Potentially bioavailable iron produced through benthic cycling in glaciated Arctic fjords of Svalbard

The impacts of a melting Arctic on the biogeochemistry of marine ecosystems are unknown. Here, the authors investigate glacial input of iron to Svalbard fjords finding that reworking of glacial iron in fjord sediment is important to make iron bioavailable, but could be susceptible to glacial retreat...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Katja Laufer-Meiser, Alexander B. Michaud, Markus Maisch, James M. Byrne, Andreas Kappler, Molly O. Patterson, Hans Røy, Bo Barker Jørgensen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Science
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Arctic
Svalbard
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21558-w
https://doaj.org/article/ffa1d37a68d34f4da56a6468965e20c4
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Summary:The impacts of a melting Arctic on the biogeochemistry of marine ecosystems are unknown. Here, the authors investigate glacial input of iron to Svalbard fjords finding that reworking of glacial iron in fjord sediment is important to make iron bioavailable, but could be susceptible to glacial retreat.

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