Browning and co-workers (2017, see reference below) find that multiple nutrients must be supplied to stimulate phytoplankton growth on the southeast Atlantic GEOTRACES GA08 cruise. The paper has been published […]
Nov / 10 / 2017
Limitation
Do you know that coastal phytoplankton is able to adapt to iron limitation?
Oceanographers have long understood that phytoplankton in the open ocean tend to have lower iron (Fe) requirements and/or more strategies for obtaining Fe from the environment. Adding a new twist […]
Oct / 01 / 2015
Seasonal iron supply in the Southern Ocean is dominated by winter mixing
An international team of researchers analysed the available dissolved iron data taken from all previous studies of the Southern Ocean, together with satellite images taken of the area, to quantify […]
Nov / 24 / 2014