Factors Controlling the Lack of Phytoplankton Biomass in Naturally Iron Fertilized Waters Near Heard and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean

Factors Controlling the Lack of Phytoplankton Biomass in Naturally Iron Fertilized Waters Near Heard and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean

The Kerguelen Plateau is one of the regions in the Southern Ocean where spatially large algal blooms occur annually due to natural iron fertilization. The analysis of ocean color data as well as in situ samples collected during the Heard Earth-Ocean-Biosphere Interactions (HEOBI) voyage in January a...

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Main Authors: Bożena Wojtasiewicz, Thomas W. Trull, Lesley Clementson, Diana M. Davies, Nicole L. Patten, Christina Schallenberg, Nick J. Hardman-Mountford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Southern Ocean
Heard Island
iron fertilization
phytoplankton
chlorophyll
backscattering
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00531/full

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