Aeolian Iron and Its Contribution to Phytoplankton Production in McMurdo Sound, Southwest Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Main Author: Winton, Victoria Holly Liberty (11686693)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Geophysics not elsewhere classified; Dust; Eolian iron; Antarctica; Ross Sea; McMurdo Sound; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 040499 Geophysics not elsewhere classified; Marsden: 260399 Geochemistry not Elsewhere Classified; Marsden: 260402 Chemical Oceanography; Marsden: 260602 Climatology (incl. Palaeoclimatology); Marsden: 260104 Sedimentology; Degree Discipline: Geology; Degree Level: Masters; Degree Name: Master of Science; Southern Ocean; East Antarctica; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Marsden; Granite Harbour; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.16997761.v1

Each summer the waters in McMurdo Sound (Lat. 77.5ºS; Long. 165ºE), south-western (SW) Ross Sea encounter vast phytoplankton blooms. This phenomenon is stimulated by the addition of bio-available iron (Fe) to an environment where phytoplankton growth is otherwise Fe-limited. One possible source of s...