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Mesoscale Iron Enrichment Experiments 1993-2005: Synthesis and Future Directions

Author(s): Boyd PW, Jickells TD, Law CS, Blain S, Boyle EA, Buesseler KO, Coale KH, Cullen JJ, de Baar HJW, Follows M, Harvey M, Lancelot C, Levasseur M, Owens NPJ, Pollard RT, Rivkin RB, Sarmiento JL, Schoemann V, Smetacek V, Takeda S, Tsuda A, Turner SM, Watson AJ

Published: February, 2007

Publisher: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.1131669

Tags: Ocean Fertilization, Research

URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/315/5812/612.abstract

Abstract: Since the mid-1980s, our understanding of nutrient limitation of oceanic primary production has radically changed. Mesoscale iron addition experiments (FeAXs) have unequivocally shown that iron supply limits production in one-third of the world ocean, where surface macronutrient concentrations are perennially high. The findings of these 12 FeAXs also reveal that iron supply exerts controls on the dynamics of plankton blooms, which in turn affect the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, silicon, and sulfur and ultimately influence the Earth climate system. However, extrapolation of the key results of FeAXs to regional and seasonal scales in some cases is limited because of differing modes of iron supply in FeAXs and in the modern and paleo-oceans. New research directions include quantification of the coupling of oceanic iron and carbon biogeochemistry.


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