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Biogeochemical modeling of phosphorus cycling in the ocean: response to long-term perturbations |
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Virginia Palastanga, Caroline Slomp, Christoph Heinze, Arne Winguth |
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EGU General Assembly 2010
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Englisch
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In: GRA - Volume 12 (2010) |
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250039752
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Phosphorus (P) is likely the limiting nutrient for marine primary productivity on geological time scales. Therefore, insight into the mechanisms that control P cycling and burial in marine sediments is of importance for our understanding of global biogeochemical cycling and climate. Here, we use a version of the Hamburg Oceanic Carbon Cycle biogeochemical ocean model (HAMOCC2) expanded with the sedimentary P cycle, i.e. burial of organic P and formation and burial of Fe-oxide bound P and authigenic Ca-P minerals. We also include anaerobic degradation of organic matter in the sediment and a description of the oceanic Fe cycle which takes into account aeolian input and scavenging of iron onto sinking particles. For present-day climate forcing, the model predictions for the solid forms of sediment P and benthic P fluxes are compared to observations from global surface sediments. In a sensitivity study, the relationships between primary productivity, nutrient cycling, and organic C and P burial are analyzed for scenarios of increased input of P from rivers as well as for changes in aeolian deposition and circulation forcing that represent Last Glacial Maximum conditions. |
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