Enchanced new production observed from the diurnal cycle of nitrate in an oligotrophic anticyclonic eddy

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A diurnal study in an anticyclonic eddy provides the first evidence of nutrient dynamics consistent with the observed trends in solar radiation, oxygen concentration changes, and estimates of the eddy diffusive flux of nitrate from nitracline. A new production rate of 24 mmol C m-2 d-1 was determined from nitrate inventory changes at nM levels in the mixed layer using a liquid waveguide technique combined with eddy diffusion estimates across the base of the mixed layer from temporal changes in the vertical penetration of SF6. The new production supported by nitrate from deepening of the mixed layer after storm events is two times larger than that from the daily diffusive flux. Our results demonstrate that new production in the oligotrophic ocean can be enhanced by a supply of nitrate through the eddy turbulence-induced diffusive flux and entrainment during storms.

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Zhang, J. Z., Wanninkhof, R., & Lee, K. (2001). Enchanced new production observed from the diurnal cycle of nitrate in an oligotrophic anticyclonic eddy. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(8), 1579–1582. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000GL012065

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