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Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Table 1 Modeled rates (mmol N m −2 d −1 ) of nitrate, ammonium and total N uptake, nitrification, new production, and export production during 1990–2000 in the Wyrtki box (5°N-5°S, 180°-90°W)

From: Distributions of inorganic nitrogen and biological production in the equatorial Pacific: a basin-scale model sensitivity study of nitrification

 

Standard

NITR3

 

5°N-0°

0°-5°S

5°N-0°

0°-5°S

Nitrate uptake

1.90

1.90

2.87

2.87

Ammonium uptake

6.83

6.43

5.84

5.45

Total N uptake

8.73

8.33

8.71

8.32

Nitrification

0.22

0.19

1.27

1.17

New production*

1.68

1.71

1.60

1.70

Export production at 120 m

1.14

1.08

1.14

1.08

  1. *New production = nitrate uptake – nitrification.