Carbonate counter pump stimulated by natural iron fertilization in the Polar Frontal Zone
Salter, I.; Schiebel, R.; Ziveri, P.; Movellan, A.; Lampitt, R.; Wolff, G.A. (2014). Carbonate counter pump stimulated by natural iron fertilization in the Polar Frontal Zone. Nature Geoscience 7(12): 885–889. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2285
In: Nature Geoscience. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 1752-0894; e-ISSN 1752-0908, more
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- Salter, I.
- Schiebel, R.
- Ziveri, P.
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- Movellan, A.
- Lampitt, R.
- Wolff, G.A., more
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Abstract |
The release of carbon dioxide during biological carbonate production counters carbon uptake by phytoplankton. The carbon chemistry of sinking particles in the Southern Ocean suggests that iron availability stimulates this carbonate counter pump. |
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