F-ratio (oceanography)
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F-ratio (oceanography)
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In oceanic biogeochemistry, the f-ratio is the fraction of total primary production fuelled by nitrate. The ratio was originally defined by Richard Eppley and Bruce Peterson in one of the first papers estimating global oceanic production. This fraction was originally believed significant because it appeared to directly relate to the sinking (export) flux of organic marine snow from the surface ocean by the biological pump. However, this interpretation relied on the assumption of a strong depth-p
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In oceanic biogeochemistry, the fraction of total primary production fuelled by nitrate
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2023-12-05T13:41:17Z
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