Spatial Patterns of Silicic Acid Benthic Flux in the North Pacific Reflect Upper Ocean Diatom Production

Yi Hou1, Douglas E Hammond1, William Berelson1, Jess F. Adkins2, James William Buchanan Rae3,4, Abby Lunstrum1 and Nathan Kemnitz5, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)University of St Andrews, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, St Andrews, United Kingdom, (4)University of St Andrews, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, St Andrews, KY16, United Kingdom, (5)University of Southern California, CA, United States