Structural characterization of natural nickel and copper binding ligands along the US GEOTRACES Eastern Pacific Zonal Transect

RM Boiteau, CP Till, A Ruacho, RM Bundy… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Organic ligands form strong complexes with many trace elements in seawater. Various
metals can compete for the same ligand chelation sites, and the final speciation of bound …

Organic dissolved copper speciation across the US GEOTRACES equatorial Pacific zonal transect GP16

A Ruacho, RM Bundy, CP Till, S Roshan, J Wu… - Marine Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Samples for organic copper (Cu)-binding ligand characterization were collected along the
2013 US GEOTRACES Pacific (GP16) cruise transect from Peru to Tahiti. Full depth profiles …

Sources, sinks, and cycling of dissolved organic copper binding ligands in the ocean

A Ruacho, C Richon, H Whitby… - Communications Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Organic Cu-binding ligands have a fundamental influence on Cu distributions in the global
ocean and they complex> 99% of the dissolved Cu in seawater. Cu-binding ligands …

Characterization of Cu (II)-binding ligands from the Chesapeake Bay using high-performance size-exclusion chromatography and mass spectrometry

RW Vachet, MB Callaway - Marine chemistry, 2003 - Elsevier
The speciation of Cu (II) in marine waters is dominated by organic ligands, which have
resisted detailed chemical characterization. In this work we have used immobilized-metal …

[HTML][HTML] The complex provenance of Cu-binding ligands in the South-East Atlantic

R Zitoun, EP Achterberg, TJ Browning, LJ Hoffmann… - Marine chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic ligands play a key role in the marine biogeochemical cycle of copper (Cu), a bio-
essential element, regulating its solubility and bioavailability. However, the sources …

Dissolved copper speciation in the Tasman Sea, SW Pacific ocean

CM Thompson, MJ Ellwood, SG Sander - Marine Chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
The speciation of copper (Cu) in seawater is dominated by organic complexation but the
sources, distribution and nature of these natural organic ligands remain unclear. The spatial …

Spatial and temporal variability in copper complexation in the North Pacific

KH Coale, KW Bruland - Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic …, 1990 - Elsevier
The complexation of trace metals by organic ligands has long been proposed to play a
significant role in determining trace metal speciation in seawater. However, analytical …

New insights into the organic complexation of bioactive trace metals in the global ocean from the GEOTRACES era

H Whitby, J Park, Y Shaked, RM Boiteau, KN Buck… - Oceanography, 2024 - JSTOR
The GEOTRACES program has greatly expanded measurements of dissolved trace metal
concentrations across ocean basins, but to understand the behavior and cycling of metals …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution of copper-complexing ligands in Canadian Arctic waters as determined by immobilized copper (II)-ion affinity chromatography

RL Nixon, SL Jackson, JT Cullen, ARS Ross - Marine Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Complexation by dissolved organic ligands affects the bioavailability and distribution of
copper and other bioactive trace metals in seawater. However, relatively little is known about …

Characterization of copper-complexing ligands in seawater using immobilized copper (II)-ion affinity chromatography and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

ARS Ross, MG Ikonomou, KJ Orians - Marine chemistry, 2003 - Elsevier
Electrochemical studies show that copper and other bioactive trace metals are associated
almost exclusively with dissolved organic ligands in surface seawater. Some of these …