Around one third of current Arctic Ocean primary production sustained by rivers and coastal erosion

The Arctic Ocean is influenced by carbon and nutrients from rivers and erosion, but how this affects phytoplankton productivity is not understood. Here, the authors use a spatio-temporally resolved biogeochemical model to estimate that the input of carbon and nutrients fuels 28–51% of annual Arctic...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Jens Terhaar, Ronny Lauerwald, Pierre Regnier, Nicolas Gruber, Laurent Bopp
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
Subjects:
Science
Q
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Phytoplankton
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20470-z
https://doaj.org/article/acf9c385b2dc4270a4bd044a1c0901a2
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Summary:The Arctic Ocean is influenced by carbon and nutrients from rivers and erosion, but how this affects phytoplankton productivity is not understood. Here, the authors use a spatio-temporally resolved biogeochemical model to estimate that the input of carbon and nutrients fuels 28–51% of annual Arctic Ocean productivity.

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