Major consequences of such changes over regional scales will probably include (1) reductions in primary production combined with (2) shifts from diatom - dominated (low SA: V ratio) phytoplankton assemblages with high
POC -
export efficiencies to picoplankton communities (high SA: V ratio) characterized by low
export efficiencies (Smith et al., 2008; Morán et al., 2010; Morán et al., 2015).
If this is taken into account, it can be concluded that
POC export fluxes increase while the passing waters are advected around and over the seamount, with the highest
export fluxes occurring on the downstream side of the seamount.