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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Climate-driven oscillation of phosphorus and iron limitation in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.

Ricardo M Letelier, Karin M Björkman, Matthew J Church, Douglas S Hamilton, Natalie M Mahowald, Rachel A Scanza, Niklas Schneider, Angelicque E White, David M Karl

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ricardo M LetelierCollege of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331; letelier@oregonstate.edu dkarl@hawaii.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3376-4026
Karin M BjörkmanDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.ORCID 0000-0003-2379-394X
Matthew J ChurchFlathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860.ORCID 0000-0002-6166-8579
Douglas S HamiltonDepartment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850.ORCID 0000-0002-8171-5723
Natalie M MahowaldDepartment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850.ORCID 0000-0002-2873-997X
Rachel A ScanzaDepartment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850.ORCID 0000-0001-8196-9953
Niklas SchneiderDepartment of Oceanography, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.ORCID 0000-0003-1320-2800
Angelicque E WhiteDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.ORCID 0000-0002-0938-7948
David M KarlDaniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822; letelier@oregonstate.edu dkarl@hawaii.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6660-6721
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · USCornell University · USOregon State University · USUniversity of Montana · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The supply of nutrients is a fundamental regulator of ocean productivity and carbon sequestration. Nutrient sources, sinks, residence times, and elemental ratios vary over broad scales, including those resulting from climate-driven changes in upper water column stratification, advection, and the deposition of atmospheric dust. These changes can alter the proximate elemental control of ecosystem productivity with cascading ecological effects and impacts on carbon sequestration. Here, we report multidecadal observations revealing that the ecosystem in the eastern region of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG) oscillates on subdecadal scales between inorganic phosphorus (P

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EcosystemAquatic OrganismsCarbon CycleIronIron DeficienciesMicrobiotaPacific OceanPeriodicityPhosphorusTropical ClimateIronPhosphorusatmospheric iron depositionclimatePacific Decadal Oscillationpelagic ecosystemphosphorus limitation

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PMID31182581
PMCPMC6600909
OpenAlexW2953314034

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