Comparative roles of upwelling and glacial iron sources in Ryder Bay, coastal western Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Marine Chemistry
• Main Authors: Annett, Amber L., Skiba, Marta, Henley, Sian F., Venables, Hugh J., Meredith, Michael P., Statham, Peter J., Ganeshram, Raja S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Chemistry; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508009/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508009/1/Annett.pdf

Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for phytoplankton, and is scarce in many regions including the open Southern Ocean. The western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), an important source region of Fe to the wider Southern Ocean, is also the fastest warming region of the southern hemisphere. The relative...