Production regime and associated N cycling in the vicinity of Kerguelen Island, Southern Ocean

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Flórez Leiva, Lennis Rafael, Cavagna, Anne Julie, Fripiat, François, Elskens, Marc, Mangion, Perrine, Queguiner, Bernard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union 2015
• Subjects: islas Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Nitrificación; Nitrification; Océano antártico; Antarctic Ocean; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_12834; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_468; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/21628; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6515-2015

ABSTRACT: Although the Southern Ocean is considered a high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (HNLC) area, massive and recurrent blooms are observed over and downstream of the Kerguelen Plateau. This mosaic of blooms is triggered by a higher iron supply resulting from the interaction between the Antarctic Ci...