Production regime and associated N cycling in the vicinity of Kerguelen Island, Southern Ocean

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Cavagna, A. J., Fripiat, F., Elskens, M., Mangion, P., Chirurgien, L., Closset, I., Lasbleiz, M., Florez-leiva, L., Cardinal, D., Leblanc, K., Fernandez, C., Lefevre, D., Oriol, L., Blain, S., Queguiner, B., Dehairs, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00294/40561/39448.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00294/40561/39449.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00294/40561/93124.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6515-2015; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00294/40561/

Although the Southern Ocean is considered a high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (HNLC) area, massive and recurrent blooms are observed over and downstream of the Kerguelen Plateau. This mosaic of blooms is triggered by a higher iron supply resulting from the interaction between the Antarctic Circumpolar...