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First basin-wide experimental results on N-2 fixation in the open Mediterranean Sea
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Ibello, Valeria
Cozzi, Stefano
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The Mediterranean Sea presents several biogeochemical anomalies compared to the global ocean. An unbalanced N budget, high nitrate/phosphate ratios in subsurface waters and low N-15/N-14 ratios in particulate and dissolved nitrogen suggest a significant occurrence of N-2 fixation. This study presents, for the first time, a basin-wide overview of direct measurements of N-2 fixation, with values in the North Atlantic for comparison, during late spring 2007. Very low N-2 fixation rates (0.052 +/- 0.031 nmols N l(-1) d(-1)) were observed in all sub-regions of the Mediterranean, in contrast to the higher values measured in the North Atlantic (0.300 +/- 0.115 nmols N l(-1) d(-1)). Higher phosphorus (inorganic or organic) concentrations were not associated with higher N-2 fixation rates. Low N-15/N-14 ratios in particulate organic nitrogen (from -2.10 to +4.11%), associated with low N-2 fixation rates, suggest that other N sources, such as atmospheric inputs, fuel the Mediterranean ecosystem. Citation: Ibello, V., C. Cantoni, S. Cozzi, and G. Civitarese (2010), First basin - wide experimental results on N-2 fixation in the open Mediterranean Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L03608, doi: 10.1029/2009GL041635.
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Nitrogen-fixation
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Atmospheric deposition
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Phosphorus limitation
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Eastern
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Fluxes
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Budget
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30095
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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gl041635
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V. Ibello, S. Cozzi, and G. Civitarese, “First basin-wide experimental results on N-2 fixation in the open Mediterranean Sea,”
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
, pp. 0–0, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30095.