Abstract Subtropical gyres cover 26%–29% of the world's surface ocean and are
conventionally regarded as ocean deserts due to their permanent stratification, depleted …

Global overturning circulation is driven by density differences. Saline water rejected during
sea-ice formation in polynyas is the main source of dense water, and thus sea-ice …

The mechanism by which nutrients in the deep ocean are uplifted to maintain nutrient-rich
surface waters in the subarctic Pacific has not been properly described. The iron (Fe) supply …

Abstract The central Arctic Ocean is not isolated, but tightly connected to the northern Pacific
and Atlantic Oceans. Advection of nutrient-, detritus-and plankton-rich waters into the Arctic …

It is well known that phytoplankton growth is broadly limited by iron (Fe) availability in the
subarctic Pacific. To investigate which Fe sources control the amplitude of seasonal …

Surface ocean availability of the micronutrients iron and manganese influences primary
productivity and carbon cycling in the ocean. Volcanic ash is rich in iron and manganese …

We determined Zn isotope composition (δ66Zn) in the water column of the Northwestern
Pacific Ocean (NWPO) and its marginal seas to investigate the processes driving vertical …

Time-series studies of trace metals in the ocean are rare, but they are critical for evaluating
both the residence times of the metals themselves and also the timescales over which the …

Iron is one of the key elements controlling phytoplankton growth in large areas of the global
ocean. Aeolian dust has traditionally been considered the major external source of iron in …

One of the most important breakthroughs in oceanography in the last 30 years was the
discovery that iron (Fe) controls biological production as a micronutrient, and our …