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Herbivory as a factor in patterns of nutrient utilization in the sea 1
Author(s) -
Walsh John J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1976.21.1.0001
Subject(s) - upwelling , ocean gyre , nutrient , latitude , oceanography , submarine pipeline , environmental science , habitat , constraint (computer aided design) , grazing , boundary current , ecology , geology , biology , ocean current , subtropics , mathematics , geodesy , geometry
A comparison of the horizontal nutrient gradients in coastal upwelling systems of the eastern boundary currents, in offshore divergences of high and low latitudes, and in the central gyres of the oceans suggests that changes in the dominant frequencies of variability of the physical habitat may define the importance of grazing stress as a constraint to nutrient utilization in the sea.