ArticleScience advances2019
Biogeochemical controls of surface ocean phosphate.
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- Phosphate scarcity governs methane production in the global open ocean.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Atmospheric deposition enhances marine methane production and emissions from global oceans.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Virocell resource manipulation under nutrient limitation.mSystems · 2025Article
- Observed declines in upper ocean phosphate-to-nitrate availability.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Phosphorus limitation heightens vulnerability ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Measurements and analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus in oceans: Practice, frontiers, and insights.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Environment-specific virocell metabolic reprogramming.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Methylphosphonate-driven methane formation and its link to primary production in the oligotrophic North Atlantic.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Global analysis of ocean phytoplankton nutrient limitation reveals high prevalence of co-limitation.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Effects of phytoplankton physiology on global ocean biogeochemistry and climate.Science advances · 2023Article
- Microbial Interaction is Among the Key Factors for Isolation of Previous Uncultured Microbes.Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) · 2023Review
- Nutrient uptake plasticity in phytoplankton sustains future ocean net primary production.Science advances · 2022Article
- Phosphate limitation intensifies negative effects of ocean acidification on globally important nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Utilization of diverse organophosphorus pollutants by marine bacteria.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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Abstract
Surface ocean phosphate is commonly below the standard analytical detection limits, leading to an incomplete picture of the global variation and biogeochemical role of phosphate. A global compilation of phosphate measured using high-sensitivity methods revealed several previously unrecognized low-phosphate areas and clear regional differences. Both observational climatologies and Earth system models (ESMs) systematically overestimated surface phosphate. Furthermore, ESMs misrepresented the relationships between phosphate, phytoplankton biomass, and primary productivity. Atmospheric iron input and nitrogen fixation are known important controls on surface phosphate, but model simulations showed that differences in the iron-to-macronutrient ratio in the vertical nutrient supply and surface lateral transport are additional drivers of phosphate concentrations. Our study demonstrates the importance of accurately quantifying nutrients for understanding the regulation of ocean ecosystems and biogeochemistry now and under future climate conditions.
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