Southern Ocean nutrient trapping and the efficiency of the biological pump

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2547-2564

  Primeau, François W ^a   Holzer, Mark ^b,c   DeVries, Timothy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biological production; biological pump; data assimilation; ocean model; phosphate; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; EFFICIENCY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PUMPS; DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEAN MODEL; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; DEEP WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEANIC CURRENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGIONAL PATTERN;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84880708932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20181     Document Type: Article

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