Iron cycling and nutrient-limitation patterns in surface waters of the World Ocean

JK Moore, SC Doney, DM Glover, IY Fung - Deep Sea Research Part II …, 2001 - Elsevier
A global marine ecosystem mixed-layer model is used to study iron cycling and nutrient-
limitation patterns in surface waters of the world ocean. The ecosystem model has a small …

Influence of iron availability on nutrient consumption ratio of diatoms in oceanic waters

S Takeda - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
The major nutrients (nitrate, phosphate and silicate) needed for phytoplankton growth are
abundant in the surface waters of the subarctic Pacific, equatorial Pacific and Southern …

Application of Fe isotopes to tracing the geochemical and biological cycling of Fe

BL Beard, CM Johnson, JL Skulan, KH Nealson, L Cox… - Chemical …, 2003 - Elsevier
Over 100 high-precision Fe isotope analyses of rocks and minerals are now available, which
constrain the range in δ56Fe values (per mil deviations in 56Fe/54Fe ratios) in nature from …

Constraints on early Earth differentiation from hafnium and neodymium isotopes

JD Vervoort, PJ Patchett, GE Gehrels, AP Nutman - Nature, 1996 - nature.com
INFERENCES about the early evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle have come largely
from the study of isotope systematics—in particular, those of neodymium1–5. Neodymium …

Iron, phytoplankton growth, and the carbon cycle

JH Street, A Paytan - Metal Ions in Biological Systems, Volume 43 …, 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035-1000,
USA1. Introduction 101.1. Antiquity and Ubiquity of H2 in the Microbial World 101.2. The …

Control of community growth and export production by upwelled iron in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

KH Coale, SE Fitzwater, RM Gordon, KS Johnson… - Nature, 1996 - nature.com
Abstract THE'iron hypothesis'1, 2 states that phytoplankton growth and biomass are limited
by low concentrations of available iron in large regions of the world's oceans where other …

Iron chemistry in seawater and its relationship to phytoplankton: a workshop report

ML Wells, NM Price, KW Bruland - Marine Chemistry, 1995 - Elsevier
The ongoing debate about iron limitation of phytoplankton in the open ocean has
highlighted how little we know about the marine chemistry of iron and its relationship to iron …

Decoupling of iron and phosphate in the global ocean

P Parekh, MJ Follows, EA Boyle - Global Biogeochemical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We formulate a mechanistic model of the coupled oceanic iron and phosphorus cycles. The
iron parameterization includes scavenging onto sinking particles, complexation with an …

Size-fractionated iron concentrations in the northeast Pacific Ocean: distribution of soluble and small colloidal iron

J Nishioka, S Takeda, CS Wong, WK Johnson - Marine Chemistry, 2001 - Elsevier
The spatial and temporal changes in vertical distribution of soluble Fe (< 200 kDa or< 0.03
μm) and small colloidal Fe (200 kDa–0.2 μm, 200 kDa–0.1 μm, 0.03–0.2 μm or 0.03–0.1 μm) …

Metal quotas of plankton in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

BS Twining, SB Baines, JB Bozard, S Vogt… - Deep Sea Research …, 2011 - Elsevier
The micronutrient metals Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Zn are required for phytoplankton growth, and
their availability influences ocean productivity and biogeochemistry. Here we report the first …