A nitrate and silicate budget in the equatorial Pacific Ocean: a coupled physical-biological model study

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Jiang, MS
Chai, F
Dugdale, RC
Wilkerson, FP
Peng, TH
Barber, RT
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[1] Univ Maine, Sch Marine Sci, Orono, ME 04469 USA
[2] San Francisco State Univ, Romberg Tiburon Ctr, Tiburon, CA 94920 USA
[3] NOAA, Atlantic Oceanog & Meteorol Lab, Ocean Chem Div, Miami, FL 33149 USA
[4] Duke Univ, Marine Lab, NSOE, Beaufort, NC 28516 USA
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10.1016/j.dsr2.2003.07.006
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P7 [海洋学];
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A coupled physical-biological model was developed to simulate the low-silicate, high-nitrate, and low-chlorophyll (LSHNLC) conditions in the equatorial Pacific Ocean and used to compute a detailed budget in the Wyrtki box (5degreesN-5degreesS, 180-90degreesW) for the major sources and cycling of nitrogen and silicon in the equatorial Pacific. With the incorporation of biogenic silicon dissolution, NH4 regeneration from organic nitrogen and nitrification of ammonia in the model, we show that silicon recycling in the upper ocean is less efficient than nitrogen. As the major source of nutrients to the equatorial Pacific, the Equatorial Undercurrent provides slightly less Si(OH)(4) than NO3 to the upwelling zone, which is defined as 2.5degreesN-2.5degreesS. As a result, the equatorial upwelling supplies less Si(OH)(4) than NO3 into the euphotic zone in the Wyrtki box, having a Si/N supply ratio of about 0.85 (2.5 vs. 2.96 mmol m(-2) day(-1)). More Si(OH)(4) than NO3 is taken up with a Si/N ratio of 1.17 (2.72 vs. 2.33 mmol m(-2) day(-1)) within the euphotic zone. The difference between upwelling supply and biological uptake is balanced by nutrient regeneration and horizontal advection. Excluding regeneration, the net silicate and nitrate uptakes are nearly equal (1.76 vs. 1.84 mmol m(-2) day(-1)). However, biogenic silica export production is slightly higher than organic nitrogen (1.74 vs. 1.59 mmol m(-2) day(-1)) following a 1.1 Si/N ratio., In the central equatorial Pacific, low silicate concentrations limit diatom growth; therefore non-diatom new production accounts for most of the new production. Higher silicate supply in the east maintains elevated diatom growth rates and new production associated with diatoms dominate upwelling zone. In contrast, the new production associated with small phytoplankton is nearly constant or decreases eastward along the equator. The total new production has a higher rate in the east than in the west, following the pattern of surface silicate. This suggests that silicate regulates the diatom production, total new production, and thereby carbon cycle in this area. The modeled mean primary production is 48.4 mmol C m(-2) day(-1), representing the lower end of direct field measurements, while new production is 15.0 mmol C m(-2) day(-1), which compares well with previous estimates. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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