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Saharan dust deposition in the equatorial North Atlantic Ocean and its impact on

particle export fluxes

Korte, L.F.

2018

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Korte, L. F. (2018). Saharan dust deposition in the equatorial North Atlantic Ocean and its impact on particle

export fluxes.

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Contents

Summary

7

Chapter 1

Introduction

13

Chapter 2

Downward particle fluxes of biogenic matter and Saharan

dust across the equatorial North Atlantic

L.F. Korte, G.J.A. Brummer, M. van der Does, C.V. Guerreiro,

R. Hennekam, J.A. van Hateren, D. Jong, C.I. Munday,

S. Schouten, J.B.W Stuut

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Chapter 3

Tropical rains control Saharan dust deposition and

bio-availability of nutrients

M. van der Does, L.F. Korte, G.J.A. Brummer, C.P.D. Brussaard,

F.C.J. van Crimpen, P. Laan, N.M. Mahowald, U. Merkel,

F. Pausch, J.M. Prospero, S. Trimborn, H. Yu, P. Zuidema,

J.B.W. Stuut

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Chapter 4

Effects of dry and wet Saharan dust deposition in the

equatorial North Atlantic Ocean

L.F. Korte, F. Pausch, S. Trimborn, C.P.D. Brussaard,

G.J.A. Brummer, M. van der Does, L.T. Schreuder, C.I. Munday,

J.B.W. Stuut

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Chapter 5

Productivity and particle export in the western equatorial

North Atlantic driven by Amazon discharge, nitrogen

fixation, mixed-layer deepening and Saharan dust

L.F. Korte, G.J.A. Brummer, M. van der Does, C.V. Guerreiro,

F. Mienis, C.I. Munday, L. Ponsoni, S. Schouten, J.B.W. Stuut

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Chapter 6

Mineral dust ballasting from the Saharan dust plume

increases the export efficiency of organic matter in the

North Atlantic Ocean

L.F. Korte, M.H. Iversen, G.J.A. Brummer, J.A. van Hateren,

M.C.A. Martens, K. Wetterauer, M. van der Does, J.B.W. Stuut

143

Chapter 7

Conclusions and Outlook

171

Nederlandse samenvatting

199

Deutsche Zusammenfassung

205

References

211

Bibliography

243