Upper ocean biogeochemistry of the oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: from nutrient sources to carbon export

M Dai, YW Luo, EP Achterberg… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Subtropical gyres cover 26%–29% of the world's surface ocean and are
conventionally regarded as ocean deserts due to their permanent stratification, depleted …

The Southern Ocean hub for nutrients, micronutrients, and their isotopes in the global ocean

GF de Souza, AK Morrison - Oceanography, 2024 - JSTOR
The sustenance of marine primary productivity depends on the supply of macro-and
micronutrients to photosynthesizers in the ocean's sunlit surface. Without supply from the …

Microzooplankton communities and their grazing of phytoplankton under artificial upwelling in the oligotrophic ocean

K Spilling, M Arellano San Martín… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ocean artificial upwelling has been suggested to boost primary production and increase
harvestable resources such as fish. Yet, for this ecosystem-based approach to work, an …

Assessing the potential of backscattering as a proxy for phytoplankton carbon biomass

C Serra‐Pompei, A Hickman, GL Britten… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite phytoplankton contributing roughly half of the photosynthesis on earth and fueling
marine food‐webs, field measurements of phytoplankton biomass remain scarce. The …

Satellite data reveal earlier and stronger phytoplankton blooms over fronts in the Gulf Stream region

C Haëck, M Lévy, I Mangolte, L Bopp - Biogeosciences, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
Fronts affect phytoplankton growth and phenology by locally reducing stratification and
increasing nutrient supplies. Biomass peaks at fronts have been observed in situ and linked …

Biogeochemical controls on climatically active gases and atmospheric sulfate aerosols in the western Pacific

F Xu, HH Zhang, SB Yan, MX Sun, JW Wu… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pacific Ocean plays an important role in regulating the budget of climatically
active gases and the burden of sulfate aerosols. Here, a field investigation was conducted to …

[HTML][HTML] Food web analysis shows an exacerbated dependence of zooplankton on detritus in oligotrophic systems due to ocean warming

L Russo, M Loschi, D Bellardini, R Congestri… - Progress in …, 2025 - Elsevier
Ocean warming can affect plankton both directly, through altered metabolic activities, and
indirectly, modifying the physical–chemical properties of the water column, with possible …

Projected Atlantic overturning slow-down is to be compensated by a strengthened South Atlantic subtropical gyre

F Marcello, M Tonelli, B Ferrero, I Wainer - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The upper limb of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation brings shallow interocean
contributions to replenish the North Atlantic export of deepwaters. It is primarily formed in the …

Regulation of winter river input on the nutrient structure of typical tropical bays around Leizhou Peninsula, South China

Q Zheng, G Pan, H Zhao, K Tian - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Elucidating the regulatory mechanisms of terrestrial input on bay nutrients is essential for
comprehending the ecological stability of bays. This paper investigates nutrients' structure …

Contrasting supply dynamics of dissolved iron and nitrate shape the biogeography of nutrient‐limiting conditions in the North Pacific

W Ma, Z Zhao, T Wang, B Liang, Y Wang… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The North Pacific is known with iron limitation for phytoplankton growth in the
subarctic region and nitrogen limitation in the subtropical gyre. Although the growth rate of …