Sources, sinks, and cycling of dissolved organic copper binding ligands in the ocean

Margin sediments and rivers are the most significant sources of copper binding ligands in the ocean while sedimentation, microbial uptake and photochemical degradation are the major sinks, suggests a synthesis of research on the cycling of copper ligands in the oceans.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Angel Ruacho, Camille Richon, Hannah Whitby, Randelle M. Bundy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00597-1