Table 1 Annual carbon and nutrient fluxes from rivers and coastal erosion with one standard deviation provided in brackets (see methods).
From: Around one third of current Arctic Ocean primary production sustained by rivers and coastal erosion
This study | Previous estimates | |
|---|---|---|
Riverine inputs | ||
Dissolved inorganic carbon | 50.6 (45.0–56.2) | 46.0 ± 7.021 |
Dissolved organic carbon | 27.6 (24.6–30.6) | |
Dissolved inorganic nitrogen | 0.32 (0.28–0.36) | 0.3212 |
Dissolved organic nitrogen | 0.67 (0.60–0.74) | 0.6312 |
Dissolved (inorg. & org.) phosphorus | 0.06 (0.05–0.07) | 0.0512 |
Silicate | 8.8 (7.8–9.8) | 8.3812 |
Coastal erosion inputs | ||
Total carbon | 15.4 (9.2–24.2) | 4.9–14.017 |
Total nitrogen | 1.6 (1.0–2.5) | — |
Total phosphorus | 0.27 (0.16–0.42) | — |
