Iron Biogeochemistry in the High Latitude North Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Achterberg, Eric, Steigenberger, Sebastian, Marsay, Chris, Le Moigne, Frédéric A.C., Painter, Stuart, Baker, Alex, Connelly, Douglas, Moore, C. Mark, Tagliabue, Alessandro, Tanhua, Toste
• Other Authors: National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOC), University of Southampton, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Institute of Oceanography, Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL GBR, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Reykjanes; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02960682; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02960682/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02960682/file/s41598-018-19472-1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19472-1

International audience Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for marine microbial organisms, and low supply controls productivity in large parts of the world's ocean. The high latitude North Atlantic is seasonally Fe limited, but Fe distributions and source strengths are poorly constrained. S...