and evaluation of its potential nutrient controls %D 2013 %L fdi:010061267 %G ENG %J Global Biogeochemical Cycles %@ 0886-6236 %K MILIEU MARIN ; EAU DE SURFACE ; EL NINO ; FIXATION BIOLOGIQUE DE L'AZOTE ; PRODUCTION PRIMAIRE ; FACTEUR LIMITANT ; CHLOROPHYLLE ; NUTRIMENT ; OXYGENE %K OLIGOTROPHIE ; LA NINA %K N2 fixation ; ETSP ; oligotrophic ; HNLC ; oxygen minimum zones ; nutrient ; limitation %K ZONE TROPICALE %K PACIFIQUE SUD %M ISI:000325488600014 %N 3 %P 768-779 %R 10.1002/gbc.20063 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061267 %> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2013/11/010061267.pdf %V 27 %W Horizon (IRD) %X Biological N-2 fixation rates were quantified in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific (ETSP) during both El Nino (February 2010) and La Nina (March-April 2011) conditions, and from Low-Nutrient, Low-Chlorophyll (20 degrees S) to High-Nutrient, Low-Chlorophyll (HNLC) (10 degrees S) conditions. N-2 fixation was detected at all stations with rates ranging from 0.01 to 0.88nmolNL(-1) d(-1), with higher rates measured during El Nino conditions compared to La Nina. High N-2 fixations rates were reported at northern stations (HNLC conditions) at the oxycline and in the oxygen minimum zone (OMZ), despite nitrate concentrations up to 30 mu molL(-1), indicating that inputs of new N can occur in parallel with N loss processes in OMZs. Water-column integrated N-2 fixation rates ranged from 4 to 53 mu molNm(-2) d(-1) at northern stations, and from 0 to 148 mu molm(-2) d(-1) at southern stations, which are of the same order of magnitude as N-2 fixation rates measured in the oligotrophic ocean. N-2 fixation rates responded significantly to Fe and organic carbon additions in the surface HNLC waters, and surprisingly by concomitant Fe and N additions in surface waters at the edge of the subtropical gyre. Recent studies have highlighted the predominance of heterotrophic diazotrophs in this area, and we hypothesize that N-2 fixation could be directly limited by inorganic nutrient availability, or indirectly through the stimulation of primary production and the subsequent excretion of dissolved organic matter and/or the formation of micro-environments favorable for heterotrophic N-2 fixation. %$ 032MILPHY