Data Types
Oceanographers measuring bulk rates of carbon fixation and respiration as well as elemental composition, i.e. how much particulate carbon, nitrogen, or phosphorus is present in a given volume of water, provide foundational information about ocean biogeochemical cycles. These bulk measurements can be coupled with targeted methods to further assess rates of transformation[1]. More recently, new tools in analytical chemistry, molecular microbiology, and bioinformatics are enhancing our ability to integrate process-based mechanisms and biomass estimates of functional groups of interest into the study of ocean biogeochemistry[2].
In addition, advances in sequencing and mass spectrometry technologies over the last decades have accelerated the study of microbial communities. These high-throughput, data-rich approaches enable assessment of community taxonomic and functional composition, metabolic potential and diversity, and phylogeny and evolutionary history across the global oceans[1].
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Primary Production
Phytoplankton C/N-Based Growth Rates
Secondary Production
Nutrient Fluxes
Interaction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Naomi M. Levine, Harriet Alexander, Erin M. Bertrand, Victoria J. Coles, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Suzana G. Leles and Emily J. Zakem. 2025. Microbial Ecology to Ocean Carbon Cycling: From Genomes to Numerical Models.Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science, Vol. 53:595-624, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-040523-020630
- ↑ Moran MA, Kujawinski EB, Stubbins A, Fatland R, Aluwihare LI, et al. 2016. Deciphering ocean carbon in a changing world. PNAS 113:(12):3143–51, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514645113