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Science 20 July 2001:
Vol. 293. no. 5529, pp. 471 - 474
DOI: 10.1126/science.1056449
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Remotely Sensed Biological Production in the Equatorial Pacific

Daniela Turk,12 Michael J. McPhaden,2 Antonio J. Busalacchi,3 Marlon R. Lewis1

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.

1 Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1.
2 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 7600 Sand Point Way, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, USA.
3 Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2425, USA.

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