Internal-wave induced and double-diffusive nutrient fluxes to the nutrient-consuming surface layer in the oligotrophic subtropical North Atlantic
In the literature, an inconsistency exists between estimates of biotically-effected carbon export inferred from large-scale geochemical studies (Jenkins 1982; 47 gC m-2a-1) and local measurements of turbulent nutrient supply (Lewis et al. 1986; 4 gC m-2a-1) in the eastern subtropical North Atlantic....
| Published in: | Ocean Dynamics |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | unknown |
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2004
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/12705/ http://www.metapress.com/(zzhwq155dujook551od5br45)/app/home/issue.asp?referrer=parent&backto=journal,12,269;linkingpublicationresults,1:107721,1 |
| Summary: | In the literature, an inconsistency exists between estimates of biotically-effected carbon export inferred from large-scale geochemical studies (Jenkins 1982; 47 gC m-2a-1) and local measurements of turbulent nutrient supply (Lewis et al. 1986; 4 gC m-2a-1) in the eastern subtropical North Atlantic. Nutrient supply to the upper ocean by turbulent mixing is reexamined using local standard oceanographic measurements and high-resolution vertical profiles of nutrients averaged over a large region directly comparable to that investigated by Jenkins (1982). |
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