Characterization of Siderophores in the Southern Ocean

• Main Author: Velasquez, Imelda
• Other Authors: Sander, Sylvia, Hunter, Keith
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2011
• Subjects: Siderophores; Southern Ocean; Ferrioxamine; Iron binding ligand; Antarctic; Bruland; New Zealand; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1637

Iron is an essential but limiting nutrient for phytoplankton growth in the marine environment. In some oceanic bodies like the Southern Ocean, the chlorophyll levels are low even if the nutrients are replete in these waters. These areas, otherwise known as high nutrient low chlorophyll (HNLC) region...