Upper ocean mixing controls the seasonality of planktonic foraminifer fluxes and associated strength of the carbonate pump in the oligotrophic North Atlantic

Salmon, K. H.; Anand, P.; Sexton, P. F.; Conte, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-223-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-223-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-223-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Research article

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13 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 13 Jan 2015

Upper ocean mixing controls the seasonality of planktonic foraminifer fluxes and associated strength of the carbonate pump in the oligotrophic North Atlantic

K. H. Salmon, P. Anand, P. F. Sexton, and M. Conte

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RC C4895: 'Review of Upper ocean mixing controls the seasonality of planktonic foraminifer fluxes and associated strength of the carbonate pump in the oligotrophic North Atlantic', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Sep 2014
- AC C6596: 'Response to Referee #1', Kate Salmon, 10 Nov 2014
RC C5904: 'Review manuscript #bg-2014-389 Salmon et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Oct 2014
- AC C6598: 'Response to Referee #2', Kate Salmon, 10 Nov 2014

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ED: Publish as is (11 Dec 2014) by Jelle Bijma

AR by Kate Salmon on behalf of the Authors (19 Dec 2014)

Short summary

Planktonic foraminifera are an important component of the marine carbon/carbonate cycle, yet the environmental controls on their abundances are still debated. In our study, we see larger foraminifera fluxes, particularly of heavy species, during winter when nutrients are mixed into the surface waters or during eddy mixing. Climatic factors that control mixing could therefore control the flux of planktonic foraminfera and the carbon/carbonate flux on seasonal and decadal timescales.