Tracking improvement in simulated marine biogeochemistry between CMIP5 and CMIP6

R Séférian, S Berthet, A Yool, J Palmiéri, L Bopp… - Current Climate Change …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The changes or updates in ocean biogeochemistry component
have been mapped between CMIP5 and CMIP6 model versions, and an assessment made …

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 …

Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems

JJ Elser, MES Bracken, EE Cleland, DS Gruner… - Ecology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The cycles of the key nutrient elements nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) have been
massively altered by anthropogenic activities. Thus, it is essential to understand how …

Emerging patterns of marine nitrogen fixation

JA Sohm, EA Webb, DG Capone - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2011 - nature.com
Biological N2 fixation is an important part of the marine nitrogen cycle as it provides a source
of new nitrogen that can support biological carbon export and sequestration. Research in …

The oceanic phosphorus cycle

A Paytan, K McLaughlin - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Phosphorus (P) is an essential element to all life, being a structural and functional
component of all organisms. 1-4 P provides the phosphate-ester backbone of DNA and …

Optimal nitrogen-to-phosphorus stoichiometry of phytoplankton

CA Klausmeier, E Litchman, T Daufresne, SA Levin - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Redfield noted the similarity between the average nitrogen-to-phosphorus ratio in plankton
(N: P= 16 by atoms) and in deep oceanic waters (N: P= 15; refs,). He argued that this was …

Global patterns in marine organic matter stoichiometry driven by phytoplankton ecophysiology

K Inomura, C Deutsch, O Jahn, S Dutkiewicz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The proportion of major elements in marine organic matter links cellular processes to global
nutrient, oxygen and carbon cycles. Differences in the C: N: P ratios of organic matter have …

The biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus in marine systems

CR Benitez-Nelson - Earth-Science Reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
The cycling of phosphorus (P) in the ocean has long been viewed from a geological
perspective that tends to focus on balancing P sources (riverine and atmospheric) and sinks …

Microbially mediated transformations of phosphorus in the sea: new views of an old cycle

DM Karl - Annual review of marine science, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Phosphorus (P) is a required element for life. Its various chemical forms are found
throughout the lithosphere and hydrosphere, where they are acted on by numerous abiotic …

Dinitrogen fixation in the world's oceans

D Karl, A Michaels, B Bergman, D Capone… - The nitrogen cycle at …, 2002 - Springer
The surface water of the marine environment has traditionally been viewed as a nitrogen (N)
limited habitat, and this has guided the development of conceptual biogeochemical models …