Components of the North Pacific Process Study

Questions to be addressed by the North Pacific Process Study:

• How muchƒn CO2 is absorbed by the North Pacific Intermediate Water?
• Does the amount vary with long-term, large scale physical forcing?
• How much CO2 is absorbed by the Biological Pump?
• What is the regional and temporal variability of the efficiency of the Biological Pump?
• What controls the efficiency of the Biological Pump: iron input and or community structure of lower trophic level oganisms?
• Why do blooms occur in the western sub-arctic Pacific but not in the eastern sub-arctic Pacific?

Coorodinated Activities of the North Pacific

Organization of the North Pacific

JGOFS National Committee
North Pacific Steering Group KNOT Task Team CO2 Sub Group Nutrients Sub Group Biology Sub Group Sediment Trap Sub Group Synthesis and Modeling Group	Data Management Office	Data Management Advisory Group

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