Nanomolar phosphate supply and its recycling drive net community production in the subtropical North Pacific

Primary productivity in the oligotrophic ocean sustains Earth’s ecosystems, but nutrient concentrations are vanishingly low. Here the authors measure nanomolar macronutrient concentrations in the North Pacific and find that net community production is sustained through high rates of phosphorus recyc...

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Main Authors: Fuminori Hashihama, Ichiro Yasuda, Aki Kumabe, Mitsuhide Sato, Hiroshi Sasaoka, Yosuke Iida, Takuhei Shiozaki, Hiroaki Saito, Jota Kanda, Ken Furuya, Philip W. Boyd, Masao Ishii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23837-y