New Production in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific and Its Relation to Global Flux of Nitrogen and Carbon

海洋的生物生产力并不均匀（ 植物和动物的生长）。 相反，某些领域 比其他人的生产力高出许多倍，这在很大程度上反映了 植物营养素向地表水供应的差异。 在世界海洋中最引人注目的例子之一是 东太平洋的赤道地区， 海洋生产力的10%都发生在这里 的 生物海洋学计划推荐巴伯博士的工作 为涉及大规模研究的资金， 在这个领域的生产力。 这项研究扩展了巴伯博士早期出色的工作 生产力和时间变异性， 秘鲁沿海涌升区，标志着第一个奖项之一， 生物海洋学的建议 明确地处理全球海洋水平的生产力。 这些研究对我们监测和预测 元素循环的大规模人为变化 例如碳，其既从 涌上来的水被快速的浮游植物吸收 增长 该项目使用船舶时间对一个正在进行的NOAA项目 （EPOCS）在该地区，因此NSF的资金将利用 这个现有平台的可用性。 审议人员 认为这项工作涉及海洋的一个重要方面， 生产力和理发师过去的成就， 在该领域的专业知识，以及为成功的 项目 总之，生物海洋学计划 建议按要求资助巴伯博士的提案 供资水平： FY89 -$89，828

The ocean is not uniform in biological productivity (the growth of plant and animal life). Instead, certain areas are many times more productive than others, largely reflecting differences in the supply of plant nutrients to surface water. One of the most dramatic examples of this in the world ocean is the equatorial area in the eastern Pacific Ocean and perhaps as much as 10% of all ocean productivity occurs here. The Biological Oceanography Program recommends Dr. Barber's work for funding that involves large scale study of the productivity in this area. This study expands on Dr. Barber's excellent earlier work on the productivity and temporal variability in the Peru coastal upwelling area and marks one of the first award recommendations in Biological Oceanography for a project dealing explicitly with productivity at a global ocean level. Such studies are crucial to our ability to monitor and predict large scale anthropogenic changes in the cycling of elements such as carbon which is both supplied to the atmosphere from upwelled water and absorbed from it by rapid phytoplankton growth. The project uses ship time on an ongoing NOAA project (EPOCS) in the area, and hence the NSF funding would leverage the availability of this existing platform. The reviewers felt that the work addressed a significant aspect of marine productivity and that Barber's past accomplishments and expertise in the area augured well for the success of the project. In summary, the Biological Oceanography program recommends funding Dr. Barber's proposal at the request level. Funding level: FY89 - $89,828