Zooplankton fecal pellets, marine snow, phytodetritus and the ocean's biological pump

JT Turner - Progress in Oceanography, 2015 - Elsevier
The “biological pump” is the process by which photosynthetically-produced organic matter in
the ocean descends from the surface layer to depth by a combination of sinking particles …

[HTML][HTML] Ice sheets as a significant source of highly reactive nanoparticulate iron to the oceans

JR Hawkings, JL Wadham, M Tranter… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets cover~\n10% of global land surface, but
are rarely considered as active components of the global iron cycle. The ocean waters …

Environmental controls of marine productivity hot spots around a ntarctica

KR Arrigo, GL van Dijken… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctic coastal polynyas are biologically rich ecosystems that support large populations of
mammals and birds and are globally significant sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide. To …

Iron colloids dominate sedimentary supply to the ocean interior

WB Homoky, TM Conway, SG John… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Dissolution of marine sediment is a key source of dissolved iron (Fe) that regulates the
ocean carbon cycle. Currently, our prevailing understanding, encapsulated in ocean …

Scales and mechanisms of marine hotspot formation

EL Hazen, RM Suryan, JA Santora, SJ Bograd… - Marine Ecology …, 2013 - int-res.com
Identifying areas of high species diversity and abundance is important for understanding
ecological processes and conservation planning. These areas serve as foraging habitat or …

Isotopic fingerprinting of biogeochemical processes and iron sources in the iron-limited surface Southern Ocean

M Sieber, TM Conway, GF de Souza… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient that limits primary productivity throughout the surface
of the Southern Ocean. Here, we present the first high-resolution depth profiles for dissolved …

Iron budgets for three distinct biogeochemical sites around the Kerguelen Archipelago (Southern Ocean) during the natural fertilisation study, KEOPS-2

AR Bowie, P van Der Merwe, F Quéroué, T Trull… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
Iron availability in the Southern Ocean controls phytoplankton growth, community
composition and the uptake of atmospheric CO 2 by the biological pump. The KEOPS-2 …

Dissolved oxygen and suspended particles regulate the benthic flux of iron from continental margins

WB Homoky, S Severmann, J McManus, WM Berelson… - Marine Chemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
We present ex situ sediment incubation results from the California and Oregon shelves and
compare the calculated benthic flux of dissolved Fe with those from in situ incubations and …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative roles of upwelling and glacial iron sources in Ryder Bay, coastal western Antarctic Peninsula

AL Annett, M Skiba, SF Henley, HJ Venables… - Marine Chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for phytoplankton, and is scarce in many regions
including the open Southern Ocean. The western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), an important …

Early spring phytoplankton dynamics in the Western Antarctic Peninsula

KR Arrigo, GL van Dijken, AC Alderkamp… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Palmer Long‐Term Ecological Research program has sampled waters of the
western Antarctic Peninsula (wAP) annually each summer since 1990. However, information …