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

• Main Author: Winton, Victoria Holly Liberty
• Other Authors: Bertler, Nancy, Dunbar, Gavin
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 2012
• Subjects: Dust; Eolian iron; Antarctica; Ross Sea; McMurdo Sound; Granite Harbour; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/2137

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...