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Photosynthetic pigments; productivity; Antarctic circumpolar current; South Pacific gyre
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Phytoplankton Assemblage Structure And Primary Productivity Along 170 Degrees W In The South Pacific Ocean, Gr Ditullio, Me Greesey, Dr Jones, Kl Daly, L Campbell, Walker O. Smith Jr.
Phytoplankton Assemblage Structure And Primary Productivity Along 170 Degrees W In The South Pacific Ocean, Gr Ditullio, Me Greesey, Dr Jones, Kl Daly, L Campbell, Walker O. Smith Jr.
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Phytoplankton pigments were measured using HPLC during non-ENSO conditions in mid-summer along a South Pacific transect from 67degreesS to the equator along 170degreesW. Highest concentrations of chlorophyll a (chl a) occurred in the Polar and the Subtropical Fronts (PF and STF, respectively) with concentrations exceeding 500 ng l(-1). In the STF, there was a distinct subsurface chl a maximum (SCM) at 40 m, which gradually deepened northward to 120 m in the Subtropical Convergence Zone. Northwards, the SCM shoaled to about 30 m in the Equatorial Zone (EZ). Relatively high concentrations of fucoxanthin and 19'-butanoyloxyfucoxanthin occurred in the nutrient-rich waters …