BibliographicReference 233056

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Type: Bibliographic resource
Type of document: Journal article
BibLvlCode: AS
Title: Primary production and nitrate uptake within the seasonal thermocline of a stratified shelf sea
Abstract: The Celtic Sea acts as a control site for ISECA as it is not subject to eutrophication. The influence of nitrate on primary production was assessed at this site. Comparison of carbon (¹⁴C) fixation and nitrate (¹⁵NO₃) uptake versus irradiance experiments revealed that the proportion of ¹⁵NO₃ uptake compared to ¹⁴C fixed was higher at the seasonal chlorophyll maximum (SCM) than in the upper part of the thermocline where nitrate was depleted. Production fuelled by new nitrate from below the thermocline was estimated to be ~5 - 19 g C m^-2, which is around half that expected for the spring bloom. These figures provide a baseline for primary production in the 2-Seas area in the context of eutrophication in the North Sea.
WebOfScience code: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000308357300003
Bibliographic citation: Hickman, A.E.; Moore, C.M.; Sharples, J.; Lucas, M.I.; Tilstone, G.H.; Krivtsov, V.; Holligan, P.M. (2012). Primary production and nitrate uptake within the seasonal thermocline of a stratified shelf sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 463: 39–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09836
Topic: Marine
Is peer reviewed: true
Access rights: open access
Is accessible for free: true

term: ANE, Celtic Sea (term code: 181920 - defined in term set: ASFA Geoterms); Carbon fixation (term code: 1333 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List); Continental shelf (term code: 1835 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List); Irradiance (term code: 4466 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List); Photosynthesis (term code: 6173 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List); Phytoplankton (term code: 6208 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List); Primary production (term code: 6539 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)