Table 4 Variables for selected biogeographical provinces.
From: Magnitude of nitrate turbulent diffusion in contrasting marine environments
Biogeographical province | Ocean | Domain | dNO3 |
|---|---|---|---|
CARB (Caribbean) | Atlantic | Trade wind | 0.13 ± 0.07 |
ETRA (Eastern tropical Atlantic) | Atlantic | Trade wind | 0.56 ± 0.28 |
NATR (North Atlantic tropical gyral) | Atlantic | Trade wind | 0.26 ± 0.25 |
SATL (South Atlantic gyral) | Atlantic | Trade wind | 0.59 ± 0.56 |
WTRA (Western tropical Atlantic) | Atlantic | Trade wind | 0.33 ± 0.12 |
MEDI (Mediterranean Sea) | Atlantic | Westerly | 0.54 ± 0.58 |
NASE (Northeast Atlantic subtropical gyral) | Atlantic | Westerly | 0.58 ± 0.33 |
NASW (Northwest Atlantic subtropical gyral) | Atlantic | Westerly | 0.19 ± 0.10 |
ISSG (Indian South subtropical gyre) | Indian | Trade wind | 0.31 ± 0.29 |
MONS (Indian monsoon gyre) | Indian | Trade wind | 0.28 ± 0.08 |
ARAB (Northwest Arabian Sea upwelling) | Indian | Westerly | 0.33 ± 0.09 |
ARCH (Archipelagic deep basins) | Pacific | Trade wind | 0.17 ± 0.12 |
NPTG (North Pacific Tropical gyre) | Pacific | Trade wind | 0.49 ± 0.45 |
PEQD (Pacific equatorial divergence) | Pacific | Trade wind | 0.44 ± 0.33 |
PNEC (North Pacific equatorial counter) | Pacific | Trade wind | 0.66 ± 0.29 |
SPSG (South Pacific gyre) | Pacific | Trade wind | 0.51 ± 0.67 |
WARM (Western Pacific warm pool) | Pacific | Trade wind | 0.10 ± 0.05 |
NPSW (Northwest Pacific subtropical) | Pacific | Westerly | 0.12 ± 0.10 |
TASM (Tasman Sea) | Pacific | Westerly | 0.96 ± 0.38 |
