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Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-875-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-875-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
Research article
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12 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 12 Feb 2015

Fluxes of carbon and nutrients to the Iceland Sea surface layer and inferred primary productivity and stoichiometry

E. Jeansson, R. G. J. Bellerby, I. Skjelvan, H. Frigstad, S. R. Ólafsdóttir, and J. Olafsson

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Long-term mean monthly fluxes of carbon and nutrients to the surface layer of the Iceland Sea are presented. From these fluxes we estimate primary production based on newly added nitrate (i.e. new production) and net community production (NCP). The annual new production in the Iceland Sea is estimated to 0.45±0.09mol N/m2/yr, and the net annual NCP to 7.3±1.0mol C/m2/yr. The typical C:N ratio during biological uptake is 9.0, challenging the Redfield C:N as the conversion factor in the area.
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