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11 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables.-- Full-text version available Open Access at the journal site.The effect of different small-scale turbulence intensities on transparent exopolymeric particle (TEP) dynamics was studied in natural North Sea coastal waters. The abundance, volume, size spectra and carbon content of TEP were examined in mesocosms with and without added nutrients: no addition (T series) and a Redfield ratio supply on Day 1 (NT series), fertilized with 16 μM N:1 μM P:32 μM Si to favor phytoplankton production in the form of a bloom. Turbulence was generated by vertically oscillating grids, operating continuously for 14 d. We determined whether TEP production, under contrasting nutrient conditions, changes with level of turbulence. TEP concentration increased with turbulence. The effect of turbulence was likely indirect, by inducing an increase in growth rates of diatoms that actively exude TEP precursor, particularly when nutrients were exhausted. Following TEP production, the ratio of particulate organic carbon to nitrogen increased after the bloom, regardless of turbulence level. TEP formation led to a decoupling of carbon and nitrogen dynamics, with a large flow of carbon channeled into the TEP pool, representing up to 44% of the primary production, and was constant with the turbulence intensity. While turbulence had no effect on small particles (<40 μm), turbulence favored the aggregation of TEP >40 μm. We found significant sedimentation of TEP when turbulence was lower (5 to 8 × 10–2 cm2 s–3) and a persistence of the TEP pool in the tanks without sinking at higher levels of turbulence intensity, typical of storm events (ε = 1 cm2 s–3).Access to installations was funded by the Large-Scale Facility of the University of Bergen and by the Improving Human Potential Programme from the EU through Contract No. HPRI-CT-1999-00056. This research was funded as part of the shared cost research project NTAP (Contract No. EVK3-CT-2000-00022) by the key action ‘Sustainable Marine Ecosystems’ of the EU RTD Programme ‘Environment and Sustainable Development’ and forms part of the ELOISE projects cluster.Peer reviewe

Effects of turbulence on TEP dynamics under contrasting nutrient conditions: implications for aggregation and sedimentation processes