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TI Nitrogen and Phosphorus Budgets in the Northwestern Mediterranean Deep Convection Region
BT 
AF KESSOURI, Faycal
   ULSES, Caroline
   ESTOURNEL, Claude
   MARSALEIX, Patrick
   SEVERIN, Tatiana
   PUJO-PAY, Mireille
   CAPARROS, Jocelyne
   RAIMBAULT, Patrick
   DE FOMMERVAULT, Orens Pasqueron
   D'ORTENZIO, Fabrizio
   TAILLANDIER, Vincent
   TESTOR, Pierre
   CONAN, Pascal
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C1 Univ Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Lab Aerol, Toulouse, France.
   Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Atmospher & Ocean Sci, Los Angeles, CA USA.
   Southern Calif Coastal Water Res Project, Dept Biogeochem, Costa Mesa, CA USA.
   Univ Texas Austin, Marine Sci Inst, Port Aransas, TX USA.
   Lab Oceanog Microbienne, Banyuls Sur Mer, France.
   Inst Mediterraneen Oceanol, Mareille, France.
   UPMC Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Univ, Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
   CNRS UMR 7093, LOV, Observ Oceanol, Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
   CNRS LOCEAN, Paris, France.
C2 UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE
   UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, USA
   SCCWRP, USA
   UNIV TEXAS AUSTIN, USA
   CNRS, FRANCE
   UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE
   UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE
   UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
IF 2.711
TC 14
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00409/52089/52796.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00409/52089/52797.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00409/52089/52801.xlsx
LA English
DT Article
CR DEWEX-MERMEX 2013 LEG1
   DEWEX-MERMEX 2013 LEG2
   MOOSE-GE 2013
BO Le Suroît
   Téthys II
DE ;Mediterranean Sea;physical-biogeochemical modeling;nutrient seasonal dynamics;nitrate and phosphate budget;N:P stoichiometry
AB The aim of this study is to understand the biogeochemical cycles of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea (NW Med), where a recurrent spring bloom related to dense water formation occurs. We used a coupled physical-biogeochemical model at high resolution to simulate realistic one-year period and analyze the nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycles. First, the model was evaluated using cruises carried out in winter, spring and summer and a Bio-Argo float deployed in spring. Then, the annual cycle of meteorological and hydrodynamical forcing and nutrients stocks in the upper layer were analyzed. Third, the effect of biogeochemical and physical processes on N and P was quantified. Fourth, we quantified the effects of the physical and biological processes on the seasonal changes of the molar NO3:PO4 ratio, particularly high compared to the global ocean. The deep convection reduced the NO3:PO4 ratio of upper waters, but consumption by phytoplankton increased it. Finally, N and P budgets were estimated. At the annual scale, this area constituted a sink of inorganic and a source of organic N and P for the peripheral area. NO3 and PO4 were horizontally advected from the peripheral regions into the intermediate waters (130-800 m) of the deep convection area, while organic matter was exported throughout the whole water column toward the surrounding areas. The annual budget suggests that the NW Med deep convection constitutes a major source of nutrients for the photic zone of the Mediterranean Sea. 
PY 2017
PD DEC
SO Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans
SN 2169-9275
PU Amer Geophysical Union
VL 122
IS 12
UT 000422732100008
BP 9429
EP 9454
DI 10.1002/2016JC012665
ID 52089
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