Mesoscale Iron Enrichment Experiments 1993-2005: Synthesis and Future Directions
University of East Anglia · Station Marine d'Endoume · +3 more institutions
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…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 87.02
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 86
Authors
23- PWPhilip W. BoydCorresponding
University of East Anglia, Station Marine d'Endoume, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Otago
- TDT. D. Jickells
University of East Anglia, Station Marine d'Endoume, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Otago
- CSCliff S. Law
University of East Anglia, Station Marine d'Endoume, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Otago
- SBStéphane Blain
University of East Anglia, Station Marine d'Endoume, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Otago
- EAE. A. Boyle
University of East Anglia, Station Marine d'Endoume, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Otago
Topics & keywords
- Biogeochemical cycle
- Biogeochemistry
- Mesoscale meteorology
- Environmental science
- Oceanography
- Plankton
- Carbon fibers
- Carbon cycle
- Life below water