Pelagic phosphorus accumulation in the Pacific Ocean

• Main Authors: Moody, Judith, Chaboudy, Louis R, Worsley, Thomas R
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1988
• Subjects: 28-266; 32-310; 62-463; 7-62A; 7-65; 7-66A; 85-572; 89-586; 9-77; Antarctic Ocean/RIDGE; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP; Glomar Challenger; GPC-3; Leg28; Leg32; Leg62; Leg7; Leg85; Leg89; Leg9; LL44-GPC-3; North Pacific; North Pacific/BASIN; North Pacific/CONT RISE; North Pacific/HILL; North Pacific/RIDGE; North Pacific/SEAMOUNT; PC; Piston corer; Silicon Cycling in the World Ocean; SINOPS; South Pacific; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.726936; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.726936

As a limiting nutrient to marine life, phosphorus (P) is an effective tracer of today's marine productivity. The distribution of P in marine sediments likewise tracks the history of marine productivity because of its relative insolubility in seawater. CaCO3, biogenic opal, terrigenous sediment,...