Seasonally and Spatially Variable Organic Matter Contributions From Watershed, Marine Macrophyte, and Pelagic Sources to the Northeast Pacific Coastal Ocean Margin

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Kyra A. St. Pierre, Brian P. V. Hunt, Ian J. W. Giesbrecht, Suzanne E. Tank, Ken P. Lertzman, Justin Del Bel Belluz, Margot L. Hessing-Lewis, Angeleen Olson, Tyrel Froese
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: organic matter; coastal; connectivity; land-to-ocean continuum; carbon; nitrogen; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; glaciers; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.863209; https://doaj.org/article/c2f5d448b074412a9a585dc87a27fd84

Globally, coastal waters are considered biogeochemical hotspots because they receive, transform, and integrate materials and waters from both land and the open ocean. Extending from northern California to southeast Alaska, the Northeast Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest (NPCTR) region is no excep...