Impact of the subtropical mode water biogeochemical properties on primary production in the North Atlantic: New insights from an idealized model study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Kremeur A S ^a,c   Levy, M ^a,c   Aumont, O ^b   Reverdin, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOMS (METAL); DISSOLUTION; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MIXED LAYER; MODEL SOLUTION; MODEL STUDY; NORTH ATLANTIC; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOURCE REGION; SPRING BLOOMS; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; UPPER LAYER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

ADVECTION; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; BOUNDARY CURRENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GYRE; MODE WATER; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUBDUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 70349675939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005161     Document Type: Article

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