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dc.contributor.authorCodispoti, L.A.
dc.contributor.authorBrandes, J.A.
dc.contributor.authorChristensen, J.P.
dc.contributor.authorDevol, A.H.
dc.contributor.authorNaqvi, S.W.A.
dc.contributor.authorPaerl, H.W.
dc.contributor.authorYoshinari, T.
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-07T10:50:26Z
dc.date.available2009-01-07T10:50:26Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.citationScientia Marina, Vol.65 (suppl. 2); 85-105p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1573
dc.description.abstractNew data forced to raise previous estimates of oceanic denitrification. The revised estimate of approx. 450 Tg N yr sup(-1) (Tg = 10 sup(12) g) produces an oceanic fixed N budget with a large deficit (approx. 200 Tg N yr sup(1)) that can be explained only by positing an ocean that has deviated far from a steady-state, the need for a major upwards revision of fixed N inputs, particularly nitrogen fixation, or both. Oceanic denitrification can be significantly altered by small re-distributions of carbon and dissolved oxygen. Since fixed N is a limiting nutrient, uncompensated changes in denitrification affect the ocean's ability to sequester atmospheric CO sub(2) via the "biological pump". Our concepts of the oceanic N sub(2) O regime to take better account of the extremely high N sub(2)O saturations that can arise in productive, low oxygen waters had to be modified. Recent results from the western Indian Shelf during a period when hypoxic, suboxic and anoxic waters were present produced a maximum surface N sub(2)O saturation of greater than 8000%, a likely consequence of "stop and go" denitrification. The sensitivity of N sub(2) O production and consumption to small changes in the oceanic dissolved oxygen distribution and to the "spin-up" phase of denitrification suggests that the oceanic source term for N sub(2)O could change rapidly
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInstitut de Ciencies del Mar de Barcelona
dc.rightsCopyright [2001]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectdissolved gases
dc.subjectnitrogen fixation
dc.subjectnitrogen budget
dc.subjectnitrous oxide
dc.subjectdenitrification
dc.subjectcontinental shelves
dc.subjectdissolved oxygen
dc.titleThe oceanic fixed nitrogen and nitrous oxide budgets: Moving targets as we enter the anthropocene?
dc.typeJournal Article


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