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 …

Marine phytoplankton resilience may moderate oligotrophic ecosystem responses and biogeochemical feedbacks to climate change

AC Martiny, GI Hagstrom, T DeVries… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Are the oceans turning into deserts? Rising temperature, increasing surface stratification,
and decreasing vertical inputs of nutrients are expected to cause an expansion of warm …

C: N stoichiometry and the fate of organic carbon in ecosystems of the northwest Pacific Ocean

C Zhang, Y Wang, R Bi, U Sommer, G Song… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Phytoplankton elemental composition regulates the efficiency of energy and material
transfer in the interface between phytoplankton and their consumers. The ratio of particulate …

Coexistence of dominant marine phytoplankton sustained by nutrient specialization

T Masuda, K Inomura, J Mareš, T Kodama… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are the two dominant picocyanobacteria in the low-
nutrient surface waters of the subtropical ocean, but the basis for their coexistence has not …

Spatiotemporal patterns of different forms of nitrogen in a coastal mangrove wetland invaded by Spartina alterniflora

X Peng, X Yu, X Zhai, X Gao, Z Yu, J Yang - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2023 - Elsevier
The invasion by smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) has a serious impact on ecosystem
function and the ecological environment in the coastal region of subtropical China. However …

Potential drivers and consequences of regional phosphate depletion in the western subtropical North Pacific

Z Yuan, TJ Browning, R Zhang, C Wang… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In regions of the nitrogen limited low latitude ocean, phosphate can also be depleted to
levels initiating stress responses in marine microbes. Here, we associate a broad region of …

Regionally variable responses of nitrogen fixation to iron and phosphorus enrichment in the Pacific Ocean

I Tanita, T Shiozaki, T Kodama… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Iron and phosphorus are major nutrients limiting marine nitrogen fixation. We directly
assessed iron and phosphate enrichment using the surface water of the western and central …

Phosphorus cycling in the upper waters of the Mediterranean Sea (PEACETIME cruise): relative contribution of external and internal sources

E Pulido-Villena, K Desboeufs, K Djaoudi… - Biogeosciences …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
The study of phosphorus cycling in P-depleted oceanic regions, such as the Mediterranean
Sea, has long suffered from methodological limitations leading to a simplistic view of a …

Nitrogen uptake rates and phytoplankton composition across contrasting North Atlantic Ocean coastal regimes north and south of Cape Hatteras

Y Zhu, MR Mulholland, PW Bernhardt… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Understanding nitrogen (N) uptake rates respect to nutrient availability and the
biogeography of phytoplankton communities is crucial for untangling the complexities of …

Phosphorus forms and zinc concentrations affect the physiological ecology and sinking rate of Thalassiosira weissflogii

J Li, Z Wang, H Yang, Z Wang, F Liu, X Chen… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
The combined effects of phosphorus (P) forms and zinc (Zn) concentrations on diatom
silicification remain unclear. In this study, we investigate the effects of different Zn …