Factors Controlling the Lack of Phytoplankton Biomass in Naturally Iron Fertilized Waters Near Heard and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Bożena Wojtasiewicz, Thomas W. Trull, Lesley Clementson, Diana M. Davies, Nicole L. Patten, Christina Schallenberg, Nick J. Hardman-Mountford
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; Heard Island; iron fertilization; phytoplankton; chlorophyll; backscattering; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Antarctic; Heard; Kerguelen; McDonald Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00531; https://doaj.org/article/279453a84f0846eaa870aa7967975e55

The Kerguelen Plateau is one of the regions in the Southern Ocean where spatially large algal blooms occur annually due to natural iron fertilization. The analysis of ocean color data as well as in situ samples collected during the Heard Earth-Ocean-Biosphere Interactions (HEOBI) voyage in January a...