Seasonal inorganic nitrogen distributions and dynamics in the southeastern Bering Sea
The annual cycle of the distribution of nitrate and ammonium concentrations in the PROBES area of the southeastern Bering Sea was highly interactive with the physical and biological processes. Nitrate concentrations were replenished over the shelf during the autumn and winter at a very uniform rate...
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
eScholarship, University of California
1986
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/90h927s4 |
id |
ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt90h927s4 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt90h927s4 2023-06-18T03:40:01+02:00 Seasonal inorganic nitrogen distributions and dynamics in the southeastern Bering Sea Whitledge, Terry E Reeburgh, William S Walsh, John J 109 - 132 1986-01-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/90h927s4 unknown eScholarship, University of California qt90h927s4 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/90h927s4 CC-BY Continental Shelf Research, vol 5, iss 1-2 Earth Sciences Biological Sciences Oceanography article 1986 ftcdlib 2023-06-05T18:02:17Z The annual cycle of the distribution of nitrate and ammonium concentrations in the PROBES area of the southeastern Bering Sea was highly interactive with the physical and biological processes. Nitrate concentrations were replenished over the shelf during the autumn and winter at a very uniform rate until the spring bloom commenced. In the middle shelf after nitrate concentrations were depleted in the upper mixed layer during the spring bloom, large quantities of ammonium were produced in the bottom layer. Cross-shelf diffusion, vertical diffusion, vertical mixing by storms, benthic release, and possibly nitrification interacted to supply nitrogen utilized by primary production. Nitrogen uptake by photosynthetic processes as estimated by nitrate depletion and nitrogen isotope measurements agreed with primary production estimates made by radiocarbon uptake rate measurements and ∑CO2 budgets. © 1985. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Sea University of California: eScholarship Bering Sea |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
University of California: eScholarship |
op_collection_id |
ftcdlib |
language |
unknown |
topic |
Earth Sciences Biological Sciences Oceanography |
spellingShingle |
Earth Sciences Biological Sciences Oceanography Whitledge, Terry E Reeburgh, William S Walsh, John J Seasonal inorganic nitrogen distributions and dynamics in the southeastern Bering Sea |
topic_facet |
Earth Sciences Biological Sciences Oceanography |
description |
The annual cycle of the distribution of nitrate and ammonium concentrations in the PROBES area of the southeastern Bering Sea was highly interactive with the physical and biological processes. Nitrate concentrations were replenished over the shelf during the autumn and winter at a very uniform rate until the spring bloom commenced. In the middle shelf after nitrate concentrations were depleted in the upper mixed layer during the spring bloom, large quantities of ammonium were produced in the bottom layer. Cross-shelf diffusion, vertical diffusion, vertical mixing by storms, benthic release, and possibly nitrification interacted to supply nitrogen utilized by primary production. Nitrogen uptake by photosynthetic processes as estimated by nitrate depletion and nitrogen isotope measurements agreed with primary production estimates made by radiocarbon uptake rate measurements and ∑CO2 budgets. © 1985. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Whitledge, Terry E Reeburgh, William S Walsh, John J |
author_facet |
Whitledge, Terry E Reeburgh, William S Walsh, John J |
author_sort |
Whitledge, Terry E |
title |
Seasonal inorganic nitrogen distributions and dynamics in the southeastern Bering Sea |
title_short |
Seasonal inorganic nitrogen distributions and dynamics in the southeastern Bering Sea |
title_full |
Seasonal inorganic nitrogen distributions and dynamics in the southeastern Bering Sea |
title_fullStr |
Seasonal inorganic nitrogen distributions and dynamics in the southeastern Bering Sea |
title_full_unstemmed |
Seasonal inorganic nitrogen distributions and dynamics in the southeastern Bering Sea |
title_sort |
seasonal inorganic nitrogen distributions and dynamics in the southeastern bering sea |
publisher |
eScholarship, University of California |
publishDate |
1986 |
url |
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/90h927s4 |
op_coverage |
109 - 132 |
geographic |
Bering Sea |
geographic_facet |
Bering Sea |
genre |
Bering Sea |
genre_facet |
Bering Sea |
op_source |
Continental Shelf Research, vol 5, iss 1-2 |
op_relation |
qt90h927s4 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/90h927s4 |
op_rights |
CC-BY |
_version_ |
1769004817782407168 |