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Ammonium recycling limits nitrate use in the oceanic subarctic Pacific

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  • Seasonal and diel changes in nutrient concentrations and nitrogen assimilation rates were used to assess the effects of NH4+ on NO3- assimilation. Surface-water NO3- concentrations ranged from 6 to 17 μM while NH4+ concentrations ranged from 0 to 0.4 μM. Total N assimilation ranged from 84 to 732 nM d–1 but showed no seasonal trend. NH4+ and urea concentrations were < 1% of total dissolved inorganic N, but use of this “regenerated” N still accounted for 44–89% of total N assimilation. Rates of NO3- assimilation were negatively correlated with ambient NH4+ concentrations, and concentrations of NH4+ between 0.1 and 0.3 μM caused complete inhibition of NO3- assimilation. NO3- was more important as a source of N in spring than in summer. We attribute this pattern to a summer increase in turnover rates for NH4+. Turnover times for the dissolved NH4+ pool were half as long in August as in May. Grazing and recycling in the euphotic zone apparently both play significant roles in preventing depletion of NO3- in the oceanic subarctic Pacific.
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  • Wheeler, Patricia A., Kokkinakis, Steven A., (1990), Ammonium recycling limits nitrate use in the oceanic subarctic Pacific., Limnology and Oceanography, 35, doi: 10.4319/lo.1990.35.6.1267.
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  • 35
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  • Support for this research was provided by NSF grants OCE 83-08753 and OCE 86-13878.
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  • 0024-3590

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