Nutrient-Density Relationships in the Western North Atlantic Between Cape Lookout and Bermuda

A study of the nutrient-density relationships of Sargasso Sea water reveals a close correlation; Gulf Stream waters are anomalously higher and more variable in nutrients for a given density. Nutrient anomalies can be used in the same way as oxygen anomalies to map the distribution of Caribbean water...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stefánsson, Unnsteinn, Atkinson, Larry P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: ODU Digital Commons 1971
Subjects:
Sargasso Sea
Gulf Stream
Caribbean water
Nutrient density relationships
Oxidative ratios
Oceanography
Cape Lookout
Lookout
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ccpo_pubs/178
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1188&context=ccpo_pubs
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Summary:A study of the nutrient-density relationships of Sargasso Sea water reveals a close correlation; Gulf Stream waters are anomalously higher and more variable in nutrients for a given density. Nutrient anomalies can be used in the same way as oxygen anomalies to map the distribution of Caribbean water in sections across the Gulf Stream. They show that contributions of Caribbean water to the Gulf Stream vary greatly from time to time. Oxidative ratios of ΔO : ΔN : ΔP = (−233) : 16.3 : 1.0 were derived from the correlation between oxygen anomalies and nutrients anomalies of Gulf Stream water in the sigma-t range 25.0–26.8.

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