Inorganic Nitrogen Uptake in Upwelling Areas

Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Uptake IN Upwelling Areas 

Coastal upweUing areas sfiow high NO3 uptake rates, with maximal rates of PNO3 on the order of 0.5 pmol h (Table 17.2). The only data available for 

Oregon 1.29 0.08 0.86 Dickson and Wheeler (1995a) Kokkinakis and Wheeler (1987) 

Upwelling Area cells diameter = pm unscreened cells Reference 

Point Conception, California was obtained during an extreme El Nino year (1983) when nutrients (and uptake) were lower than more normal years (Wilkerson et al., 1987). Accompanying the high transport rates are high specific uptake rates (FNO3 based upon PON) up to 0.1 h [pmol 1 h (pmol that can 

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