Distinct iron cycling in a Southern Ocean eddy

Eddies are common ocean features that isolate large swaths of seawater, but it is unclear how they influence productivity of phytoplankton trapped inside. Here Ellwood and colleagues use stable and radiogenic isotopes to characterize a Southern Ocean eddy, finding vanishingly low iron concentrations...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Michael J. Ellwood, Robert F. Strzepek, Peter G. Strutton, Thomas W. Trull, Marion Fourquez, Philip W. Boyd
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Science
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Southern Ocean
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14464-0
https://doaj.org/article/24d66d02fab045e6894ff48ff2987161
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Summary:Eddies are common ocean features that isolate large swaths of seawater, but it is unclear how they influence productivity of phytoplankton trapped inside. Here Ellwood and colleagues use stable and radiogenic isotopes to characterize a Southern Ocean eddy, finding vanishingly low iron concentrations that drive low productivity across the region.

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