Incubation experiments characterize turbid glacier plumes as a major source of Mn and Co, and a minor source of Fe and Si, to seawater

X Zhu, MJ Hopwood, K Laufer‐Meiser… - Global …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Glaciers are a source of fine‐ground rock flour to proglacial and coastal marine
environments. In these environments, suspended rock flour may affect light and (micro) …

An Impact of Cobalt on Freshwater Phytoplankton in Warming Polar Regions?

K Zhu, J Krause, C Marín‐Arias… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polar freshwater ecosystems are sensitive to climate change, facing increasing
temperatures and its consequences such as glacier retreat. Phosphorus and/or fixed …

High metabolic zinc demand within native Amundsen and Ross sea phytoplankton communities determined by stable isotope uptake rate measurements

RM Kell, RJ Chmiel, D Rao, DM Moran… - …, 2024 - bg.copernicus.org
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for most eukaryotic phytoplankton. Zn uptake by
phytoplankton within the euphotic zone results in nutrient-like dissolved Zn (dZn) profiles …

Distributions of nutrients, trace metals, phytoplankton composition, and elemental consumption in the Ross and Amundsen Seas

Y Ge, R Zhang, Z Zhu, J Zhao, Z Zhu, Z Li, B Li… - Marine Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Ocean (SO) not only functions as an important carbon sink but also
serves as a crucial source of intermediate and deep waters to lower latitudes. The Ross Sea …

Ecotoxicology of Polymetallic Nodule Seabed Mining: The Effects of Cobalt and Nickel on Phytoplankton Growth and Pigment Concentration

R Ou, H Huang, X He, S Lin, D Ou, W Li, J Qiu, L Wang - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In order to improve the understanding of the environmental impacts of polymetallic nodule
mining, ecotoxicological studies were conducted on the growth of model phytoplankton …

Zinc stimulation of phytoplankton in a low carbon dioxide, coastal Antarctic environment

RM Kell, AV Subhas, NL Schanke, LE Lees, RJ Chmiel… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Zinc (Zn) is a key micronutrient used by phytoplankton for carbon (C) acquisition, yet there
have been few observations of its influence on natural oceanic phytoplankton populations …