Assessment of the global budget of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (
Climate-driven depletion of ocean oxygen strongly impacts the global cycles of carbon and nutrients as well as the survival of many animal species. One of the main uncertainties in predicting changes to marine oxygen levels is the regulation of the biological respiration demand associated with the biological pump. Derived from the Redfield ratio, the molar ratio of oxygen to organic carbon consumed during respiration (i.e., the respiration quotient,
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10189234
- Publisher / Repository:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Volume:
- 117
- Issue:
- 37
- ISSN:
- 0027-8424
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 22866-22872
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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