Publisher Summary This chapter explores that the pelagic food chain is mainly linear and
short, and there is a relatively close coupling between the primary production and the …

The size distribution of pelagic producers and the size and trophic position of consumers
determine the composition and magnitude of sinking fluxes from the surface communities in …

The physical effects of hurricanes include deepening of the mixed layer and decreasing of
the sea surface temperature in response to entrainment, curl‐induced upwelling, and …

The concept of limiting nutrients is a cornerstone of theories concerning the control of
production, structure and dynamics of freshwater and marine plankton. The current dogma is …

The effects of physical forcing on pelagic ecosystem are studied using numerical models, in
which ecological and physical processes are coupled. The implications of the mathematical …

Publisher Summary A common-sense view of the marine environment as a fluid medium
would probably imply progressive changes and smooth gradients in physical properties …

Dissolved and particulate Fe concentrations, measured at three deep ocean stations on a
1600 km inshore-offshore VERTEX transect, were compared with those found at four …

A limited area, eddy resolving coupled physical and biological model is used to examine the
role of mesoscale dynamical processes in nutrient cycling in the Sargasso Sea. Upwelling …

MONSOONS cause seasonal reversals in the surface circulation of the northern Indian
Ocean1. In the Arabian Sea this results in the upwelling of nutrient-rich water along the …

The vertical flux of nitrate across the thermocline in the upper ocean imposes a rigorous
constraint on the rate of export of organic carbon from the surface layer of the sea. This …