New and Regenerated Production in the Equatorial Pacific

海洋初级生产在缓冲大气CO2中起着重要作用。全球初级生产的很大一部分发生在赤道太平洋的地表水中。该项目将成为联合地面观测系统赤道太平洋实验的一个组成部分。将测量营养水平、颗粒氮分布和15n -氮同化速率，以确定：1)赤道太平洋中部出现了多少“新生产”？是什么控制着新产品的生产水平？3)是否有一些新产品以颗粒氮的形式积累？4)是否有一些新产品转化为溶解性有机氮

Oceanic primary production plays an important role in buffering atmospheric CO2. A significant portion of global primary production takes places in the surface water of the Equatorial Pacific. This project will be a component of the JGOFS Equatorial Pacific Experiment. Nutrient levels, distribution of particulate nitrogen and rates of 15N-nitrogen assimilation will be measured to determine: 1) How much "new production" occurs in the central Equatorial Pacific?. 2) What controls the level of new production?. 3) Does some new production accumulate as particulate nitrogen?, and 4) Is some new production converted to dissolved organic nitrogen?.//