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Pumping of nutrients to ocean surface waters by the action of propagating planetary waves

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Research is presented concerning the influence of 1,000-kilometer-scale planetary waves in the supply of nutrients from the ocean floor to the surface water. The increased levels of primary productivity are discussed.

Author: Utz, B. Mete, Yoder, James A., Osychny, Vladimir
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
Measurement, Influence, Primary productivity (Biology), Letter to the Editor, Upwelling (Oceanography), Rossby waves

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Decreasing overflow from the Nordic seas into the Atlantic Ocean through the Faroe Bank channel since 1950

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The volume flux of the Faroe Bank channel overflow has decreased by at least 20% compared with 1950. The implications of this decrease depend on the behaviour of the other overflow sources.

Author: Hansen, Bogi, Turrell, William R., Osterhus, Svein
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
Environmental aspects, North Atlantic Ocean

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Unicellular cyanobacteria fix N2 in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean

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Research on cyanobacteria and its role in fixing nitrogen in the North Pacific Ocean is examined in detail. The role of this bacteria in the nitrogen cycle is potentially significant.

Author: Zehr, Jonathan, Waterbury, John B.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
Nitrogen cycle

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