Natural iron fertilisation of oceans around Australia : linking terrestrial aerosols to ocean biogeochemistry

• Main Author: Perron, MMG
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Aerosol; Labile Fe; Solubility; Southern Ocean; Australia; Atmospheric source; Leaching protocol; Model prediction; Antarctic; Kerguelen; Heard Island; Indian; Heard; McDonald Islands; Big Ben; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/35207/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/35207/1/Perron_whole_thesis.pdf

Half of the world oceans’ productivity is limited by the availability of the micronutrient iron (Fe), including marine phytoplankton in high nutrient low chlorophyll regions and diazotrophic bacteria (nitrogen fixers) in low latitude regions. Iron is therefore a key regulator of global climate throu...