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Articles | Volume 18, issue 14
Articles | Volume 18, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4281-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4281-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 14
Research article
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22 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 22 Jul 2021

Do Loop Current eddies stimulate productivity in the Gulf of Mexico?

Pierre Damien, Julio Sheinbaum, Orens Pasqueron de Fommervault, Julien Jouanno, Lorena Linacre, and Olaf Duteil

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The Gulf of Mexico deep waters are relatively poor in phytoplankton biomass due to low levels of nutrients in the upper layers. Using modeling techniques, we find that the long-living anticyclonic Loop Current eddies that are shed episodically from the Yucatan Channel strongly shape the distribution of phytoplankton and, more importantly, stimulate their growth. This results from the contribution of multiple mechanisms of physical–biogeochemical interactions discussed in this study.
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