Extended Data Fig. 2: Comparison of calculated and observed NPPΣ.
From: Vertically migrating phytoplankton fuel high oceanic primary production
Comparison of calculated and observed NPPΣ. Standard deviations represent temporal variability at the reference stations (S1, K2, HOT, and BATS, blue circles) or lateral variability for campaign data. Aggregated observational data (grey diamonds) derive from the compilations of (a) Chavez et al67, (b) Saba et al68, which also include values for HOT and BATS, and (c) our integration of cruise data for the Bay of Bengal69,70,71,72,73. Two extremely high values for coastal stations reported by Chavez et al were not plotted: La Coruna (LC, 1713 mg-Cm−2d−1), because the standard deviation exceeded the mean value, and Peru (3580 mg-Cm−2d−1) because of lacking error statistics. Very high values ( > 1150 mg-Cm−2d−1) reported for the BoB73 were omitted as well. (d) Individual NPP profile data collected by Buitenhuis et al74 were interpolated, summed to NPPΣ, averaged for each season (depending on temporal coverage) and then compared to the polygon-averaged model data. Brown squares represent the mean of both seasonal series. Surrounding shapes for all campaign data are given as ellipses (a-c) or polygons (d) in Fig. 3a and Extended Data Fig. 3. Abbreviations: APFZ: Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone; AS: Arabian Sea; BlS: Black Sea; BoB: Bay of Bengal; CaB: Cariaco Basin; CEP: Central Equatorial Pacific; CNWA: Coastal Northwest Atlantic; EA: Eastern Central Atlantic; EEP: East Equatorial Pacific; ENA: Eastern North Atlantic; MB: Monterey Bay; Med: Mediterranean Sea; NABE: Northeast Atlantic Bloom Experiment; NEA: Northeast Atlantic; RS: Ross Sea; SCC: Southern California Current; SIO: Southern Indean Ocean; SoS: Somali Sea; WAP: West Antarctic Peninsula; WEP: Western Equatorial Pacific.
