The Southern Ocean biogeochemical divide

I. Marinov (), A. Gnanadesikan, J. R. Toggweiler and J. L. Sarmiento
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I. Marinov: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University
A. Gnanadesikan: NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
J. R. Toggweiler: NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
J. L. Sarmiento: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University

Nature, 2006, vol. 441, issue 7096, 964-967

Abstract: The Southern Ocean has central roles in carbon dioxide exchange between the oceans and the atmosphere, and in nutrient supply to the rest of the world's oceans — but these are physically separated due to the nature of ocean circulation, creating a biogeochemical divide. The area south of the divide has the most important influence on carbon dioxide exchange with the atmosphere; while the area to the north has the most significant effect on global oceanic productivity.

Date: 2006
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