Articles | Volume 18, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5327-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-5327-2021
Research article
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01 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 01 Oct 2021

Riverine nitrogen supply to the global ocean and its limited impact on global marine primary production: a feedback study using an Earth system model

Miriam Tivig, David P. Keller, and Andreas Oschlies

Data sets

Global Nutrient Export from WaterSheds (NEWS2) Emilio Mayorga and Sybil Seitzinger http://icr.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=100008

Model code and software

Supplementary Data to "Feedbacks in the marine nitrogen cycle limit the impact of riverine nitrogen supply on global marine biology and biogeochemistry in an Earth System Model " Miriam Tivig, David P. Keller, and Andreas Oschlies https://data.geomar.de/thredds/20.500.12085/59977a36-e8e7-4348-a4e8-2b13f3913590/catalog.html

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Nitrogen is one of the most important elements for life in the ocean. A major source is the riverine discharge of dissolved nitrogen. While global models often omit rivers as a nutrient source, we included nitrogen from rivers in our Earth system model and found that additional nitrogen affected marine biology not only locally but also in regions far off the coast. Depending on regional conditions, primary production was enhanced or even decreased due to internal feedbacks in the nitrogen cycle.
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