Nutrient mineralization rates and ratios in the eastern South Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Brea, S ^a   Alvarez Salgado X A ^a   Alvarez M ^a   Perez F F ^a   Memery L ^b   Mercier, H ^b   Messias, M J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; South Atlantic; Water masses

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; INORGANIC CARBON; MINERALIZATION; MIXING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 3543007137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002051     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Anderson, L. A. (1995), On the hydrogen and oxygen content of marine phytoplankton, Deep Sea-Res., Part I, 42, 1675-1680.
2. Speer, K. G., and M. S. McCartney (1991), Tracing lower North Atlantic Deep Water across the equator, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 20,443-20,448.
3. Stramma, L., and M. England (1999), On the water masses and mean circulation of the South Atlantic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 20,863-20,883.
4. Stramma, L., and F. Schott (1999), The mean flow field of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, Deep Sea Res., Part I, 46, 279-303.
5. Suess, E., and P. J. Müller (1980), Productivity, sedimentation rate and sedimentary organic matter in the oceans: II. Elemental fractionation, paper presented at Symposium on the Benthic Boundary Layer, Cent. Natl. de la Recherche Sci., Marseille, France.
6. Suga, T., and L. D. Talley (1995), Antarctic Intermediate Water circulation in the tropical and subtropical South Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 13,441-13,453.
7. Tomczak, M. (1999), Some historical, theoretical and applied aspects of quantitative water mass analysis, J. Mar. Res., 57, 275-303.
8. Tsuchiya, M., L. D. Talley, and M. S. McCartney (1994), Water-mass distributions in the western South Atlantic: A section from South Georgia Island (54°S) northward across the equator, J. Mar. Res., 52, 55-81.
9. Vanicek, M., and G. Siedler (2002), Zonal fluxes in the deep water layers of the western South Atlantic Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 2205-2235.
10. Walker, S. J., R. F. Weiss, and P. K. Salameh (2000), Reconstructed histories of the annual mean atmospheric mole fractions for the halocarbons CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113 and carbon tetrachloride, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 14,285-14,296.
11. Wallace, D. W. R., and J. R. N. Lazier (1988), Anthropogenic chlorofluoromethanes in newly formed Labrador Sea Water, Nature, 332, 61-63.
12. Warner, J. M., and R. F. Weiss (1992), Chlorofluoromethanes in South Atlantic Antarctic Intermediate Water, Deep Sea Res., Part II, 39, 2053-2075.
13. Wüst, G. (1935), Schichtung und Zirculation des Atlantischen Ozeans, Die Stratosphäre, in Wiss Ergeb. der Dtsch. Atl. Exped., 6, 180 pp.
14. Zabel, M., A. Dahmke, and H. D. Schulz (1998), Regional distribution of diffusive phosphate and silicate fluxes through the sediment-water interface: The eastern South Atlantic, Deep Sea Res., Part I, 45, 277-300.
15. Zhang, J. Z., C. W. Mordy, L. I. Gordon, A. Ross, and H. E. Garcia (2000), Temporal trends in deep ocean Redfield ratios, Science, 289, 1839a.