Sourcing the iron in the naturally fertilised bloom around the Kerguelen Plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics
The KEOPS2 project aims to elucidate the role of natural Fe fertilisation on biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem functioning, including quantifying the sources and processes by which iron is delivered in the vicinity of the Kerguelen Archipelago, Southern Ocean. The KEOPS2 process study used an upst...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.45bsis 2023-05-15T18:25:17+02:00 Sourcing the iron in the naturally fertilised bloom around the Kerguelen Plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics Van Der Merwe, P. Bowie, A. R. Queroue, F. Armand, L. Blain, S. Chever, Fanny Davies, D. Dehairs, F. Planchon, F. Sarthou, G. Townsend, A. T. Trull, T. W. 2015-02-06 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-739-2015 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00256/36676/35276.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00256/36676/71313.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00256/36676/ en eng European Geosciences Union (EGU) doi:10.5194/bg-12-739-2015 10670/1.45bsis https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00256/36676/35276.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00256/36676/71313.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00256/36676/ other Archimer, archive institutionnelle de l'Ifremer Biogeosciences (1726-4170) (European Geosciences Union (EGU)), 2015-02-06 , Vol. 12 , N. 3 , P. 739-755 envir geo Text https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_18cf/ 2015 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-739-2015 2023-01-22T18:31:29Z The KEOPS2 project aims to elucidate the role of natural Fe fertilisation on biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem functioning, including quantifying the sources and processes by which iron is delivered in the vicinity of the Kerguelen Archipelago, Southern Ocean. The KEOPS2 process study used an upstream high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (HNLC), deep water (2500 m), reference station to compare with a shallow (500 m), strongly fertilised plateau station and continued the observations to a downstream, bathymetrically trapped recirculation of the Polar Front where eddies commonly form and persist for hundreds of kilometres into the Southern Ocean. Over the Kerguelen Plateau, mean particulate (1-53 mu m) Fe and Al concentrations (pFe = 13.4 nM, pAl = 25.2 nM) were more than 20-fold higher than at an offshore (lower-productivity) reference station (pFe = 0.53 nM, pAl = 0.83 nM). In comparison, over the plateau dissolved Fe levels were only elevated by a factor of similar to 2. Over the Kerguelen Plateau, ratios of pMn / pAl and pFe / pAl resemble basalt, likely originating from glacial/fluvial inputs into shallow coastal waters. In downstream, offshore deep-waters, higher pFe / pAl, and pMn / pAl ratios were observed, suggesting loss of lithogenic material accompanied by retention of pFe and pMn. Biological uptake of dissolved Fe and Mn and conversion into the biogenic particulate fraction or aggregation of particulate metals onto bioaggregates also increased these ratios further in surface waters as the bloom developed within the recirculation structure. While resuspension of shelf sediments is likely to be one of the important mechanisms of Fe fertilisation over the plateau, fluvial and glacial sources appear to be important to areas downstream of the island. Vertical profiles within an offshore recirculation feature associated with the Polar Front show pFe and pMn levels that were 6-fold and 3.5-fold lower, respectively, than over the plateau in surface waters, though still 3.6-fold and 1.7-fold higher respectively ... Text Southern Ocean Unknown Kerguelen Southern Ocean Biogeosciences 12 3 739 755 |
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The KEOPS2 project aims to elucidate the role of natural Fe fertilisation on biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem functioning, including quantifying the sources and processes by which iron is delivered in the vicinity of the Kerguelen Archipelago, Southern Ocean. The KEOPS2 process study used an upstream high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll (HNLC), deep water (2500 m), reference station to compare with a shallow (500 m), strongly fertilised plateau station and continued the observations to a downstream, bathymetrically trapped recirculation of the Polar Front where eddies commonly form and persist for hundreds of kilometres into the Southern Ocean. Over the Kerguelen Plateau, mean particulate (1-53 mu m) Fe and Al concentrations (pFe = 13.4 nM, pAl = 25.2 nM) were more than 20-fold higher than at an offshore (lower-productivity) reference station (pFe = 0.53 nM, pAl = 0.83 nM). In comparison, over the plateau dissolved Fe levels were only elevated by a factor of similar to 2. Over the Kerguelen Plateau, ratios of pMn / pAl and pFe / pAl resemble basalt, likely originating from glacial/fluvial inputs into shallow coastal waters. In downstream, offshore deep-waters, higher pFe / pAl, and pMn / pAl ratios were observed, suggesting loss of lithogenic material accompanied by retention of pFe and pMn. Biological uptake of dissolved Fe and Mn and conversion into the biogenic particulate fraction or aggregation of particulate metals onto bioaggregates also increased these ratios further in surface waters as the bloom developed within the recirculation structure. While resuspension of shelf sediments is likely to be one of the important mechanisms of Fe fertilisation over the plateau, fluvial and glacial sources appear to be important to areas downstream of the island. Vertical profiles within an offshore recirculation feature associated with the Polar Front show pFe and pMn levels that were 6-fold and 3.5-fold lower, respectively, than over the plateau in surface waters, though still 3.6-fold and 1.7-fold higher respectively ... |
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Sourcing the iron in the naturally fertilised bloom around the Kerguelen Plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics |
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Sourcing the iron in the naturally fertilised bloom around the Kerguelen Plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics |
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Sourcing the iron in the naturally fertilised bloom around the Kerguelen Plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics |
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Sourcing the iron in the naturally fertilised bloom around the Kerguelen Plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics |
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Sourcing the iron in the naturally fertilised bloom around the Kerguelen Plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics |
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sourcing the iron in the naturally fertilised bloom around the kerguelen plateau: particulate trace metal dynamics |
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