Impact of open-ocean convection on nutrients, phytoplankton biomass and activity. Severin, T., Conan, P., Durrieu de Madron, X., Houpert, L., Oliver, M. J., Oriol, L., Caparros, J., Ghiglione, J. F., & Pujo-Pay, M. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 94:62–71, December, 2014.
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We describe the impact of an open-ocean convection event on nutrient budgets, carbon budget, elemental stoichiometry, phytoplankton biomass and activity in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea (NWM). In the convective episode examined here we estimated an input of nutrients to the surface layer of 7.0, 8.0 and 0.4×108mol of silicate, nitrate and phosphate, respectively. These quantities correspond to the annual nutrient input by river discharges and atmospheric depositions in the Gulf of Lion. Such nutrient input is sufficient to sustain new primary production from 46 to 63gCm−2y−1, which is the same order of magnitude found in the NWM open waters. Our results together with satellite data analysis, propose new scenarios that explain the origin of the spring phytoplankton bloom occurring in NWM.
@article{severin_impact_2014,
	title = {Impact of open-ocean convection on nutrients, phytoplankton biomass and activity},
	volume = {94},
	issn = {0967-0637},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063714001459},
	doi = {10.1016/j.dsr.2014.07.015},
	abstract = {We describe the impact of an open-ocean convection event on nutrient budgets, carbon budget, elemental stoichiometry, phytoplankton biomass and activity in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea (NWM). In the convective episode examined here we estimated an input of nutrients to the surface layer of 7.0, 8.0 and 0.4×108mol of silicate, nitrate and phosphate, respectively. These quantities correspond to the annual nutrient input by river discharges and atmospheric depositions in the Gulf of Lion. Such nutrient input is sufficient to sustain new primary production from 46 to 63gCm−2y−1, which is the same order of magnitude found in the NWM open waters. Our results together with satellite data analysis, propose new scenarios that explain the origin of the spring phytoplankton bloom occurring in NWM.},
	urldate = {2019-04-15},
	journal = {Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers},
	author = {Severin, T. and Conan, P. and Durrieu de Madron, X. and Houpert, L. and Oliver, M. J. and Oriol, L. and Caparros, J. and Ghiglione, J. F. and Pujo-Pay, M.},
	month = dec,
	year = {2014},
	keywords = {Remote sensing, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea, Nutrient budgets, Nutrient stoichiometry, Open-ocean convection, Phytoplankton bloom},
	pages = {62--71}
}

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