Articles | Volume 17, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4831-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4831-2020
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12 Oct 2020
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Factors controlling plankton community production, export flux, and particulate matter stoichiometry in the coastal upwelling system off Peru

Lennart Thomas Bach, Allanah Joy Paul, Tim Boxhammer, Elisabeth von der Esch, Michelle Graco, Kai Georg Schulz, Eric Achterberg, Paulina Aguayo, Javier Arístegui, Patrizia Ayón, Isabel Baños, Avy Bernales, Anne Sophie Boegeholz, Francisco Chavez, Gabriela Chavez, Shao-Min Chen, Kristin Doering, Alba Filella, Martin Fischer, Patricia Grasse, Mathias Haunost, Jan Hennke, Nauzet Hernández-Hernández, Mark Hopwood, Maricarmen Igarza, Verena Kalter, Leila Kittu, Peter Kohnert, Jesus Ledesma, Christian Lieberum, Silke Lischka, Carolin Löscher, Andrea Ludwig, Ursula Mendoza, Jana Meyer, Judith Meyer, Fabrizio Minutolo, Joaquin Ortiz Cortes, Jonna Piiparinen, Claudia Sforna, Kristian Spilling, Sonia Sanchez, Carsten Spisla, Michael Sswat, Mabel Zavala Moreira, and Ulf Riebesell

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KOSMOS 2017 Peru mesocosm study: overview data L. T. Bach, A. Paul, T. Boxhammer, E. von der Esch, M. Graco, K. G. Schulz, E. P. Achterberg, P. Aguayo, J. Arístegui Ruiz, P. Ayón, I. Banos, A. Bernales, A. S. Boegeholz, F. P. Chavez, S.-M. Chen, K. Doering, A. Filella, M. A. Fischer, P. Grasse, M. Haunost, J. Hennke, N. Hernandez-Hernandez, M. Hopwood, M. Igarza, V. Kalter, L. Kittu, P. Kohnert, J. Ledesma, C. Lieberum, S. Lischka, C. R. Löscher, A. Ludwig, U. Mendoza, J. Meyer, J. Meyer, F. Minutolo, J. Ortiz Cortes, J. Piiparinen, C. Sforna, K. Spilling, S. Sanchez, C. Spisla, M. Sswat, M. Zavala Moreira, and U. Riebesell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.923395

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Orni-eutrophication by Inca terns (Larosterna inca) during the KOSMOS study 2017 in the coastal upwelling system off Peru Tim Boxhammer, Lennart Thomas Bach, Michael Sswat, and Ulf Riebesell https://doi.org/10.3289/ORNI_EUTROPHICATION

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The eastern boundary upwelling system off Peru is among Earth's most productive ocean ecosystems, but the factors that control its functioning are poorly constrained. Here we used mesocosms, moored ~ 6 km offshore Peru, to investigate how processes in plankton communities drive key biogeochemical processes. We show that nutrient and light co-limitation keep productivity and export at a remarkably constant level while stoichiometry changes strongly with shifts in plankton community structure.
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