Iron availability influences nutrient drawdown in the Heard and McDonald Islands region, Southern Ocean

• Published in: Marine Chemistry
• Main Authors: Holmes, Thomas M., Wuttig, Kathrin, Chase, Zanna, Merwe, Pier, van Der, Townsend, Ashley T., Schallenberg, Christina, Tonnard, Manon, Bowie, Andrew R.
• Other Authors: Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE-CRC), Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Hobart (IMAS), University of Tasmania Hobart, Australia (UTAS), Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR) (LEMAR), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: ACL; fertilization; patterns; carbon; Iron; diatoms; limitation; circulation; dissolved iron; phytoplankton bloom; Biogeochemistry; GEOTRACES process study GIpr05; Heard and McDonald islands; heobi; kerguelen plateau; nitrogen-fixation; Nutrient drawdown; Trace metals; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Southern Ocean; Austral; Kerguelen; Heard Island; Heard; McDonald Islands
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02869858; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2019.03.002

WOS:000467669600001 International audience At the southern part of the northern Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Ocean) is an active volcanic hotspot, hosting volcanically active Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI), the former of which is largely covered by glaciers. While offshore waters are persis...