Table 11.5 Chlorophyll and primary production between 2°N and 2°S integrated to
the 0.1% light level in the eastern equatorial Pacific upwelling zone.
Data for 1992 from Barber et al. (1996) and data for 2004–2005 from Balch et al. (2011).
This eastern tropical Pacific region is important in the global exchange of carbon
between the ocean and atmosphere. Since large volumes of water are brought from