title: Remotely sensed biological production in the equatorial Pacific.
abstract: A combination of ship, buoy, and satellite observations in the tropical Pacific during the period from 1992 to 2000 provides a basin-scale perspective on the net effects of El Niño and La Niña on biogeochemical cycles. New biological production during the 1997-99 El Niño/La Niña period varied by more than a factor of 2. The resulting interannual changes in global carbon sequestration associated with the El Niño/La Niña cycle contributed to the largest known natural perturbation of the global carbon cycle over these time scales.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McPhaden
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Busalacchi
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D001272:Atmosphere; D018533:Biomass; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000378:metabolism*; D017215:Satellite Communications; D013696:Temperature; D014329:Tropical Climate
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002244:Carbon