The fate of a southwest Pacific bloom: gauging the impact of submesoscale vs. mesoscale circulation on biological  gradients in the subtropics

de Verneil, Alain; Rousselet, Louise; Doglioli, Andrea M.; Petrenko, Anne A.; Moutin, Thierry

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3471-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3471-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3471-2017

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24 Jul 2017

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| 24 Jul 2017

The fate of a southwest Pacific bloom: gauging the impact of submesoscale vs. mesoscale circulation on biological gradients in the subtropics

Alain de Verneil, Louise Rousselet, Andrea M. Doglioli, Anne A. Petrenko, and Thierry Moutin

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- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Alain de Verneil, 20 Jun 2017

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A surface summer plankton bloom in the western tropical South Pacific was sampled during the Oligotrophy to UlTra-oligotrophy PACific Experiment (OUTPACE) cruise. We characterize the bloom's properties and the circulation responsible for its evolution. Nitrogen fixation helped sustain the bloom, and larger-scale flows, rather than the smaller ones, explain its movements. Future studies of blooms in this region can make use of these findings to track the horizontal export of plankton production.