Interconnection of nitrogen fixers and iron in the Pacific Ocean: Theory and numerical simulations

We examine the interplay between iron supply, iron concentrations and phytoplankton communities in the Pacific Ocean. We present a theoretical framework which considers the competition for iron and nitrogen resources between phytoplankton to explain where nitrogen fixing autotrophs (diazotrophs, whi...

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Main Authors: Monteiro, F., Dutkiewicz, Stephanie, Ward, Ben, Follows, Michael J
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118334
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3102-0341