• High-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (HNLC) regions are regions of the ocean where the abundance of phytoplankton is low and fairly constant despite the availability...
    51 KB (5,992 words) - 13:47, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ocean gyre
    as high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll region. Iron limitation in high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll regions results in water that is rich in other nutrients because...
    63 KB (8,051 words) - 11:45, 11 November 2024
  • Low-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (LNLC) regions are aquatic zones that are low in nutrients (such as nitrogen, phosphorus, or iron) and consequently have...
    50 KB (5,578 words) - 20:25, 14 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Primary production
    HNLC (High-Nutrient, Low-Chlorophyll) regions, because the scarcity of iron both limits phytoplankton growth and leaves a surplus of other nutrients. Some...
    44 KB (5,073 words) - 18:25, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nutrient pollution
    Nutrient pollution, a form of water pollution, refers to contamination by excessive inputs of nutrients. It is a primary cause of eutrophication of surface...
    38 KB (3,903 words) - 19:56, 7 August 2024
  • increasing the organic binding of Zn2+. In high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll regions, iron is the limiting nutrient, with the dominant species being strong...
    57 KB (7,059 words) - 22:35, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marine biogeochemical cycles
    limiting nutrient in the Southern ocean, eastern equatorial Pacific, and the subarctic Pacific referred to as High-Nutrient, Low-Chlorophyll (HNLC) regions of...
    118 KB (10,775 words) - 19:13, 17 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Iron fertilization
    water nutrient analyses. His studies supported Hart's hypothesis. These "desolate" regions came to be called "high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll regions" (HNLC)...
    98 KB (10,308 words) - 18:52, 5 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Plant nutrition
    is also an essential constituent of chlorophyll. In many agricultural settings, nitrogen is the limiting nutrient for rapid growth. Like nitrogen, phosphorus...
    57 KB (7,336 words) - 11:42, 5 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Autumn leaf color
    as chlorophyll, which is inside an organelle called a chloroplast. When abundant in the leaf's cells, as during the growing season, the chlorophyll's green...
    28 KB (3,190 words) - 01:08, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marine food web
    species." Marine life portal Oceans portal Biological network High-nutrient, low-chlorophyll regions Dunne, Jennifer A.; Williams, Richard J.; Martinez, Neo...
    162 KB (16,694 words) - 05:55, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Prochlorococcus
    (nutrient-poor) regions of the oceans. Prochlorococcus is mostly found in a temperature range of 10–33 °C and some strains can grow at depths with low...
    36 KB (3,654 words) - 00:58, 8 October 2024
  • concentration of chlorophyll. The DCM generally exists at the same depth as the nutricline, the region of the ocean where the greatest change in the nutrient concentration...
    30 KB (3,614 words) - 12:14, 12 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Humboldt Current
    boundaries: high chlorophyll-a concentrations in wide regions off the coast of Peru (10–15°S), high chlorophyll-a concentrations in wide regions off the coast...
    14 KB (1,871 words) - 14:01, 22 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eutrophication
    "well-nourished". Water bodies with very low nutrient levels are termed oligotrophic and those with moderate nutrient levels are termed mesotrophic. Advanced...
    78 KB (8,244 words) - 04:47, 19 November 2024
  • phytoplankton micronutrient, and its significance for so-called "High-Nutrient, Low Chlorophyll" regions of the oceans. He further advocated the use of iron fertilization...
    2 KB (237 words) - 22:05, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Phytoplankton
    resource (light or nutrients) acquisition machinery such as proteins and chlorophyll contain a high concentration of nitrogen but low in phosphorus. Meanwhile...
    68 KB (7,037 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Upwelling
    water in those regions allow upwelling zones to be identified by cool sea surface temperatures (SST) and high concentrations of chlorophyll a. The increased...
    28 KB (3,528 words) - 05:40, 21 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kuroshio Current
    diverse marine food webs. The South China Sea for example has relatively low nutrient concentrations in its upper waters, but experiences enhanced biological...
    69 KB (8,291 words) - 21:36, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Trophic state index
    "oligotrophic" or "hipotrophic" to describe lakes that have low primary productivity due to nutrient deficiency. (This contrasts against eutrophic lakes, which...
    21 KB (2,439 words) - 20:28, 7 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sphagnum rubellum
    Sphagnaceae. It forms low, reddish cushions in wet areas like bogs and poor fens across North America and Eurasia, particularly in regions with oceanic climates...
    43 KB (4,364 words) - 17:45, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ocean
    Ocean (section Nutrients)
    between 1950 and 2019 indicate that regions of high salinity and evaporation have become more saline while regions of low salinity and more precipitation...
    127 KB (17,151 words) - 06:20, 1 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Southern Caribbean upwelling system
    SCUS. Chlorophyll a is used to see the productivity of phytoplankton and therefore zooplankton. Amounts of chlorophyll-a increase with higher nutrient concentrations...
    10 KB (1,378 words) - 15:25, 27 November 2023
  • is an organism that can live in an environment that offers very low levels of nutrients. They may be contrasted with copiotrophs, which prefer nutritionally...
    17 KB (2,057 words) - 04:09, 9 October 2024
  • of the Northeast Pacific, sometimes referred to as areas of High Nutrient, Low Chlorophyll. As discussed in more detail below, dams can cause large scale...
    58 KB (7,083 words) - 07:55, 22 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Water clarity
    (deeper light penetration), low turbidity, low beam attenuation, and low concentrations of dissolved substances, chlorophyll-a, and/or total suspended solids...
    34 KB (3,708 words) - 01:17, 5 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Downwelling
    typically limited by iron in the Southern Ocean in areas with high nutrients and low chlorophyll (HNLC). DOC can become entrained during bottom and deep water...
    27 KB (3,021 words) - 16:13, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Striped marlin
    determined that Chlorophyll a levels are of the greatest importance when it comes to striped marlin distribution. High levels of chlorophyll a in a water...
    13 KB (1,384 words) - 13:15, 23 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hydroponics
    crops or medicinal plants, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions in an artificial environment. Terrestrial or aquatic plants may...
    91 KB (9,388 words) - 18:50, 20 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fertilizer
    to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers may be distinct from liming materials or other non-nutrient soil amendments. Many sources of fertilizer...
    99 KB (10,462 words) - 05:53, 22 November 2024