Global patterns and predictors of C:N:P in marine ecosystems

Tatsuro Tanioka; Catherine A. Garcia; Alyse A. Larkin; Nathan S. Garcia; Adam J. Fagan; Adam C. Martiny

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00603-6

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

Global patterns and predictors of C:N:P in marine ecosystems

Tatsuro Tanioka,
Catherine A. Garcia,
Alyse A. Larkin,
Nathan S. Garcia,
Adam J. Fagan,
Adam C. Martiny

Affiliations

Tatsuro Tanioka: Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine
Catherine A. Garcia: Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine
Alyse A. Larkin: Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine
Nathan S. Garcia: Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine
Adam J. Fagan: Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine
Adam C. Martiny: Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00603-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Variations in the biogeography of particulate organic matter carbon-nitrogen-phosphorus stoichiometry in the surface ocean can be robustly predicted by different factors depending on latitude, region and hemisphere, according to a global ocean observational analysis.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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