Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre
This study reports a dense, late summer phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean that accumulated unusually high levels of organic matter and supported feeding hot spots for birds and whales. The authors show that this recurring open ocean bloom is driven by anomalies in easterly winds that push se...
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| author | Sebastien Moreau Tore Hattermann Laura de Steur Hanna M. Kauko Heidi Ahonen Murat Ardelan Philipp Assmy Melissa Chierici Sebastien Descamps Tilman Dinter Tone Falkenhaug Agneta Fransson Eirik Grønningsæter Elvar H. Hallfredsson Oliver Huhn Anais Lebrun Andrew Lowther Nico Lübcker Pedro Monteiro Ilka Peeken Alakendra Roychoudhury Magdalena Różańska Thomas Ryan-Keogh Nicolas Sanchez Asmita Singh Jan Henrik Simonsen Nadine Steiger Sandy J. Thomalla Andre van Tonder Jozef M. Wiktor Harald Steen |
| author_facet | Sebastien Moreau Tore Hattermann Laura de Steur Hanna M. Kauko Heidi Ahonen Murat Ardelan Philipp Assmy Melissa Chierici Sebastien Descamps Tilman Dinter Tone Falkenhaug Agneta Fransson Eirik Grønningsæter Elvar H. Hallfredsson Oliver Huhn Anais Lebrun Andrew Lowther Nico Lübcker Pedro Monteiro Ilka Peeken Alakendra Roychoudhury Magdalena Różańska Thomas Ryan-Keogh Nicolas Sanchez Asmita Singh Jan Henrik Simonsen Nadine Steiger Sandy J. Thomalla Andre van Tonder Jozef M. Wiktor Harald Steen |
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| description | This study reports a dense, late summer phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean that accumulated unusually high levels of organic matter and supported feeding hot spots for birds and whales. The authors show that this recurring open ocean bloom is driven by anomalies in easterly winds that push sea ice southwards and favour the upwelling of deep waters enriched in hydrothermal iron. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4c9e6ae595d4b25bde3046024c97c182023-03-22T11:43:45ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-03-0114111210.1038/s41467-023-36992-1Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell GyreSebastien Moreau0Tore Hattermann1Laura de Steur2Hanna M. Kauko3Heidi Ahonen4Murat Ardelan5Philipp Assmy6Melissa Chierici7Sebastien Descamps8Tilman Dinter9Tone Falkenhaug10Agneta Fransson11Eirik Grønningsæter12Elvar H. Hallfredsson13Oliver Huhn14Anais Lebrun15Andrew Lowther16Nico Lübcker17Pedro Monteiro18Ilka Peeken19Alakendra Roychoudhury20Magdalena Różańska21Thomas Ryan-Keogh22Nicolas Sanchez23Asmita Singh24Jan Henrik Simonsen25Nadine Steiger26Sandy J. Thomalla27Andre van Tonder28Jozef M. Wiktor29Harald Steen30Norwegian Polar InstituteNorwegian Polar InstituteNorwegian Polar InstituteNorwegian Polar InstituteNorwegian Polar InstituteNTNU, Trondheim UniversityNorwegian Polar InstituteInstitute of Marine ResearchNorwegian Polar InstituteAlfred Wegener InstituteInstitute of Marine ResearchNorwegian Polar InstituteNorwegian Polar InstituteInstitute of Marine ResearchInstitute of Environmental Physics, University of BremenLaboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne Université, CNRSNorwegian Polar InstituteDepartment of Biology, University of New MexicoSouthern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observatory, CSIRAlfred Wegener InstituteDepartment of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch UniversityInstitute of Oceanology PANSouthern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observatory, CSIRNTNU, Trondheim UniversitySouthern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observatory, CSIRInstitute of Marine ResearchGeophysical Institute, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate ResearchSouthern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observatory, CSIRMammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of PretoriaInstitute of Oceanology PANNorwegian Polar InstituteThis study reports a dense, late summer phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean that accumulated unusually high levels of organic matter and supported feeding hot spots for birds and whales. The authors show that this recurring open ocean bloom is driven by anomalies in easterly winds that push sea ice southwards and favour the upwelling of deep waters enriched in hydrothermal iron.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36992-1 |
| spellingShingle | Sebastien Moreau Tore Hattermann Laura de Steur Hanna M. Kauko Heidi Ahonen Murat Ardelan Philipp Assmy Melissa Chierici Sebastien Descamps Tilman Dinter Tone Falkenhaug Agneta Fransson Eirik Grønningsæter Elvar H. Hallfredsson Oliver Huhn Anais Lebrun Andrew Lowther Nico Lübcker Pedro Monteiro Ilka Peeken Alakendra Roychoudhury Magdalena Różańska Thomas Ryan-Keogh Nicolas Sanchez Asmita Singh Jan Henrik Simonsen Nadine Steiger Sandy J. Thomalla Andre van Tonder Jozef M. Wiktor Harald Steen Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre Nature Communications |
| title | Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre |
| title_full | Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre |
| title_fullStr | Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre |
| title_short | Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre |
| title_sort | wind driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern weddell gyre |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36992-1 |
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