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Global nutrient cycling by commercially targeted marine fish
Priscilla Le Mézo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut de Ciencia i Technologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, ENS Ulm, Paris, France
Jérôme Guiet
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Kim Scherrer
Institut de Ciencia i Technologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
Daniele Bianchi
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Eric Galbraith
Institut de Ciencia i Technologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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This study quantifies the role of commercially targeted fish biomass in the cycling of three important nutrients (N, P, and Fe), relative to nutrients otherwise available in water and to nutrients required by primary producers, and the impact of fishing. We use a model of commercially targeted fish biomass constrained by fish catch and stock assessment data to assess the contributions of fish at the global scale, at the time of the global peak catch and prior to industrial fishing.
This study quantifies the role of commercially targeted fish biomass in the cycling of three...
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