• DOI:10.1073/pnas.0710279105
Corpus ID: 8889134

Amazon River enhances diazotrophy and carbon sequestration in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean

@article{Subramaniam2008AmazonRE,
  title={Amazon River enhances diazotrophy and carbon sequestration in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean},
  author={A. Subramaniam and P. L. Yager and E. Carpenter and C. Mahaffey and K. Bj{\"o}rkman and S. Cooley and A. Kustka and J. Montoya and S. Sa{\~n}udo-Wilhelmy and R. Shipe and D. Capone},
  journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  year={2008},
  volume={105},
  pages={10460 - 10465}
}

A. Subramaniam, P. L. Yager, +8 authors D. Capone

Published 2008

Environmental Science, Medicine

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The fresh water discharged by large rivers such as the Amazon is transported hundreds to thousands of kilometers away from the coast by surface plumes. The nutrients delivered by these river plumes contribute to enhanced primary production in the ocean, and the sinking flux of this new production results in carbon sequestration. Here, we report that the Amazon River plume supports N2 fixation far from the mouth and provides important pathways for sequestration of atmospheric CO2 in the western… CONTINUE READING

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