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Provedor de dados: | 5
País: | France
Título: | Distribution and rates of nitrogen fixation in the western tropical South Pacific Ocean constrained by nitrogen isotope budgets
Autores: | Knapp, Angela N.; Mccabe, Kelly M.; Grosso, Olivier; Leblond, Nathalie; Moutin, Thierry; Bonnet, Sophie.
Data: | 2018-05
Ano: | 2018
Resumo: | Constraining the rates and spatial distribution of di-nitrogen (N2) fixation fluxes to the ocean informs our understanding of the environmental sensitivities of N2 fixation as well as the timescale over which the fluxes of nitrogen (N) to and from the ocean may respond to each other. Here we quantify rates of N2 fixation as well as its contribution to export production along a zonal transect in the Western Tropical South Pacific (WTSP) Ocean using N isotope (δ15N) budgets. Comparing measurements of water column nitrate + nitrite δ15N with the δ15N of sinking particulate N at a western, central, and eastern station, these δ15N budgets indicate high, modest, and low rates of N2 fixation at the respective stations. The results also imply that N2 fixation supports exceptionally high, i.e., &gt; 50 %, of export production at the western and central stations, which are also proximal to the largest iron sources. These geochemically-based rates of N2 fixation are equal to or greater than those previously reported in the tropical North Atlantic, indicating that the WTSP Ocean has the capacity to support globally significant rates of N2 fixation, which may compensate for N removal in the oxygen deficient zones of the eastern tropical Pacific.
Tipo: | Text
Idioma: | Inglês

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https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00420/53117/54069.pdf

https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00420/53117/56818.pdf

DOI:10.5194/bg-15-2619-2018

https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00420/53117/

Editor: | Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh
Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | Biogeosciences (1726-4170) (Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh), 2018-05 , Vol. 15 , N. 9 , P. 2619-2628

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