Palaeoceanography : polar twins
Ice ages in the North Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean were marked by low productivity. Accumulating evidence indicates that strong stratification restricted the supply of nutrients from the deep ocean to the algae of the sunlit surface in these regions.
| Published in: | Nature Geoscience |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11330 https://doi.org/10.1038/Ngeo423 |
| Summary: | Ice ages in the North Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean were marked by low productivity. Accumulating evidence indicates that strong stratification restricted the supply of nutrients from the deep ocean to the algae of the sunlit surface in these regions. |
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