Ecological control of nitrite in the upper ocean

Emily J. Zakem; Alia Al-Haj; Matthew J. Church; Gert L. van Dijken; Stephanie Dutkiewicz; Sarah Q. Foster; Robinson W. Fulweiler; Matthew M. Mills; Michael J. Follows

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03553-w

Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Ecological control of nitrite in the upper ocean

Emily J. Zakem,
Alia Al-Haj,
Matthew J. Church,
Gert L. van Dijken,
Stephanie Dutkiewicz,
Sarah Q. Foster,
Robinson W. Fulweiler,
Matthew M. Mills,
Michael J. Follows

Affiliations

Emily J. Zakem: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alia Al-Haj: Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University
Matthew J. Church: Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana
Gert L. van Dijken: Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University
Stephanie Dutkiewicz: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sarah Q. Foster: Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University
Robinson W. Fulweiler: Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University
Matthew M. Mills: Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University
Michael J. Follows: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03553-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Nitrite tends to peak at the base of the sunlit zone in the ocean, but the ecological drivers of the local and global distributions of nitrite are not known. Here, Zakem et al. use a marine ecosystem model to show how the interactions of nitrifying microbes mediate nitrite accumulation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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