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Nutrient cycling in tropical and temperate coastal waters: Is latitude making a difference?
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol.262, pp.1-17
05/11/2021
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Abstract
Tropical coastal waters are highly dynamic and amongst the most biogeochemically active zones in the ocean. This review compares nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycles in temperate and tropical coastal waters. We review the literature to identify major similarities and differences between these two regions, specifically with regards to the impact of environmental factors (temperature, sunlight), riverine inputs, groundwater, lateral fluxes, atmospheric deposition, nitrogen fixation, organic nutrient cycling, primary production, respiration, sedimentary burial, denitrification and anammox. Overall, there are some similarities but also key differences in nutrient cycling, with differences relating mainly to temperature, sunlight, and precipitation amounts and patterns. We conclude that due to the differences in biogeochemical processes, we cannot directly apply cause and effect relationships and models from temperate systems in tropical coastal waters. Our review also highlights the considerable gaps in knowledge of the biogeochemical processes of tropical coastal waters compared with temperate systems. Given the ecological and societal importance of tropical coastal waters, we hope that highlighting the differences and similarities to temperate systems as well as the existing gaps, will inspire further studies on their biogeochemical processes. Such knowledge will be essential to better understand and forecast impacts on tropical coastal nutrient cycling at local, regional, and global scales.
•Temperature, sunlight, and precipitation drive differences in nutrient cycling between temperate and tropical systems.•Key differences include patterns of river input fluxes, nitrogen cycling processes, and organic nutrient cycling.•Therefore, models developed in temperate zones are not always transferable to the tropics.
Details
- Title
- Nutrient cycling in tropical and temperate coastal waters: Is latitude making a difference?
- Creators
- Christian Lønborg - Aarhus UniversityMoritz Müller - Swinburne University of TechnologyEdward C.V Butler - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceShan Jiang - East China Normal UniversitySeng Keat Ooi - National University of SingaporeDieu Huong Trinh - National University of SingaporePui Yee Wong - National University of SingaporeSuryati M Ali - National University of SingaporeChun Cui - National University of SingaporeWee Boon Siong - Universiti Malaysia SarawakErik S Yando - National University of SingaporeDaniel A Friess - Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 1 Arts Link, 117570, SingaporeJudith A Rosentreter - Yale UniversityBradley D Eyre - Southern Cross UniversityPatrick Martin - Nanyang Technological University
- Publication Details
- Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol.262, pp.1-17
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Grant note
- We are also grateful for financial support by World Harbour Project and the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, the Marine Science Research & Development Programme of the National Research Foundation, Singapore (Prime Minister's Office), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42090043) and Australian Academy of Science (funded by the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, under the Regional Collaborations Programme), which supported the workshop. Additional in-kind support was provided by Nanyang Technological University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science. WBS thank the Smart Partnership Grant Scheme (F07/PARTNERS/2104/2021) for support. BDE was supported by ARC Grants DP160100248, LP150100519, LP200200910, and LP190100271.
- Identifiers
- 991012968352002368
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; School of Environment, Science and Engineering; Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article