Mesoscale iron enrichment experiments 1993-2005: synthesis and future directions

PW Boyd, T Jickells, CS Law, S Blain, EA Boyle… - science, 2007 - science.org
Since the mid-1980s, our understanding of nutrient limitation of oceanic primary production
has radically changed. Mesoscale iron addition experiments (FeAXs) have unequivocally …

Polar ocean ecosystems in a changing world

V Smetacek, S Nicol - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
Polar organisms have adapted their seasonal cycles to the dynamic interface between ice
and water. This interface ranges from the micrometre-sized brine channels within sea ice to …

[图书][B] Aquatic photosynthesis

PG Falkowski, JA Raven - 2013 - books.google.com
Aquatic Photosynthesis is a comprehensive guide to understanding the evolution and
ecology of photosynthesis in aquatic environments. This second edition, thoroughly revised …

[图书][B] Ocean biogeochemical dynamics

JL Sarmiento - 2006 - degruyter.com
Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics provides a broad theoretical framework upon which
graduate students and upper-level undergraduates can formulate an understanding of the …

Ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms

H Schneider, E Schuettpelz, KM Pryer, R Cranfill… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
The rise of angiosperms during the Cretaceous period is often portrayed as coincident with a
dramatic drop in the diversity and abundance of many seed-free vascular plant lineages …

Primary production in the Southern Ocean, 1997–2006

KR Arrigo, GL van Dijken… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Estimates of primary production in the Southern Ocean are difficult to obtain but are
essential if we are to understand its role in the global carbon cycle. Here we present a 9 …

Effect of natural iron fertilization on carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean

S Blain, B Queguiner, L Armand, S Belviso, B Bombled… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
The availability of iron limits primary productivity and the associated uptake of carbon over
large areas of the ocean. Iron thus plays an important role in the carbon cycle, and changes …

Globalizing results from ocean in situ iron fertilization studies

O Aumont, L Bopp - Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the growing number of in situ iron fertilization experiments, the efficiency of such
fertilization to sequester atmospheric CO2 remains largely unknown. For the first time, a …

Synthesis of iron fertilization experiments: from the iron age in the age of enlightenment

HJW De Baar, PW Boyd, KH Coale… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Comparison of eight iron experiments shows that maximum Chl a, the maximum DIC
removal, and the overall DIC/Fe efficiency all scale inversely with depth of the wind mixed …

Southern Ocean iron enrichment experiment: carbon cycling in high-and low-Si waters

KH Coale, KS Johnson, FP Chavez, KO Buesseler… - science, 2004 - science.org
The availability of iron is known to exert a controlling influence on biological productivity in
surface waters over large areas of the ocean and may have been an important factor in the …