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DOI | 10.1038/s41558-022-01430-5 |
Vertically migrating phytoplankton fuel high oceanic primary production | |
Wirtz K.; Smith S.L.; Mathis M.; Taucher J. | |
发表日期 | 2022 |
ISSN | 1758-678X |
英文摘要 | Marine net primary production (NPP) is remarkably high given the typical vertical separation of 50–150 m between the depth zones of light and nutrient sufficiency, respectively. Here we present evidence that many autotrophs bridge this gap through downward and upward migration, thereby facilitating biological nutrient pumping and high rates of oceanic NPP. Our model suggests that phytoplankton vertical migration (PVM) fuels up to 40% (>28 tg yr−1 N) of new production and directly contributes 25% of total oceanic NPP (herein estimated at 56 PgC yr−1). Confidence in these estimates is supported by good reproduction of seasonal, vertical and geographic variations in NPP. In contrast to common predictions, a sensitivity study of the PVM model indicates higher NPP under global warming when enhanced stratification reduces physical nutrient transport into the surface ocean. Our findings suggest that PVM is a key mechanism driving marine biogeochemistry and therefore requires consideration in global carbon budgets. © 2022, The Author(s). |
语种 | 英语 |
来源期刊 | Nature Climate Change
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/262156 |
作者单位 | Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, Germany |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wirtz K.; Smith S.L.; Mathis M.; Taucher J.. Vertically migrating phytoplankton fuel high oceanic primary production[J],2022. |
APA | Wirtz K.; Smith S.L.; Mathis M.; Taucher J..(2022).Vertically migrating phytoplankton fuel high oceanic primary production.Nature Climate Change. |
MLA | Wirtz K.; Smith S.L.; Mathis M.; Taucher J.."Vertically migrating phytoplankton fuel high oceanic primary production".Nature Climate Change (2022). |
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