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Research article
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17 Oct 2017
Research article |
| 17 Oct 2017
Coccolithophore fluxes in the open tropical North Atlantic: influence of thermocline depth, Amazon water, and Saharan dust
Catarina V. Guerreiro
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
University of Bremen, Geosciences Department, Klagenfurter
Str., 28359 Bremen, Germany
CIMA, Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Karl-Heinz Baumann
University of Bremen, Geosciences Department, Klagenfurter
Str., 28359 Bremen, Germany
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Str. 8, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Geert-Jan A. Brummer
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research,
Department of Ocean Systems, Den Burg 1790 AB, and Utrecht University, the Netherlands
VU University, Earth and Climate Cluster, Department of
Earth Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, De Boelelaan
1085 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Gerhard Fischer
University of Bremen, Geosciences Department, Klagenfurter
Str., 28359 Bremen, Germany
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Str. 8, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Laura F. Korte
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research,
Department of Ocean Systems, Den Burg 1790 AB, and Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Ute Merkel
University of Bremen, Geosciences Department, Klagenfurter
Str., 28359 Bremen, Germany
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Str. 8, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Carolina Sá
MARE Marine and Environmental Science Centre, Faculdade de
Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016
Lisbon, Portugal
CIMA, Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Henko de Stigter
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research,
Department of Ocean Systems, Den Burg 1790 AB, and Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Jan-Berend W. Stuut
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leobener Str. 8, 28359 Bremen, Germany
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research,
Department of Ocean Systems, Den Burg 1790 AB, and Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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Our study provides insights into the factors governing the spatio-temporal variability of coccolithophores in the equatorial North Atlantic and illustrates how this supposedly oligotrophic and stable open-ocean region actually reveals significant ecological variability. We provide evidence for Saharan dust and the Amazon River acting as fertilizers for phytoplankton and highlight the the importance of the thermocline depth for coccolithophore productivity in the lower photic zone.
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