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Changes in North Atlantic nitrogen fixation controlled by ocean circulation

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  • Marietta Straub

    (Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland)

  • Daniel M. Sigman

    (Princeton University)

  • Haojia Ren

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University)

  • Alfredo Martínez-García

    (Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland)

  • A. Nele Meckler

    (Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland)

  • Mathis P. Hain

    (Princeton University)

  • Gerald H. Haug

    (Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland)

Abstract

Reconstructed changes in North Atlantic nitrogen fixation over the past 160,000 years have a 23,000-year cycle that is interpreted to result from precession-paced changes in the supply of phosphorus to surface waters by equatorial Atlantic upwelling.

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  • Marietta Straub & Daniel M. Sigman & Haojia Ren & Alfredo Martínez-García & A. Nele Meckler & Mathis P. Hain & Gerald H. Haug, 2013. "Changes in North Atlantic nitrogen fixation controlled by ocean circulation," Nature, Nature, vol. 501(7466), pages 200-203, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:501:y:2013:i:7466:d:10.1038_nature12397
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12397
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    1. Pearse J. Buchanan & Olivier Aumont & Laurent Bopp & Claire Mahaffey & Alessandro Tagliabue, 2021. "Impact of intensifying nitrogen limitation on ocean net primary production is fingerprinted by nitrogen isotopes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.

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