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

• Main Authors: Cavagna, A. -J., Fripiat, François, Elskens, M., Mangion, P., Chirurgien, L., Closset, Ivia, Lasbleiz, M., Florez-Leiva, L., Cardinal, D., Leblanc, Karine, Fernandez, C., Lefèvre, D., Oriol, Louise, Blain, S., Quéguiner, Bernard, Dehairs, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Sciences de la terre et du cosmos; Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/299523; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/299523/1/doi_283167.pdf

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...